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Post by gw on Nov 28, 2020 7:15:12 GMT
I normally am very at odds with Prager U but one person from there explained it rather well and I'll try to paraphrase it as well as I can : It's not a scientific idea as much as an existential one. I'm not sure if 'existential' is the word that they used but there is a moral argument in favor of transgenderism but it's much harder to defend with a neuroscientific argument than an appeal to one's judgement to decide who they are for themselves. I am aware of all that. What makes me angry is how it seems to be being handled regarding young teenagers and kids who claim to be transgender and hearing stuff about parents having to worry about having their children taken away from them for not indulging their possible confusion. When it comes to bathroom issues it should be up to the biological females on whether they feel safe or not. If anybody can just say they are transgender than a man can just dress up like a female and go into the women's bathroom or shower etc. That's an interesting point that women who might not feel safe might have the last word. But what if the transgender person is used to going into their preferred restroom, having done so for years and feels uncomfortable going into the other one? While there is the fear of a person with male genitalia interacting with a woman against their will, the truth is that a cisgender man can attack a man in a men's restroom or a cisgender woman attack a woman in a women's restroom, or a particularly strong transman could assault a cisgender man in a men's restroom. You get the picture. In spite of all that, nobody objects that a particularly strong person uses the restroom at the same time as somebody physically weaker, you see what I mean? Edit- I see how you've made the case for unisex restrooms which pretty much negates everything I've said.
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