Can one distinguish between bodily gender(genitalia, facial hair, bone structure, etc) and psychological gender( cognitive-affective processing differences correlated with masculinized va feminized behaviors )? — Joshs
Translation : Violence is the use of force or power, physical or psychological, to impose constraints, dominate, kill, destroy or damage. — Akanthinos
language that posits irreducible distinctions ( man vs woman, etc) is a kind of violent language. To verbalize, and believe in, sharp distinctions is to see alternate views as violating those irreducible distinctions, and justifying a response that counteracts that presumed violation. — Joshs
Can one be in essence a psychological woman in a man's body? — Joshs
You haven't addressed the issue of whether one can distinguish between bodily gender(genitalia, facial hair, bone structure, etc) and psychological gender( cognitive-affective processing differences correlated with masculinized va feminized behaviors ). — Joshs
Is calling a trans woman a man (or vice versa --- i.e., calling a trans man a woman) a form of violence? — czahar
Violence is the use of force or power, physical or psychological, to impose constraints, dominate, kill, destroy or damage. — Akanthinos
You hear about a "post-racial society" sometimes, — WISDOMfromPO-MO
let me try and disentangle some of this — Joshs
claim of being a male in a Woman's body — Joshs
My belief is that there is some period during fetal development where such brain structuring for gender takes place. — Joshs
It misses the point to dismiss them as purely cultural because that doesn't t explain the complexity of the pattern or he fact that it so often emerges at such a young age. — Joshs
One may wish one was a woman (when one is a man) or wish one was a man (when one is a woman); one may play the social role of the opposite sex; one may identify with people who are of the opposite sex; one can pretend that one is actually a member of the sex opposite that which one was born into. — Bitter Crank
biological sexes don't contradict the gender theory — BlueBanana
Rachel Dolezal: ‘I’m not going to stoop and apologise and grovel’ — Bitter Crank
Is Calling A Trans Woman A Man (Or Vice Versa) A Form Of Violence?
Is telling a schizophrenic their hallucinations aren't real a form of violence?
Is telling someone they aren't a vampire, when they believe they are, a form of violence?
Is telling a theist their god doesn't exist a form of violence?
Is questioning anyone's assumptions a form of violence? — Harry Hindu
Is telling a fat and ugly person that they're fat and ugly a form of violence? — Michael
No, it's not violence. This revising of words is a dastardly tactic and you shouldn't put up with it. How many laws get revised along with it if we accept a radically broad definition of violence? Be very careful with this. — Roke
Get involved in philosophical discussions about knowledge, truth, language, consciousness, science, politics, religion, logic and mathematics, art, history, and lots more. No ads, no clutter, and very little agreement — just fascinating conversations.