And people make them. We just can't enforce them on everyone or agree on them and so the meaning generally remains a vague & fluffy "characteristics, identities & behaviours which are associated with sex but are not biological organs."
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James Cantor, if I understand him right, thinks that ppl have biologically rooted preferences/behaviours, but that whether they interpret these as meaning they're trans is due largely to socialisation. Do you think that's likely, or relevant?
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Certainly, in many cases. For example, I have a friend who has felt that she was male for as long as she can remember but because she believes gender to be a cultural construct & considers herself a radical feminist, she continues to identify as a woman & oppose trans acceptance.
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This doesn't stop her presenting herself as typically male in her dress and body-language and being taken to be a man by many people. She doesn't consider this the same thing as her lesbianism and most lesbians do not feel as tho they are really men.
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So, regarding the studies you alluded to, would these show that a trans man & a cis man were similar & a butch lesbian was dissimilar? Also, am I right in thinking that for you gender = a set of behaviours, preferences, aptitudes, together with a conviction of being male/female?
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I cannot help that there is so much confused thought here. What we observe is dysphoria in some (not all in the broad umbrella of ‘trans’). Dysphoria is a psychological distress at not taking on stereotypical roles and appearances of the opposite sex. ...
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We can't have a conversation if you ignore what has been said about the findings of science. Believe what you want but I'd urge you to leave trans people alone. I refer you back to my article because I've not said anything that isn't better expressed there.
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I reject your interpretation of what science is saying. Science is not finding ‘male’ brains in females etc. Average differences in brain structures can be found between any two groupings of individuals. Its flapdoodle to claim cause and effect here.
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You are using motivated science to support a prior position. The gender ideological position on brain science is cherry picked, motivated and badly controlled and interpreted.
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