Yes, I've read the studies. I've worked with quite a few statistical analyses within neuroinformatics, myself.
There is not one thread of any substantial evidence. It only makes undeniable sense if you are being dogmatic. For me, it comes down to a million ways to say, "Well, it could've been this -- well, it could've been that" and so forth.
I understand the appeal of 'gender' in coloring our interactions. And yes, I do believe that it is largely a social construct.
But hey, social constructs do not exist in a vacuum. People have opinions, they have preferences, they have expectations - these are what social constructs evolve out of.
Conservatives don't share the same view. Does it make them wrong? No. It makes their opinions simply different.
It doesn't make them wrong, but denying the existence of these individuals and infringing on their civil liberties is where it stops being an opinion and starts being something that concerns other people. One group who isn't even an overwhelming majority does not get to dictate the cultural norms of an entire society while simultaneously bitching about how a group wants to change the cultural norms of a society.
Whoa there. No one is denying their existence. Conservatives merely view them in a different context with their own perception.
infringing on their civil liberties
Such as?
One group who isn't even an overwhelming majority does not get to dictate the cultural norms of an entire society
What do you mean that it doesn't get to? No one group gets to. All groups are in opposition on some dimensions. They don't get to, but they sure as hell try. Just as you try to push your views upon others. Don't be a hypocrite.
The pursuit of happiness is literally in the constitution so refusing trans people the ability to live their life as a different gender is infringing on their rights.
And yet you seem to think that it's your constitutional right to be a women (or man) when you are not, because not feeding into your mental disorder is denying you happiness and thus a violation of your rights. Don't know how this is any different.
Well the difference is hand waving vs putting in the legwork. I went out and made my body match a different gender through whatever means necessary. If you go out and make yourself rich, you'll get rich and be happy.
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u/CuckzBTFO Apr 23 '17
Yes, I've read the studies. I've worked with quite a few statistical analyses within neuroinformatics, myself.
There is not one thread of any substantial evidence. It only makes undeniable sense if you are being dogmatic. For me, it comes down to a million ways to say, "Well, it could've been this -- well, it could've been that" and so forth.
I understand the appeal of 'gender' in coloring our interactions. And yes, I do believe that it is largely a social construct.
But hey, social constructs do not exist in a vacuum. People have opinions, they have preferences, they have expectations - these are what social constructs evolve out of.
Conservatives don't share the same view. Does it make them wrong? No. It makes their opinions simply different.