Malcolm Parry

It is essential for sport and women’s exclusive spaces.

So instead of getting all confused about what a woman is and the gender being whatever society wants it to be. Why not use the term female for sports ...

I don't think that's an issue. There is one sex that has been discriminated against in history and had to fight long and hard for their rights.

Sexism and misogyny

So trans men are female is a fair statement? So some men are female. Which is fine if everyone is happy with using the term men to include female No i...

This is exactly what it boils down to. For sports and female exclusive spaces the answer is keep it exactly as it is. Complete separation. No men2 any...

Well the brain structure seems to determine how someone perceives themselves. If I have understood your point.

Female brains think like females. Male brains think like males. A bloke with a female brain will think he’s female. It’s predetermined. Unless I’ve mi...

You have a very pre determined way of looking at the self. What do you deem to be your identity and where did it come from? Sitting in a room alone yo...

What do you mean by match the body? It would function perfectly well surely?

No. That is clearly false. It is obvious in 99.99% of cases with a mere glance whether someone is a man or woman. How they think is irrelevant in mode...

It is a false reality. Males cannot be women. Yes. Men have delusions that they are women. Absolutely. What makes a woman a woman anyway?

You stated some men have female brains. Or have I misinterpreted your posts? If this is true, how does it follow that a male is not delusional to thin...

It was a direct quote

How is a male’s brain truly in reality female? Is there a non binary brain?

I don’t think you “do” philosophy.

I think the issue is fairly simple but the waters are muddied by people wishing to be kind and accommodating wishes that then compromise and impact on...

I have a few personal simple rules for reacting to day to day stuff. I have two people I care about and would do anything for. Anyone else my involvem...

Not in a world where there is still a semblance of liberal values. If something fundamental happened to the world then mores could change drastically ...

I think life is more complicated for many people than you do. Which is fine. I'm not going to change your mind, so there is little point in bothering.

I agree on a fundamental level that the supply of meth is a bad thing but life isn't as simple for some. People end up doing things that others would ...

I agree with that. I think it's a social reaction to the current political and social climate. There is no rigour in the thought processes of most of ...

Give some examples of gendered actions that would allow one into cross sex spaces? Specifically, female gendered actions that allow males into female ...

Surely trans people have the same human rights as everyone else. The issue is can a male (sex) become a woman (gender) and the have the same rights as...

He doesn't get them hooked on meth. He is supplying a product that there is a demand for.This could be easily seen as an amoral act. There is an awful...

Q1. No. There is doubt there is a self. Q2. There isn't but I assume if a soul exists it would be separate. Q3. I assume your soul is "you" so you may...

That sounds like an awful existence. I could not be arsed with and I am dismissive of selfish people. My one existence is not being encumbered by peop...

What a bizarre post. You carryon.

I get that and it is a sound enough (if miserable) concept but I would baulk at describing depression as healthy. I suppose it depends on the term dep...

In what context would depression be healthy? What constitutes depression in this circumstance?

I come from the opposite end of the spectrum and I believe that it is childhood and what happens in childhood that moulds the adult. Not that these th...

I’m definitely not your man. You stick to your own shit.

That is class. I wonder if he has worked why we no longer queue in UK as much as we used to.

How is that different to my example? What do you propose to order society better?

It is fascinating how the Greeks infiltrate everything we do and value and how things changed when scientists worked stuff out and knowledge accumulat...

I’ve read the Greeks and I’m fascinated how we got where we are today. How we think and what knowledge we have amassed, especially in science. It is m...

That is why I joined but I find most of the exchanges esoteric and stilted. Snatching insights is all I want from the subject. I have my own world vie...

I agree 100%. The changes are brought about by changes in science and innovation. There are seismic shifts in social settings too. I don't see much of...

Are you implying mid 70s prog is boring?:gasp:

I just don't see it has very much to do with the modern world. All the major shifts in thought have been assimilated and now the proponents are irrele...

My analogy for philosophy now is that it seems to be the equivalent of prog rock fans discussing an obscure album from 1973 in minute detail when the ...

That isn't true at all. People can have sympathy for someone's situation and help. Empathy is having an understanding and sharing feelings. How can a ...

The system was that people stood in line and waited their turn. I was pointing out why this is. From your opening post. If everyone doesn't buy in, th...

In England we have always had a system of queuing. It was an agreed set of unwritten rules and no one transgressed. The system worked was egalitarian ...

If it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck. I'm going with duck.

It seems I may have been wrong about the choice! I have come through life almost scar free and I have lead an ordinary life but an enjoyable one. I am...

I think any choices you would have made in the past will have been overwhelmed by your condition. I think you made the correct decision in trusting th...

what does that mean?

How can someone with autism feel an emotion that they have no concept of and cannot read the situation anyway? Sociopaths have no concept of empathy (...

A mother who has lost a child can empathise with another mother who has lost a child. I could only sympathise as I would not be arrogant enough to thi...