Tra/qt how is ‘examine your genital preference’ not homosexual conversion therapy?

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[–]penelopekitty 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (27 children)

Complete nonsense. We all know who is a man and a woman. These are sex based words, they mean something.

[–]circlingmyownvoid2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (26 children)

They mean different things to a lot of people than to you.

[–]BiologyIsReal 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Changing the meaning of words don't change the underlaying reality. What is more, save for very rare cases people can easily tell your actual sex regardless of how much effort you put into concealing it. A man calling himself a woman don't make him one. Just like calling himself a cat doens't make him one.

And why should women accept being defined as nothing more than a bunch of sexist stereotypes by males who say they are "women"? Why should we care not to hurt the feelings of said males when it's pretty clear they don't care at all about our feelings and safety?

[–]penelopekitty 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

No. I am a woman. I'm beyond sick and tired of men appropriating this. No man can ever become a woman or female in any sense of the word. The audacity of those who think they can is breathtaking.

[–]circlingmyownvoid2 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Language evolves.

[–]BiologyIsReal 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, language evolves. However, first, this is not a natural evolution of the language, but a top-to-bottom change pushed by trans activists. And second, you cannot change the underlying reality of the sexes by playing word games. You may force everyone to lie by using your sexist definitions for man and woman, but guess what? Males who claim to be "women" are going to still be males from birth to death and, except for very rare cases, people are going to keep recognizing said males as the males they are. And likewise for females who identify as "men".

So, what does this authoritarian and sexist language change acomplish? Not hurting the feeling of people who identify as trans? Why should we prioritize your feeling over anything else? Why should women accept being defined as nothing more than a bunch of sexist stereotypes by males who say they are "women"? Why should we care not to hurt the feelings of said males when it's pretty clear they don't care at all about our feelings and safety?

[–]penelopekitty 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not like this. Nobody gave you permission to steal from women. Create your own words.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (20 children)

If a lot of people insist that a triangle can have five sides as well as three, does a triangle become two different shapes?

[–]circlingmyownvoid2 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (19 children)

The meaning of triangle changes, yes.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (18 children)

You don’t see any issues trying to teach geometry? Everyone should just shrug and say I guess ‘tri’ means any number we want?

Is language still even useful if it cannot communicate specific ideas because it’s all just sounds that mean anything?

[–]circlingmyownvoid2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (17 children)

They don’t mean anything, they mean what enough people agree they mean, language is inherently social and evolving.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (15 children)

Which other words have had their meaning become the opposite through group pressure?

Please answer the questions instead of skirting them constantly, masks.

[–]circlingmyownvoid2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (14 children)

Inflammable for one. Literally for another.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

when was that meaning changed and who demanded it change?

What does inflammable mean other than ‘can burst into flame’?

Inflammable and flammable are synonyms and mean "able to burn" even though they look like opposites. In this case, rather than the prefix in- meaning "not," as it often does, "inflammable" comes from the latin verb inflammare, which means "to cause to catch fire." "Flammable" was coined later from a translation of the latin verb flammare ("to catch fire"), which inflammare is related to.

Literally hasn’t changed meaning..it’s become a colloquial term but the definition is not understood to mean “very” by anyone..

Why do you refuse to directly answer anything i ask you?

[–]circlingmyownvoid2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

I literally just gave you a direct answer. You said which words have moved to opposite meanings. I gave you two.

[–]BiologyIsReal 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

they mean what enough people agree they mean

How many people is enough for changing or keeping the meaning of woman? Women are more than half the population. We clearly outnumber males who claim to be "women" by a large margin. If you actually believed this argument you would have to accept the original meaning of the word woman (and the word man) because it's a tiny part of the population who is pushing this sexist language change. Again this is not a natural evolution of the language.