I heard Kathleen Stock on the radio saying she had an affinity with the masculine. What did she mean by this?

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[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Nobody is denying that those stereotypes exist. What do you think an affinity for the masculine could mean beyond having an affinity for some traits that are deemed masculine?

[–]theory_of_thisan actual straight crossdresser[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Stock said she doesn't assume the blank slate, meaning that some of masculinity and femininity can be innate. That might mean she see here own masculine affinity as the same as the affinity in men to masculinity.

That's not the same as trans ideology but I do see it as something different from original gender critical thought and most of radical feminism.

A person can believe gender is essential and that divergent gender forms are essential but oppose trans politics.

[–]MarkTwainiac 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Stock said she doesn't assume the blank slate, meaning that some of masculinity and femininity can be innate.

Did she actually say the second part, or did you just infer it?

I don't believe in the blank slate either, but I don't think of the blank slate as referring to "gender identity" the way you seem to. I think of the blank slate in the ways it was originally conceptualized by such thinkers as Locke, Thomas Aquinas and Freud, all whom were speaking about personality and character - not either "identity" or "gender identity" the way those terms are used today.

That might mean she see here own masculine affinity as the same as the affinity in men to masculinity.

Stock is a very precise speaker. I wouldn't put words into her mouth that she didn't say or assume thoughts in her head she hasn't expressed. You should really ask her directly. But read her book first. The answer is probably set forth there quite clearly.

[–]theory_of_thisan actual straight crossdresser[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Did she actually say the second part, or did you just infer it?

Well I did recently read this from her site.

I don't automatically assume the mind is a blank slate, so that all sex-based social characteristics are wholly acquired. That's an empirical question so let's see what the science eventually shows. I don't think that getting rid of different social stereotypes for males and females altogether is a coherent aim, though altering the highly regressive ones we have, is.

Not your feminist

All sounded good to me. Probably lots of people might agree with that.