RE: The right to mis-define oneself
June 13, 2015 at 5:34 am
(This post was last modified: June 13, 2015 at 6:05 am by Longhorn.)
(June 13, 2015 at 5:21 am)bennyboy Wrote: What does that even mean? What makes a person's psychology "female?" Can I claim that I have "black" psychology, and make everyone call me Mr. T?
It means what it says: her brain is female, her personality is female, her identity is female
If you don't see the difference between something as fundamentally a part of one's identity as gender and something as arbitrary as 'race', I'm afraid I can't help you
Quote:Caitlyn/Bruce identifies as female, but I think this is a kind of sexism: it means he associates aspects of his own psychology with qualities that are considered female. This is stereotyping, and in my opinion, it's anti-feminist. A female isn't less of a woman if she's hairy, or strong, or has a heavy jaw. She's not less of a woman if she likes Monster Trucks, or watches Japanese squirrel-in-a-wood-chipper porn.
Bring transgender has nothing to do with gender roles or traits traditionally associated with the given gender, it's all about brain structure and chemistry
Quote:There IS no such thing as a female psychology, unless you are willing to stereotype.
One's gender identity has nothing to do with stereotypes, one's interests or clothing style, it's entirely independent of that
Why do you think there are no transwomen who aren't traditionally feminine?
Quote:I'm really starting to get irate about this issue, because everyone said that transgender, etc. WASN'T a slippery slope. Now we can see that every fucking person can decide how they want people to treat them. Okay, from now on, nobody else gets to address me without calling me Sir Donkey Dick the Magic Space Monkey. How dare anyone question my donkey dick magic space monkey-ness?
I have no idea what you're rambling on about.
What does 'now' mean in this context? Who was saying it wasn't a slippery slope? What changed?
people can decide how they want others to treat them?! OH THE HUMANITY
Seriously, though, you are misunderstanding and misrepresenting what being transgender means. It's not mis-defining oneself, but exactly the opposite and is a bad example for this discussion.
Equating gender dysphoria with wanting to have darker skin or believing you are a reptile is ridiculous, dishonest and makes you sound like an ignorant asshole. Please stop and do a little reading on the subject
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender
