I was originally going to ask how many legal genders there should be, but I fail to see a compelling argument against 0.

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[–] 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Your understanding of sex does not encapsulate how transition changes a person’s sexual characteristics and organs, which are absolutely medically relevant information.

If I were reduced to my birth sex when e.g. admitted to a hospital, doctors would have a hard time figuring out how to treat me as I am very obviously different from that. The whole picture is important.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

    that's why you can have your sex legally changed, like your name.

    but please be more offended by reality if makes you feel morally superior.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Where was I 'offended by reality'? Are you OK?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    Because the concept that biological sex doesn't exist keeps getting pushed by folks, and it's simple not true apart from fringe circumstances.

    despite 99.1% of the population not being trans, and 99.998% of it not being hermaphrodites.

    it's a totally insane position and I'm sick of it being normalized. But then again this place is full of people who think China will liberate them from their oppression by capitalism, but they are also incorrect and not living in reality.

    Way too many folks seem to want to take the perspective of schziophrenic and argue we should all be like that, rather than we should treat the schiophrenic so they don't suffer from schziophrenia. And will scream at you that you're evil and wrong for not wanting everyone to become schiophrenic.

    What's weird is IRL, I have never me trans person who argues everyone needs to be trans or gender/sex needs to be abolished to 'liberate' us from it or something. And when I do meet someone like that, it's mostly a rich white straight person who argues that, who is sexist as hell about other people's genders. It's largely a projection of their own shame at their own gender essentalism, or something. Otherwise it's a position that mostly a position of delusional people online, and it's utterly bizarre. And equally as absurd as the people who think trans people are going around converting children or something.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I understand your position, and even and agree with what you are trying to say about a level of virtue signalling so intense and removed from reality that it is disingenuous and toxic. I see it in many of the 'chronically online' types, particularly those who need to look after themselves a bit better. However, none of that is relevant to anything prior in this comment thread. I do think you may have categorised me as being in a certain 'camp' and then run off with it a bit, if I am honest.

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