It is distressing me that I missed out one of the lines in this chart.
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that's a notorious female brain trait.
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Innit. Typical pink brain lack of attention to detail.
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I swear I'm trying to understand. What does this entail for trans people in your (or radical feminist's general) view?
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I don't think it entails anything about trans people. It does entail that I don't believe that people are born with the brain of
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one sex in the body of the other, but that's just one theory about what makes people trans, and not a very convincing one.
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Is there a theory that you find convicing as to what makes people trans?
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I think a complex interaction of biological, environmental and social factors mean some people feel they can live more comfortably
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and happily in the opposite gender role to the one associated with their sex. In other words: it's nature AND nurture.
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your opinion doesn't match observable facts re transsexual individuals. You're welcome to hold it but be mindful of harm.
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there is no observable evidence that transsexual people have the brain of the opposite sex.
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You are welcome to believe that male people can have female brains and vice versa, but be mindful of harm.
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my brain has a sex? weird. what sex is my elbow?
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I am awful at listening and dislike most sports. Am I born in the wrong body? Please help. I need pigeonholing.
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That's not true. Testosterone creates a "masculine" brain and even women with high test levels can have a masculine brain.
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Process starts in womb. High test causes slower language development, more interest in systems, more difficulty with empathy.
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Here's Prof. Simon Baron-Cohen explaining it, if you're interested (at 22:20)https://youtu.be/tiJVJ5QRRUE?t=22m21s …
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What if the sex of the body depends on the nature of the brain? I'm not saying that this is so but you don't address it.
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so what happens if you have the gay gene?
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