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I do wonder, though, how often the threat is real and how often it is made up in the head. I was thinking of love as a constructive force and hate as ...

I too think that hate involves all three of these things, and takes them a step beyond, and that implies that hate is a reaction. A reaction to what? ...

The gut response is to say that hate is irrational. But the science seems to suggest that love is more irrational than hate. Love and hate use the sam...

Excellent. Thank you.

Very well said.

Actually, I did. They refuted supposed claims that were never actually made, like locating a specific “gender area” of the brain, or that any one brai...

using a search engine as a tool is not having anyone "do your homework for you"

there's no difference between using Chatgpt as a search engine and using Google as a search engine I quoted the papers, not Chatgpt But if the source ...

I cited papers, not Chatgpt I went to this paper, and the first sentence literally read: Both transgenderism and homosexuality are facets of human bio...

I'm not sure where you're from, but this is not true in my neck of the woods. No, sorry, that's 1950s I can't imagine what "genetic background" this i...

During the intrauterine period a testosterone surge masculinizes the fetal brain, whereas the absence of such a surge results in a feminine brain. As ...

That the body reacts faster than the mind is well established scientifically: Your body reacts before your mind during triggers because your nervous s...

yes, honestly, I did too wonder too if I was choosing the right word. I changed it to "elements" and then changed it back. Facilities or capacities ma...

I’ve been reading this morning about two psychobiological processes: interoception and alexithymia – and especially as to how they relate to transgend...

My claim was that identity is not ideology. Ideology may be constructed around that - like whether or not to provide a safe space for transgender pers...

Nothing to be sorry about. I appreciate your attention, and your sharing your point-of-view. Suffice to say I disagree with your approach to transgend...

Yaniv has caused more harm than help to the cause of transgender persons, so not quite so comedic. I don't think she is representative of the vast maj...

I think this is the crux of the matter for you? Well, Christian marriage is certainly available to those who desire it, It's not going away. But some ...

What kind of traditions are you talking about? I think the best foundation of a society is one that includes basic human rights. Tradition is good, to...

Yes, there are extremists in all groups. But the outliers should not decide the rule. We need to look to leadership to provide the greatest benefit fo...

Sorry, I should have been more precise. I meant the executive order Trump signed January 20, which in part states: Sec. 2. Policy and Definitions. It ...

Oh, so you are arguing against individual human rights. Sorry, this just opens the door to all kinds of suppression and oppression done in the name of...

I think you are referring to this: if so, no, I meant the anti-transgender faction

Yes, I did say that. It's an ideology adhered to by a wide swath of different groups is this meant to discredit it? What side of the road a society dr...

the current US government gave them an inch, and they took a mile.

No. The stats I find this morning are similar to the stats I have previously posted: The point-prevalence proportions of shifts in requests before any...

This is not true in the US. They have been executive-ordered out of existence. I think this fails to understand how central gender identity is to tran...

Thank you for that, but I cannot say that it revealed much to me that I didn’t already know, or posted about. Transgender persons experience psychic d...

Please share your research with us.

Lol, I do wonder who is standing on ideology

I did include another source. No, I quoted statistics I invite you to read the totality of my posts before making this presumption. I take exception t...

I'm not sure which part you mean, but yes, our well-developed theory of mind separates us from other primates. Sounds like a fascinating book, thanks ...

Well, only humans have a well-developed mental capacity called "theory of mind." it's the ability to make inferences about what is in the mind of othe...

Well, that would be a very ignorant position. I'm sorry that you face that prejudice and that ignorance.

Well said. But I do wonder whether it is a matter of discomfort or an inability to comprehend. Again, well said. But we must understand that external ...

If I may - it means that your identity formulated by your brain should take precedence over whether or not you have ovaries or testes.

I'm using the terms here metaphorically and structurally, not literally or grammatically “Subject” = locus of agency and perspective “Object” = target...

Well, I disagree, but I'll try to add more to it here in this post. The women who you think should not work. Not quite. In any one example of interper...

Hello, I'm back. I see you are still incorrectly defining gender, but I will proceed... I have figured out another aspect of your theory that is troub...

Well, since we were talking about suicide, I thought it understood that we were talking about the life in question. Sorry for the imprecision. On prin...

You’ve hit the nail on the head with this. Give the people something to be disgusted about, and you can con them into accepting all sorts of damaging ...

I have sufficiently answered these questions in previous posts. Your position is predicted on the inaccurate premise that transgender persons are not ...

I would say that the function (the mind) cannot be separated from the structure (the brain) so we have one thing, not two things. It's not a dualism. ...

Please don't gaslight me. You made a presumption about something I said or did. The conclusion does not follow from the premise. When terming "differe...

This does not apply to transgender persons. This does not apply to transgender persons. But there is. It's a mental understanding of who you are. No. ...

I learned a new word in the thread "SEP reading on possibility and actuality" - and thought it might be a concept that can be applied to this thread, ...

Sorry if I used the phrase incorrectly. I meant "raises another question"

You've taught me another new word, and I thank you for that - "reification" - "treating an abstract idea as if it were a concrete, real thing." My fir...

Agreed.

You know I can read this, right?