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[–]circlingmyownvoid2 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (19 children)

Which structures in the brain? I’m Not a neuroscientist but I do recall a study showing that trans women had white matter formations in the brain distinct from men.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (18 children)

So you’re making a claim based on something you may or may not have heard about a study that was wildly misinterpreted, and that’s good debate to you? That’s a solid foundation to claim that girlbrain is a thing and some men have it? Why on earth would two different mens brains have anything to do with womens?

As per usual you ignore sixty percent of what I ask you. Why even bother, masks?

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

I never said girlbrain. I said probably a structural basis for dysphoria based on observed commonalities in brain structures in trans women. That’s not saying trans women have “women’s brains”.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (15 children)

And I’m saying that there is no difference between what you’re saying and the girlbrain concept.

Again, how does a difference between two mens brains equal a woman?

[–]circlingmyownvoid2 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (14 children)

It doesn’t. It differentiates between men and trans women on a structural level. That’s my point.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

But it only proves that they are men with a disorder or neurological difference. If that’s the case, why are others expected to say a woman is a man with maybe a bit more white matter? Why can we not simply recognise them as a type of men?

[–]circlingmyownvoid2 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (12 children)

Because you ate conflating male and men in a way that we don’t agree with.

[–]loveSloaneDebate King 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Isn’t it true that other mental health issues can be observed in the brain?

Are schizophrenic males not men? Bipolar males not men? I think I read you can see a difference run homo and heterosexuals… how do we know who Is a man if brain differences matter this much?

And when did sex or gender become about the brain?

[–]circlingmyownvoid2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Identity has always been about the brain.

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

Okay. But gender and sex aren’t. Way to ignore my point lmao

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

So? What makes the baseless disagreement of a tiny group with the use of a word a reason for everyone to be made to change their use of the word?

How is that similar at all to the natural evolution of language? Nobody was ever threatened with rape and murder for saying inflammable doesn’t mean can’t burn.

[–]circlingmyownvoid2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Every trans person and every supportive non trans person doesn’t seem like a tiny group.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

What percentage of the entire English-speaking world is trans or actually believes that men who maybe have a wee bit more white matter are women?