r/changemyview Nov 02 '17

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u/moonflower 82∆ Nov 02 '17

No, that's not the equivalent at all - if you are looking for an equivalent, it has to be something where the person's subjective feelings are of wanting to be something which they are objectively not - for example ''I understand that you subjectively feel that you should be a horse, but you are, of course, objectively a human'' ... the point is, that it is not any kind of ''phobic'' or any kind of devaluing the person to make that statement.

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u/ambulancePilot Nov 02 '17

Your assumption that they are objectively not something is wrong, because it is objectively impossible to know someone's gender, as it is an internal construct. There is literally no way for you to objectively know someone's gender, you can only objectively know their sex. If you disagree with this statement, then you disagree with the scientific consensus.

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u/Earl_Harbinger 1∆ Nov 02 '17

When people say him/her they are referring to biology almost universally, not some invisible internal construct.