GC: What are your arguments against "lesbians and trans men are men in women's bodies" and "gay men and trans women are women in men's bodies"?

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    [–]CuteAsDuck[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

    Rather than misunderstanding the "science", I'm presenting popular interpretation of those studies, just one example of it which received attention: https://imgur.com/SNcZLGV

    Same goes on reddit. When someone explains gay men's attraction to men, they claim because their brains are similar in structure to women, that they are "psychologically women" or "female brains inside male bodies".

    We can only "misunderstand" the "science", if we know what the intents of these "scientists" are for claiming brains of gay men are similar in structure to the brains of women. All brains are similar in structure to one another. Why emphasize on gay men's brains "being similar" to the brains of "straight women"? What do they plan to achieve with such studies, if not to give others the impression gay men are "heterosexual women gone wrong", "heterosexual women inside male bodies" or "psychologically heterosexual women"? And how are you sure their intents aren't to give this impression?

    They have successfully achieved to give many this impression. Now, wherever I go, I hear "gay men are psychologically women", and "gay men have female brains". If they didn't plan on giving this impression, and on their "science" to be misunderstood, they should have done a better job explaining their studies.

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      I don't think that's misunderstanding the articles. They may not directly say gay men have female brains, but by emphasizing on gay men's brains being similar to women's brains in structure when all brains are similar in structure to a degree regardless of sex, the articles along with their "scientists" are homophobic, intend on giving the impression gay men are "psychologically women" or "straight women trapped in male bodies" or things similar. Homophobes know their way with words. To lure an audience, they hide behind certain conclusions, such as "gay men have similar brains to straight women", indirectly saying that "gay men have female brains" while playing with words.

      The sources, and the experiments of the articles you defend are homophobic indeed, as you say so in your response to my question in your second line.