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I continue not to see the logic of the claim that “transgenderism” is real or that I should take it seriously.
I know, you may point out that logic might be too much to expect from the advocates of “transgenderism.” Maybe I've missed some logic that would make sense of the concept of "transgenderism." If I don’t see the logic, I’m not likely to buy the principle, and I will continue to mock “transgenderism” as a phony idea. So, anyone who expects me to take "transgenderism" seriously had better come up with some real logic.
For this discussion, I’m thinking only of boys and men who pretend to be girls and women. Increasingly boys and men claiming to be girls and women looks like a scam to take from girls and women.
When a man says he “feels like” a woman, what does he mean? What is it to “feel like a woman”? Are there any objective criteria that can be applied to that determination? Any measurable criteria? Any criteria observable by other people?
So far I see lots of evidence that boys and men pretending to be girls and women remain very much male in their sexual interests.
There have been plenty of stories and rumors about the sexual interests of male-pretending-to-be-female swimmer William “Lia” Thomas that suggest he very much retains sexual interests that are common among men.
Bruce "Caitlyn" Jenner, despite a penchant for wearing dresses, reportedly continues to pursue biologically normal male-female relations with women.
Male criminals have claimed to be “transgender,” been transferred to women’s prisons, and then impregnated female inmates.
Reports of middle school and high school boys claiming to be “transgender” bear indications that these boys are really just seeking a way to get into the girls’ restrooms and locker rooms either to see naked girls or to sexually assault girls.
I most recently ran into a report of a middle school boy pretending to be female and competing on the girls’ track and field team who (according to a girl on the team) sexually harassed the girl. The girl reports that the boy who claims to be a girl used vulgar language to taunt her with plans to use his male sex organ to engage the girl’s female sex organ. Expressing a plan to use his male sex organ as a male sex organ is NOT consistent with his claim that he’s really a girl. If the girl’s report is true, the boy is undermining his own “transgender” claim.
Such male sexual interests by athletes, criminals, teens, and others, belie any self-declared status as “women.”
Boys and men pretending to be women seem to seek one of two objectives (or maybe some combination): 1) take from girls and women honors that belong to girls and women (sports participation and awards, or other achievements such as the first woman surgeon general), or 2) gain sexual access to girls and women.
Even before getting to all the damage adults cause to confused people (especially youth) under the name “transgenderism,” the “transgender” movement seems at best a scam, especially the male-pretending-to-be-female side, to take from women. No one should be taking this “transgender” movement seriously.
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Most sensible folks believe this. You have to be thoroughly indoctrinated over several years to buy this horribly destructive dangerous nonsense. It has become a secular religion by which you proclaim your moral superiority to those premoderns who believe in biology. It’s also a sort of pagan child sacrifice where adults sacrifice their children”s futures for their own moral preening. The world has seen civilizations go this path before and it never ends well.
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I haven't seen any media reports of "transgenderism" going the other way. If this "transgender" craze were authentic, wouldn't we be seeing a few women "transgendering" into men? Maybe there is no gain of fortune or fame in going that way.
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It does happen. In fact there was a high-profile actress who decided she was a male. Then she disappeared for some reason.
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We are told there are fifty-seven genders. We have been told there are no differences between boys and girls. So, why is this so binary? Why does the boy/man think they are a girl/woman? What defines a woman? Why do they think they need to do certain things to look like women?
In the Eighteenth Century, a man had long hair to show he was healthy. Men often wore wigs to fake it. Now, if a man starts growing out his hair, it's probably because he wants to look more like a woman. Scottish men wear kilts. If one wants to wear open clothing down below, one does not have to be a woman. Men in many countries throughout history have worn make-up of one form or another. There is nothing that we associate with women in our current culture that has been exclusively so throughout history.
Other than having babies.
It's the same on the other side. We have burials from thousands of years ago of women with weapons. That obviously did not make them men. What makes a man a man? Apparently being able to beat women in certain sports.
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