This is a fabulous, fabulous article. I have read a lot of these ideas before, but the Divine Ms. M spells them out with great clarity, much like Eliza Mondegreen does. Keep up the good work! I'll be reading your posts from now on.
Here in the United States, the cursed conservatives, who have unwarranted power because of the way our government is set up, may in fact be a blessing. They are turning out to be a capable blockage for such nonsense as this. I'm a liberal myself, but not an idiot, which is my saving grace.
The trans nonsense is eventually going to be defeated, but it will take time, possibly decades.
"A person’s self-perception is not the highest good – the highest good is still the truth."
Very good essay, that in particular. The fundamental and profound dichotomy between being X and identifying-as X, between substance and appearance, between reality and illusion -- the last being the theme of Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", all three of my Medium essay:
"The fact is: Biological sex is immutable. Sex is not the same as a gender identity."
While I agree it's important to differentiate between sex and gender/gender-identity -- i.e., between reproductive abilities and feminine/masculine personalities & types -- "biological sex", in general, is most certainly not "immutable" -- at least by standard biological definitions. For example, clownfish change sex all the time BECAUSE they change the type of gametes produced; what sex are they when they produce neither sperm nor ova? (SexLESS.) Hardly "immutable".
👍🙂 Complex issue with a lot of outright misinformation and intentional obfuscation -- of course, much of it from transactivists -- coupled with a generally ubiquitous scientific illiteracy about the relevant biology, psychology, and epistemology. And I'm still learning myself.
Apropos of which, you might have some interest in a conversation on the topic of gender identity I'm having on a Reality's Last Stand post with Martin Greenwald (M.D., "Socratic Psychiatrist"):
However, the biological definitions for the sexes apply to all anisogamous species -- including the human one. And they say that to have a sex is to have functional gonads of either of two types, those with neither -- e.g., the prepubescent -- are, ipso facto, technically sexless. See the definitions in the Glossary in this article in the Journal of Molecular Human Reproduction:
Mulvaney is the epitome of the self absorbed narcissist lying trans cult! He is simply a nonentity trying to to manipulate people and making a lot of money out of it. I’m glad his ads made people aware of his lies!
This is a fabulous, fabulous article. I have read a lot of these ideas before, but the Divine Ms. M spells them out with great clarity, much like Eliza Mondegreen does. Keep up the good work! I'll be reading your posts from now on.
Here in the United States, the cursed conservatives, who have unwarranted power because of the way our government is set up, may in fact be a blessing. They are turning out to be a capable blockage for such nonsense as this. I'm a liberal myself, but not an idiot, which is my saving grace.
The trans nonsense is eventually going to be defeated, but it will take time, possibly decades.
Thank you very much!
Let's hope it won't take too long to defeat...
This is tremendous. Excellent piece - so much information all in one place. This will be most useful to share and send to people.
Thank you.
"A person’s self-perception is not the highest good – the highest good is still the truth."
Very good essay, that in particular. The fundamental and profound dichotomy between being X and identifying-as X, between substance and appearance, between reality and illusion -- the last being the theme of Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", all three of my Medium essay:
https://medium.com/@steersmann/reality-and-illusion-being-vs-identifying-as-77f9618b17c7
However:
"The fact is: Biological sex is immutable. Sex is not the same as a gender identity."
While I agree it's important to differentiate between sex and gender/gender-identity -- i.e., between reproductive abilities and feminine/masculine personalities & types -- "biological sex", in general, is most certainly not "immutable" -- at least by standard biological definitions. For example, clownfish change sex all the time BECAUSE they change the type of gametes produced; what sex are they when they produce neither sperm nor ova? (SexLESS.) Hardly "immutable".
Thank you!
Maybe I should've been more precise in that sentence about the immutability of sex: I'm referring to humans only.
👍🙂 Complex issue with a lot of outright misinformation and intentional obfuscation -- of course, much of it from transactivists -- coupled with a generally ubiquitous scientific illiteracy about the relevant biology, psychology, and epistemology. And I'm still learning myself.
Apropos of which, you might have some interest in a conversation on the topic of gender identity I'm having on a Reality's Last Stand post with Martin Greenwald (M.D., "Socratic Psychiatrist"):
https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/the-sex-binary-is-not-high-school/comment/14288738
However, the biological definitions for the sexes apply to all anisogamous species -- including the human one. And they say that to have a sex is to have functional gonads of either of two types, those with neither -- e.g., the prepubescent -- are, ipso facto, technically sexless. See the definitions in the Glossary in this article in the Journal of Molecular Human Reproduction:
https://academic.oup.com/molehr/article/20/12/1161/1062990
I think therefore I am what I think I am.
Mulvaney is the epitome of the self absorbed narcissist lying trans cult! He is simply a nonentity trying to to manipulate people and making a lot of money out of it. I’m glad his ads made people aware of his lies!