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[–][deleted] 30 insightful - 5 fun30 insightful - 4 fun31 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

In addition to what others have said, there's also quite a high number of TIMs in STEM. They've got a lot of influence over the leftist-techy-utopia bubble.

It makes a lot of sense really. People with tech related hobbies tend to live in their fantasies (I say this as a woman in STEM who grew up on video games and internet fandom communities - I can relate). The more tech savvy you are, the more freedom and power you have to indulge your fantasies online. And being trans is an extreme form of fantasy...

[–]Tom_Bombadil[S] 11 insightful - 4 fun11 insightful - 3 fun12 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

And being trans is an extreme form of fantasy...

Insightful, and funny. +3

[–]War_Queer 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is a great observation. I'd also put forth the correlation between having autism or autistic tendencies and being trans; I'd imagine STEM attracts a lot of neuro non-typicals.