Regarding your Science Daily article on Bakker’s study:
“Genetics and hormones contribute to sex differences in brain development and function that lead to more male- or female-typical characteristics; however, these processes are not well established.”
IOW: not proven.
“Furthermore, little is known on how early in life, or to what extent, the gender-typical characteristics of transgender people become established.”
Gender typical characteristics- that would be the personality, no? But you agreed that trans men have male personalities. If their “female brains“ don’t give them female bodies or female personalities, then what exactly do they have that makes them female?
“The study included both adolescent boys and girls with gender dysphoria and used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to assess brain activation patterns in response to a pheromone known to produce gender-specific activity. The pattern of brain activation in both transgender adolescent boys and girls more closely resembled that of non-transgender boys and girls of their desired gender. In addition, GD adolescent girls showed a male-typical brain activation pattern during a visual/spatial memory exercise. Finally, some brain structural changes were detected that were also more similar, but not identical, to those typical of the desired gender of GD boys and girls.
Dr Bakker says, "Although more research is needed, cherry picking we now have evidence that sexual differentiation of the brain differs in young people with GD, as they show functional brain characteristics that are typical of their desired gender."
These tests are being done on adolescents with life experience and almost fully formed personalities. There’s no indication of what sorts of activities or life experiences have influenced their attention spans or aptitudes.
One doesn’t need a science background to see how flimsy these results are. But they’ll get a standing O for it for their “bravery” in representing the trans community when it’s really the people who stand up to the current wave of bashing down anyone who questions their ideology who are the brave ones risking their careers and reputations by being attacked as bigots when all they’re doing is stating the obvious.
I have a much more in depth article for you that is a far more conclusive study. I’ll make another post ASAP.
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