I tend not to get into deep debate about what makes someone a woman. General liberal principles cover my position on this.
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The biology of gender identity is actually very interesting to me but it's not what should underlie our support for trans rights.
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In the same way, we don't need to prove that homosexuality is not a choice to see that it's ethically neutral & needs no justification.
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When you get to the point where the question of who gets to shower in a locker room,things get interesting. No other real equivalent here.
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It matters in practical terms, yes. To a certain extent but even then it gets complicated coz trans people exist.
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And some trans women still have penises & some don't. Some look like cis women & some don't.
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Whether society decides trans women or trans men must use women's bathrooms, women will see masculine-looking ppl with penises.
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The bathrooms have stalls, but no such privacy in the locker room.
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Well, that's what I mean. Here 'bathroom' means 'room with bath or shower in it.'
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So sex is biological and gender is psychological?
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Much of our psychology also seems to be based in our biology. Gender is generally understood to be the behavioural aspects.
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Male = sex. Masculine = gender. So the expression, 'He's not a very masculine man' makes sense to us which it wouldn't if meant the same.
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The rubber hits the road in the locker room, so to speak.
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I like to call that "not being a fuckwit to people who haven't done me any ill." I draw the line at neopronouns though.
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but Judith Butler just told me that is all behavior and society, and then another paper told me there are no biological differences... ?????
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@YeyoZa and@GodDoesnt ...what should i believe? =\
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