1/ The current wave of gender identity pseudoscience is great for people who are convinced their gender identity is innate, which they
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2/ have every right to believe, but which faces a big evidence problem as a universal account of gender development. But this view pretty
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3/ aggressively screws over anyone whose view of their identity is more complex, or whose trajectory was more complex. And the main group
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4/ of people who talk about gender identity being a complicated, fluid, multifaceted things are... trans people themselves. People adopt
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5/ an oversimplified view of "born this way" on trans issues without considering any of the potential political consequences. It bad.
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I think one thing that gets missed is how pragmatic many of us are in activism. "Born this way" is limited purpose, true...
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but many of us wield it to try to save some kids' lives from shitty parents/schools/institutions rather than 100% believing it.
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I'm all about a pro-agency argument honestly, but "born this way" rhetoric has resulted in solid, effective campaigns.
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thinking in terms of the good it's done the gay acceptance movement in that regard, are we in the wrong to play that card?
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honestly I hate that it results in "well, they can't help being gay/trans" and pseudoscientific attempts to "fix" it. But still
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I've read some really interesting queer critiques of btw. One poped up here: http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/08/why-straight-men-have-sex-with-each-other.html …
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oh totally. Straight peeps can be gay as hell ;). The words we use are often convenient, context-sensitive, stigmatized, etc.
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