I' am responding to your claim that transgenderism is "against science".
"Are there transgender cats? Maybe there are. But I've never known any. The dichotomy of tomcat and female feline is very straight forward. It works with cats, why not humans?"
That is clearly addressed in the link I shared with you. I mean . . .down to the letter, cats specifically.
"I think some people like the guy in your video are intellectualizing this too much.
Of course he is, he's a biologist explaining the nature of gender in biology, I sent you the link to a biologist because, again, you said that it was "against science"
"Sorry, there are real biological women and then there are trans women. They are not the same type of woman as my mother, my sister, or the girl next door even.
Of course they won't be, because women are unique, so are men. We come in a million unique forms.
Transgenderism isn't a theory in science, it's not a mental illness in biology. You don't have to take my word for it. In fact, please DON'T. Research it using a scientist that you respect, though I would hope that you would pick one with a degree and experience in biology and anthropology.
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OnanTheBarbarian (10345)
a year ago
No, the snarky guy in the video did not address the fact that biologists analyze cats and every other mammal in terms of male and female. I have never read a scientist who has said there are 50 genders among cats, dogs, cattle and mice.
The video addressed the concept of identity. You can't be a cat because you say you're a cat. You can identify with the role of a woman even if you're a biological male. And that's fine with both me and most everybody. See the difference now?
But when it comes to biology males and females can be defined by the predominate gonad. That's either ovaries or testicles. And if one is intersexed and have both, they never have both working ovaries and working testicles. Binary gender is very real.
Transgender is not a mental illness. It's a gender role choice. However, genital mutilation is indeed a mental illness. Again, most of us have no problem if a man wants to wear a dress. We have a problem with doctors who mutilate bodies and replace working organs with nonworking replicas of something else.
You keep claiming biologists regard transgender as some biological fact. No, it is a social construct and that's fine. But it's not biological reality for cats or humans.
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RockAway (1381)
a year ago
The BIOLOGIST in the video never said that there were 50 genders.
You didn't understand what this biologist was saying, at ALL, because you don't want to.
"You keep claiming biologists regard transgender as some biological fact. No, it is a social construct and that's fine. But it's not biological reality for cats or humans."
When did I claim that? When did the biologist say that? I didn't and HE didn't.
Why don't you do what I recommended and look up an actual biologist that you like and trust so that you can educate yourself rather than trying to refute the 'snarky guy in the video' because you don't want to be wrong?
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OnanTheBarbarian (10345)
a year ago
The "biologist" with a political agenda, not scientific facts, is claiming that binary gender, male and female, is some murky malleable concept which is all dependent on one's self identity.
You claimed he used cats to support this social construct. He did not. Biologists study all mammals, humans as well as cats, by material observable criteria. A cat is either male or female and their behavior and biology is consistent.
Show me a biologist who claims that a cat with testicles can be female? You claimed there are such biologists. Show me one.
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RockAway (1381)
a year ago
So sorry I wasted my time on you. I'll know better in the future ffs
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OnanTheBarbarian (10345)
a year ago
Uhuh. No reputable biologist says that a mammal with ovaries can be male and a mammal with testicles can be female. You claimed otherwise and when called to prove it, you can't. Transgender is a social construct, not a physical reality.
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