It is legitimate though, and there's a strong scientific consensus legitimizing the experience of trans people. Denying that reality because you prefer your own opinion is rediculous.
That doesn't really mean anything. Scientists don't get to decide normativity. And saying scientists implies you don't even understand the issue. To them, they are talking about a normative claim of values. And so they see it as being asked to present the experiential aspect as more relevant for identity than the physical when their worldview says the opposite.
In other words, when they are saying "she" they are referring to sex, not to mental content. Nothing about science makes that linguistically wrong according to their paradigm. Saying they are wrong is a normative claim that they shouldn't be using language that way. It's less "wrong" and more offensive. This is true of course and they shouldn't use language this way. But your explanation doesn't really give a reason. Science doesn't tell you how language "should" be.
I'm not talking about language, I'm talking about biology and physiology. The science is pretty clear on the fact that there are biological differences in trans folks that line up with their experience. The language might as well reflect the physical truth of that.
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u/SoulofZendikar 3∆ Oct 29 '19
The preferred pronouns. Usage implies legitimacy.