As do others who try to dictate to me that a male who - feels - he is a woman does feel what I do — Iris0
why do some - SOME - gay men act in ways a normal woman would never ever act?
I do not know... it looks exaggerated and utterly silly to me. And our behavior is something we can control - so if they are not out of control they must act it and play it. — Iris0
gender-related brain factors — Joshs
Shirley, philosophers should be dismantling cultural myths, not mantling them, or encouraging psychiatrists to mantle them. — bongo fury
Excellent question!A better question would be why the contents of other people's underpants cause folk such as you so much grief. — Banno
much like gay men had a much harder time of it than gay women — Kenosha Kid
Dominant accounts of sexual prejudice posit that negative attitudes toward nonheterosexual individuals are stronger for male (vs. female) targets, higher among men (vs. women), and driven, in part, by the perception that gay men and lesbian women violate traditional gender norms. We test these predictions in 23 countries, representing both Western and non-Western societies. Results show that (1) gay men are disliked more than lesbian women across all countries...
Transphobic comments don't seem qualitatively better than misogynistic or homophobic ones, — Kenosha Kid
May be you think that it is transphobic to simply have a private belief that sex is immutable and binary? — Andrew4Handel
What are you classifying as transphobic comments? — Andrew4Handel
If you look at this website of crimes committed by trans identified people in the UK it is all men.
https://transcrimeuk.com/ — Andrew4Handel
The rate of female sex criminals has risen sharply and this is because sex offenders who are male identify as women and the courts legally have to refer to them as such. — Andrew4Handel
Holy fuck, I totally misread this. What kind of psycho starts a website listing crimes by a particular demographic? — Kenosha Kid
I'd agree with you. How does this warrant intolerance to the vast majority of trans women who aren't advantaged in this way, or those that are who wouldn't do it?
There's something self-similar in transphobic arguments: in lieu of an argument against people living their lives in a way that makes sense to them, it's always: "Well this person committed a crime while trans," and "That person got an unfair advantage while trans." So what? What does that have to do with whether the majority of trans people should be allowed to live their lives?
There are varieties beyond the typical testes and penis or ovaries and vagina. — Michael
When a transgender man says "I am a man" he isn't saying "I have XY chromsomes" or "I have a naturally developed penis and testes." — Michael
"Well this person committed a crime while trans," and "That person got an unfair advantage while trans." So what? What does that have to do with whether the majority of trans people should be allowed to live their lives? — Kenosha Kid
I suspect the answer is that trans women are a perfect storm: they inspire the hatred of radical (now mainstream) feminists for being male, the hatred of misogynists for being female, and the hatred of homophobes for being, in some sense, queer. — Kenosha Kid
For the record, I will be reporting that website to the UK police. — Kenosha Kid
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