He was a male who knew he was a male - not a male who thought and felt female. This isn't analogous to a male who decides he feels female (leaving aside the 'how can you know what it feels like?' question). A man who thinks his wife is actually his hat doesn't make his wife a hat
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Replying to @OlGingerBastard
You are missing the point. What told him he was male? He had a vagina and his family told him he was a girl. *Other biological indicators of sex* made him know he was male. Biologists have found these indicators in trans people supporting their sense of their own gender.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
We are not Male or Female based on 'who told us' or what we are told. As you say, his biology made him male. What he was told didn't change the fact. You're still ducking the point that to be a 'trans woman' you MUST be a male. A woman cannot be a 'trans woman'.
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Replying to @OlGingerBastard
This is my point. We can't tell people what they are. How did he know what sex he was? It wasn't because he had a penis. I'm not ducking it. I'm pointing out that trans women have biological indicators of maleness. How do you define male?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
You are ducking it. You must be male to be a 'trans woman' True or false?
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Replying to @OlGingerBastard
For the hundredth time, it depends how you define male. If by genitals, yes. If by the full range of biological indicators, no. What sex is someone who has a penis but whose chromosomes, brain and hormones are female-typical? Or any other variation.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @OlGingerBastard
Would you say that everyone who has a penis is male regardless of what the rest of their biology says? I would not. If their biology is ambiguous, I would say it was ambiguous.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
You're claiming you can't answer the simple question: You must be male to be a 'trans woman' - True or False? Because you are claiming not to know what is meant by male. Dishonest nonsense and you well know it.
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Replying to @OlGingerBastard
I do know what is meant by it! It refers to sexual characteristics. One can have male genitalia, male chromosomes, male-typical hormones and male-typical brain or one can have a mixture of male & female. Then is one male or not?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @OlGingerBastard
Do not accuse me of being dishonest. You might disagree with the science of gender difference or with the definition of male but it doesn't make me dishonest. I sought advice from biologists before writing on this.
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I included much of the science here and an argument about people who take your approach. https://areomagazine.com/2017/09/27/an-argument-for-a-liberal-and-rational-approach-to-transgender-rights-and-inclusion/ … Now I am going away because you refuse to address my points as I have made them. #2 #7pic.twitter.com/HvLp4OFPaV
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