I often agree with the sentiments posted by authors in this Substack. But 99% of the transgender (broadly writ) conversation would not be enhanced by being nuanced as Mr. Slover wishes would happen. The actual gender dysphoria numbers are incredibly small even if one accepts the existence of the condition at face value (being in DSM doe…
I often agree with the sentiments posted by authors in this Substack. But 99% of the transgender (broadly writ) conversation would not be enhanced by being nuanced as Mr. Slover wishes would happen. The actual gender dysphoria numbers are incredibly small even if one accepts the existence of the condition at face value (being in DSM does not make it real, but let us set that aside). Morphing all of society (William Briggs has an entertaining but pointed tongue-in-cheek piece on this today: https://www.wmbriggs.com/post/40280/) to support this fraction of one percent as if it is the most important thing in the world is the PROBLEM.
The movie, although clearly from a viewpoint, does an excellent job at exposing these charlatans for what they are. Biology is real. One cannot EVER change one's chromosome mix. Pretending it is a choice is guaranteed to lead to mostly bad outcomes -- as we are beginning to see -- not only for the patients but also for society.
I am all for adults being able to live as they wish as long as they do not make me do the same or force whatever they believe on me. When one starts permanently mutilating children or morphing things absurdly (see Briggs) to support some tiny fraction of people, this becomes a completely different conversation.
Finally, I believe most everyone has recognized over the past few years how captured and thus unreliable (yes, I am being kind here) the "experts" at anything are. Covid and climate come to mind as immediate prime examples. So the fact that some people are cleaning up by inventing most of this field and damaging people on the way (I feel the same about pediatric spikeshots, incidentally) is not to be lauded...nuanced or not.
I often agree with the sentiments posted by authors in this Substack. But 99% of the transgender (broadly writ) conversation would not be enhanced by being nuanced as Mr. Slover wishes would happen. The actual gender dysphoria numbers are incredibly small even if one accepts the existence of the condition at face value (being in DSM does not make it real, but let us set that aside). Morphing all of society (William Briggs has an entertaining but pointed tongue-in-cheek piece on this today: https://www.wmbriggs.com/post/40280/) to support this fraction of one percent as if it is the most important thing in the world is the PROBLEM.
The movie, although clearly from a viewpoint, does an excellent job at exposing these charlatans for what they are. Biology is real. One cannot EVER change one's chromosome mix. Pretending it is a choice is guaranteed to lead to mostly bad outcomes -- as we are beginning to see -- not only for the patients but also for society.
I am all for adults being able to live as they wish as long as they do not make me do the same or force whatever they believe on me. When one starts permanently mutilating children or morphing things absurdly (see Briggs) to support some tiny fraction of people, this becomes a completely different conversation.
Finally, I believe most everyone has recognized over the past few years how captured and thus unreliable (yes, I am being kind here) the "experts" at anything are. Covid and climate come to mind as immediate prime examples. So the fact that some people are cleaning up by inventing most of this field and damaging people on the way (I feel the same about pediatric spikeshots, incidentally) is not to be lauded...nuanced or not.
Excellent!