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@shoutplenty

after almost 2 years of carefully pondering transgenderism and the tra + gc arguments, i think the thing that finally made sense of it all was realising trans could be defined simply as desire to fit a gender role different from birth sex, rather than in terms of gender identity

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@shoutplenty

it almost seems like the same thing at first, but what this does is shift gender from being a subjective feeling of the subject, to an objective reality of the sum of observers – how the subject is seen by society, the expectations it entails, and their impact on the subject

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@shoutplenty

this is also liberating in that it assumes nothing about *why* one desires a different gender role. it’s just an as-is reality, so a good base for figuring out what rights and culture norms those ppl need, w/o assuming any unnecessary metaphysical beliefs about them

9/30/2022, 11:24:42 PM

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@shoutplenty

i find that with this perspective, most of the issues, contention and cognitive dissonance over trans ppl just slide away, and we return to where we can reason purely with objective concepts like sex, stereotypes and gender roles. we will still reach diverse conclusions, no doubt

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