Gender Studies I

[Kepler]

If "shape-shifting at will" were a thing, I damn sure wouldn't have chosen something that meant societal, political, and familial maltreatment.

I'd have picked Pink Fire Breathing Dragon.

I was hoping you could teach me shape shifting because I'd like to shape shift to this:

[dxmnkd316]

That is good, and perhaps because of that you should take pause from the fact that LOTS of us are telling you the effect of your words and your attitudes causes people pain. Maybe you should consider the effect of your opinions on others, and perhaps you should say to yourself, "Self, now I know you feel this very strongly, but isn't it immaterial in the end what editorial opinion you have about these people whereas, on the other hand, they have to actually live their lives?"

And, most importantly, maybe because you have empathy you should consider that anti-trans rhetoric supports an environment in which trans people are under threat of both legal consequences and physical violence, and psychological harm of such a magnitude many attempt suicide.

What idea is worth that damage? You don't hate people and you don't wish them harm. So stand down.

"hate" to conservatives is interesting. What's the term for something that changes whether it's coming to you or away from you? Doppler effect is the only thing I could think of.

Anyways. It's interesting. For a conservative, "hate" going outward from them to others means that they don't think they should be executed, the weakest form of the word hate. BUt when it's perceived as coming towards them, it gains strength and is amplied to be any sort of remote disagreement with their preconceived notions.

[Kepler]

"hate" to conservatives is interesting. What's the term for something that changes whether it's coming to you or away from you? Doppler effect is the only thing I could think of.

Anyways. It's interesting. For a conservative, "hate" going outward from them to others means that they don't think they should be executed, the weakest form of the word hate. BUt when it's perceived as coming towards them, it gains strength and is amplied to be any sort of remote disagreement with their preconceived notions.

Either that or they really are so think-skinned and fragile that disapproval of their bigotry really does feel to them the equivalent of when they lynch people.

At a certain point, the screaming of conservatives like scalded babies when you tell them their sky god was just a metaphor must be taken seriously. We are dealing with snowflakes.

[Fishman'81]

That is good, and perhaps because of that you should take pause from the fact that LOTS of us are telling you the effect of your words and your attitudes causes people pain. Maybe you should consider the effect of your opinions on others, and perhaps you should say to yourself, "Self, now I know you feel this very strongly, but isn't it immaterial in the end what editorial opinion you have about these people whereas, on the other hand, they have to actually live their lives?"

And, most importantly, maybe because you have empathy you should consider that anti-trans rhetoric supports an environment in which trans people are under threat of both legal consequences and physical violence, and psychological harm of such a magnitude many attempt suicide.

What idea is worth that damage? You don't hate people and you don't wish them harm. So stand down.

It's not "anti-trans", Einstein... It's "pro-biology", or perhaps "pro-science"...

Not that hard to grasp.

Aren't we libs supposed to support scientific facts, even when it's politically inconvenient?

[Kepler]

I tried. Back in your hole.

[ticapnews]

"we"?

[MissThundercat]

I tried. Back in your hole.

An effort was made. Some people just don't want to be educated.

[Fishman'81]

An effort was made. Some people just don't want to be educated.

There's really no "education" in the offing, is there?

Everyone can expressly prefer whatever pronoun "they" prefer. I'm fine with that.

And while most of this thread is just silly, gender DOES exist... Ask anyone.

"Kepler" does not define that fact. He's an just a garden-variety egoist.

[Swansong]

You know, you could just google it and learn some of the (not even very) recent research into the nature of biological sex. But why do that when you can work yourself into a little ball of hatred.

[psych]

Forget anecdotes of people he may know who shape-shift on the daily. I want to know if he can find a post where someone argues gender doesn’t exist.

[MissThundercat]

You know, you could just google it and learn some of the (not even very) recent research into the nature of biological sex. But why do that when you can work yourself into a little ball of hatred.

Research on sex and gender pre-dates Nazi Germany. On May 6, 1933, the Nazis burned the Institute of Sexology to the ground and none of that Research was replaced.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...-trans-clinic/

[Kepler]

On May 6, 1933, the Nazis burned the Institute of Sexology to the ground and none of that Research was replaced.

I'm Ron DeSantis and I approve this message.

[Bronco]

"Conservatives" proving again they're the worst people on the Earth. https://popular.info/p/inside-the-au...-new-scheme-to

[MissThundercat]

"Conservatives" proving again they're the worst people on the Earth. https://popular.info/p/inside-the-au...-new-scheme-to

If that happens, hello MSP, Toronto, or Windsor. Possibly Thunder Bay.

[Fishman'81]

Forget anecdotes of people he may know who shape-shift on the daily. I want to know if he can find a post where someone argues gender doesn’t exist.

Well, and you could Google how gender is defined in 99.999 % of the world.

Give that a shot.