That's just not true. What's recent is the general acceptance of socially recognized female traits to biological males in Western society. That's what...
I'd submit that gender dysphoria is exactly the opposite of the way you characterize it here. The person believes their appearance is not who they are...
No, actually it wasn't. The Proclamation states: "Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vest...
What I said was: There's nothing shady at all going on here. A heterosexual will likely choose a member of the opposite sex to have sex with, a dog lo...
I do think Thai culture is very different in this regard, or at least that's how it's portrayed to me from 1000s of miles away. I had a conversation w...
I think this goes directly to my OP, which is the attempt at the disambiguation of the term "woman." There are XX women and XY women, both rightfully ...
Not if it's unsafe, nor should they use the opposite bathroom if it's unsafe or causes discomfort among the others in that bathroom. If there were som...
You indicated that I took the position that transsexualism was a matter of personal choice. I denied that. You then provided a quote you felt contradi...
How would sexual deviance threaten to cause my wife to be impregnated by another? She'd be just as likely to get preggers whether the sex was vanilla ...
Assuming the only basis for gender seperation is safety and that it has nothing to do with discomfort related to sexual tension, attraction, or just a...
Women are not permitted in men's restrooms even should they feel safe being there. The regulation isn't entirely safety related. The comparison to Afr...
A transexual and CIS woman both choose daily whether to wear male or female clothing for example. A heterosexual and homosexual both choose who to hav...
To abstract it: You have an X and you want to know how it might be used. You establish that it can be used only if A, B, and C occur. An objection is ...
That may be a weak argument, but it's not one I made. I never suggested transsexuals shouldn't express themselves. I'm not real sure what you're respo...
I wish Christie had a chance, but I don't expect him to last. He's a solid opposition voice, although that seems to be more the result of Trump shunni...
Since you point to this, I'll better respond. I didn't focus on the safety issue as the basis for my bathroom signs, although I can see that as being ...
I've not suggested one can choose not to be gay, straight, CIS, or trans. I said one can choose one's behavior, which is true. I can choose to not hav...
Safety first, yes. Should violence occur, I would blame the actor, to a much less extent someone specifically inciting it, to no extent someone who ju...
I'd argue that democracy doesn't work that way, as if a vote occurs and the lovers take their lumps and the winner gets his way. The losers protest an...
The concept of modesty may seem quaint to you, but it is an area of concern for most cultures, and asking that it not be respected across gender lines...
But this was addressed in the OP. I didn't suggest an XY transsexual be forced into an XY bathroom specifically for the reasons you're identifying. Sh...
The broader question is whether it's appropriate to designate XX women as such when that designation matters. To assert it doesn't matter in the bathr...
Fair enough. It's hard to carefully tread sometimes between being someone who is just making comments and someone who might be perceived as moderating...
I actually see this entire back and forth exactly as it should be. I made some comments that were not inappropriate and they were sincere, but they di...
The comparison to be accurate wouldn't hinge on the ability to prove one's preference for tea, but on the ability to define tea. That is, I trust impl...
Your post is interesting. What you've identified is the difficulty in capturing a definition of your maleness, but you tacitly admit your recognition ...
I don't really know that she addresses my points. Where society has used gender designations to structure itself to maintain certain power structures ...
Discrimination is only an evil when it's based upon irrelevant criteria based upon prejudice, but it's not when there is a relevant basis for the disc...
No, not legally defined. That's the special world of proscriptively defined words. I'm talking socially defined, which permits a dispute of how the wo...
Maybe I should move this to its own thread, but I was just thinking about this the other day. A definition of nonsense is to speak in undefined termin...
While you can't resist my self-identification, you can resist the implications of it. Note in my example, I did not impose any pronoun use on anyone. ...
My question relates to the significance of your self identification. If we changed your self identification to being that of a woman, but kept every o...
This seems the crux of a critical problem. If we can't arrive at an intra-subjective definition of gender that clearly defines gender, then the concep...
If: 1. Gender identity is subjective and correlates entirely to self identification, and 2. Sexual identity is objective and correlates entirely to ph...
Dr. Pepper is regional? I do like fried okra, but boiled with tomatoes and salt is my slimy favorite. I always order the fried okra when available bec...
I never knew pimento cheese sandwiches were a regional thing. I'm starting to wonder what else might be. Obviously there's grits, collards, sweet iced...
Pimento cheese sandwiches are a staple at wedding and baby showers and even at some weddings. You cut them up in little triangles and cut the crust of...
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