Bravo, or is that Brava? So much in here I agree with, my only sadness is that people that should read it won't.
Freud was accused of overgeneralising childhood sexuality as an explanation for all psychological ailments due to him personally being obsessed with this. So I think there is definitely something to the selection bias in academ…
Bravo, or is that Brava? So much in here I agree with, my only sadness is that people that should read it won't.
Freud was accused of overgeneralising childhood sexuality as an explanation for all psychological ailments due to him personally being obsessed with this. So I think there is definitely something to the selection bias in academic feminists.
Agree also with what I would call undermining of biological sex by feminism broadly, which has allowed a disembodied view of people to perpetuate, with everything socially constructed.
As I commented on another post, this disembodied epistemology, aided by the internet, has created a strange cultural milieu, where young people are being told that Jo, who they suspect is a boy, and in fact is a boy, is 'really' a girl-- not a trans girl. Also that you can literally change your sex - all along we were imprecise with this expression (which Steersman has highlighted before), and now we are being beaten with the cudgel...
I would argue in addition to your points that the current gender ideology view of trans is in fact existentially unsound from the perspective of adolescent psychology. Mixed in with social media subcultures and negligent education, we have created an environment where struggling teenagers are encouraged to think of themselves as trans, without being aware of basic facts (ie that you can not, in fact, change your sex)
But, although you have pointed to the contributing factors, and some solutions, how do we influence the middle-aged handmaidens that unthinkingly and stubbornly perpetuate this, most of them women?
I find that many are tied into the 'dark mother's complex, obsessed with being 'kind'...
I completely agree. Unfortunately, I don't expect there's much chance of influencing the "true believers" at this point. However, the denial of the reality of sex is so offensive to common sense that it doesn't seem likely to ever find mainstream acceptance. This issue seems to be a hard line that many people are not willing to cross, and it has even caused many people to "change teams" so to speak, so I have hope that reality will win out eventually here.
Bravo, or is that Brava? So much in here I agree with, my only sadness is that people that should read it won't.
Freud was accused of overgeneralising childhood sexuality as an explanation for all psychological ailments due to him personally being obsessed with this. So I think there is definitely something to the selection bias in academic feminists.
Agree also with what I would call undermining of biological sex by feminism broadly, which has allowed a disembodied view of people to perpetuate, with everything socially constructed.
As I commented on another post, this disembodied epistemology, aided by the internet, has created a strange cultural milieu, where young people are being told that Jo, who they suspect is a boy, and in fact is a boy, is 'really' a girl-- not a trans girl. Also that you can literally change your sex - all along we were imprecise with this expression (which Steersman has highlighted before), and now we are being beaten with the cudgel...
I would argue in addition to your points that the current gender ideology view of trans is in fact existentially unsound from the perspective of adolescent psychology. Mixed in with social media subcultures and negligent education, we have created an environment where struggling teenagers are encouraged to think of themselves as trans, without being aware of basic facts (ie that you can not, in fact, change your sex)
But, although you have pointed to the contributing factors, and some solutions, how do we influence the middle-aged handmaidens that unthinkingly and stubbornly perpetuate this, most of them women?
I find that many are tied into the 'dark mother's complex, obsessed with being 'kind'...
Thank you for the thoughtful comment!
I completely agree. Unfortunately, I don't expect there's much chance of influencing the "true believers" at this point. However, the denial of the reality of sex is so offensive to common sense that it doesn't seem likely to ever find mainstream acceptance. This issue seems to be a hard line that many people are not willing to cross, and it has even caused many people to "change teams" so to speak, so I have hope that reality will win out eventually here.