To let trans people do what they want, manage some practical issues ethically, go with the science as it comes in & treat people as individuals. No wonder you're traumatised...https://twitter.com/tetrarchangel/status/950334944601092096 …
Well, that's what 'trans' means. You have aspects of biology which are not female but enough that are so that you feel that you are.
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Then the rest of my thread. I have no doubt that Trans people « feel » that they are of the opposite sex. But « feeling » is not « being ».
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I've really said all I have to say in that piece. If you still feel the need to counter and oppose trans identity, I defend your right to do so. I'm just going to leave people alone to do their own thing.
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I don’t want to « oppose » anything actually. I just don’t want to be compelled to accept things either. Hence I raise the questions I have. Without success once more ...
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I addressed that too. What more do you think I could address?
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I'm trying to get past all these tedious arguments about the definition of 'woman' and what makes someone 'really' a woman. People can have their own positions on this. What is important is letting them do so.
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Ok. Now I understand you better. I do not think (at all) that this is tedious. And I think that it is a bit delusory to expect science to bring answers (what exactly could it bring that would help in thah debate?). Ok for a modus vivendi, this should not prevent questionning ...
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It will help us to know why some people are trans. You can question other things if you want.
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Of course and it will be very interesting. I just don’t expect that it will bring an answer to the question of: is « feeling » enough for « being »? Which is actually the question at the core of all this.
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