Instead, they are used to simply categorize individuals in a way analogous to the categories man and woman.
The imposition of gender-selective pronouns on a whole lot of people who don't make that part of their own self-identification process. — Pantagruel
The chaos of redesigning all public bathrooms to accommodate a plethora of gender-identities. — Pantagruel
The exposure of children to these issues in school at a very young age. — Pantagruel
What’s the problem? Maybe my legal name is Michael but I prefer to go by a different name. Asking you to call me by this other name isn’t asking for special treatment, and is hardly a burden on you. — Michael
Nothing needs to be redesigned. — Michael
In what way? Children have been “exposed” to the difference between cis men and cis women for all of human history, what does it matter if trans men and trans women are also recognised? — Michael
There's recognition and there's education. Undoubtedly children could be educated on the virtues of Hasidic Judaism, or veganism, or any number of other things also. But is it necessary? — Pantagruel
That's drag queens, not transgenderism. — Michael
And I'm not sure what you mean by normal. — Michael
Do you think letting hypersexualized cross-dressing men/women 'educate' children under the age of 10 is normal? — Tzeentch
Yes, when the goal is to reduce/prevent/remove the development of misinformed, irrational hatred of a minority group, particularly a mostly non-violent, non-threatening minority group, such as trans folks. — universeness
Its demand for conformity and special treatment makes transgenderism an authoritarian and anti-social ideology, which is a shame because it reflects also upon the innocent and those struggling with dysphoria. — NOS4A2
That’s right. Trans identity is interesting because though it demands the recognition and protection and rights of its own identity, it begets the blurring and obfuscation of others, to the point where men are now celebrated in spaces dedicated entirely to women. It’s the natural progression of identity politics. — NOS4A2
Although transgenderism is more of a symptom of the direction in which society is evolving, in that any and all groups will aspire to a special social status. In essence, if you don't belong to a recognized and approved subculture, you will be at a disadvantage, as you lack that voice of advocacy. — Pantagruel
The "direction" society is evolving in is recognising that tolerance and treating people equally isn't sufficient. — Judaka
being assigned male (or female) at birth
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There's recognition and there's education. Undoubtedly children could be educated on the virtues of Hasidic Judaism, or veganism, or any number of other things also. But is it necessary? — Pantagruel
Does trans really have to be an identity? Can't it just be an aspect of identity, of which there are many? — Pantagruel
No one "assigns" a newborn's sex at birth -- they "recognize" sex at birth. The use of the verb "assign" is in support of the contention that sex (like gender) is ambiguous, fluid, changeable, etc. — BC
What is strange is that terms like "women" are dropped to accommodate the very small portion of the population who were born with a penis and testicles (and don't have a uterus) but who now classify themselves as women. — BC
The means do not need to "reflect" the goal, they need to accomplish the goal. — Judaka
I remember watching a youtube video from Philosophy Tube which made the point that anti trans prejudice is rooted in some kind of "metaphysical skepticism". That trans people don't "really" exist in some sense. Because the notions of gender identity we're brought up with make them fall through the cracks. Food for thought. — fdrake
trans-sceptical position — Jamal
Speaking as someone who has moved from roughly the position of Mikie and @Pantagruel to a much less trans-sceptical position, I can attest to this. — Jamal
I think so. You do get taught about religions for the purposes of normalising them and the people who practice other ones. You get taught about other cultures for that reason too. Same with sexuality. Reducing prejudice in the populace is a noble goal for education, right? So making similar space for transgender people in education makes sense for the same reasons. — fdrake
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