(March 27, 2014 at 2:57 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote:(March 27, 2014 at 2:47 pm)Psykhronic Wrote: Dinosaurs and gorillas are species, not genders. Everyone has some sort of association with gender - this transcends species and individuals. With sapience involved, the association gets much more complicated. The thing is, in the mind of, say, a transwoman, they ARE a woman. A transman IS already a man. The body just does not match.
We build associations as children automatically. Tell him to deal with it.
Honestly, and I mean no offense to Psykhronic, whom I respect, this isn't the argument that I'd use when talking to your boyfriend. If you want to win a debate online, sure you can go with something like this.
It's hard to argue someone into being a more open minded person about such matters. If you are trying to get someone that you are close with to become a more open minded it's better to get them to empathize with the people. This is how most past-homophobes lose their homophobia. It's not that they come to some sudden intellectual realization, it's that they end up with a gay kid, or their close friend comes out of the closet and they realize that it's just not all that important. If you know any transgendered people just hanging out would probably be the way to go. If not your local college probably has GBLT talks where they could get some exposure.
You have very good points, Capn.
