Having unwillingly undergone a five week intensive exposure to "gender critical" arguments, I've concluded that a disturbing number of them boil down to taking "Ew, trans people ick me out" and cranking that feeling up to, "Trans people are an abomination against nature/God/etc."
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Look, there are scientific controversies surrounding the treatment of trans adolescents, but a dispassionate, science-based discussion of how best to medically and surgically treat trans teens is not what the GC movement is about.
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Moreover, science denialism is less about how "settled" a given scientific/medical issue is and more about the types of misleading arguments and conspiracy theories deployed against that issue.
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Finally, I've now concluded that, if anything, GC activists inhibit, rather than foster, a good science-based discussion of the medical and scientific questions surrounding how best to treat trans teens. They produce far more heat than light.
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They continually associate transgender women with sexual predators preying on 'real' women/girls. Interestingly, they never seem to worry about transgender men preying on boys.
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That's another thing I've noticed over the last five weeks.
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TERFS are the folks I have zero tolerance for. Nope. Not even going to entertain their bullshit.
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What depresses me is how many self-identified "skeptics" are "gender critical."
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Many I’ve followed for years & years suddenly revealed themselves to be intransigently opposed to acknowledgement of humanity of trans people. It has shocked, saddened & depressed me to the point of not interacting with them any longer. A lot of them happen to be Brits, I note.
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May I just say in the context, I’m really, really glad that both of you have not lost your capacity for empathy, compassion, ethics & humanity. THANK YOU.
Another such sterling person I’m thankful for is Tara, Dr. Tara Smith of Aetiology fame.0 replies 0 retweets 3 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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