not unique to gender stuff. &its clear that there are nasty forces that seek to make transitude out to be a 'lifestyle choice'
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so people, grasp onto innateness/nonmalleability as a means of defense against those nasty forces, ala 'born this way' for gay
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love to be in a position where we're safe enough to adopt a 'it wouldn't even matter if it were 100% a conscious choice' stance
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the defense choice to adopt one strategy over another is the purview of trans people, and cis critics are overstepping
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I think thats why you get such pushback. trans people are generally not in power positions, and people pushing ideas that our
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most virulent foes adopt is seen as (in)directly antagonistic
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working on a blog post about sexual orientations toward middle-aged people (!), but the choice/not-choice thing is diff
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from innate/non-innate. I also think it's silly to believe that transphobes give a shit whether it's innate or not. they
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are operating from a place of disgust and will cherrypick whatever evidence they find. in the meantime some trans folks
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yes, and you are giving them juicy cherries, you must admit that
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that's fine. evolutionary biology also gives nazis cherrys. the idea that that's going to affect how we understand
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and talk about scientific questions is really, really off-base imo. in the long run it'll cause more probs than it solves
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I agree, I'm only into it as a personal hobby, not anything political. I just get miffed by what I see as tendentious interps
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