Intellectual honesty is a crime on Reddit

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

To be fair, psychological understanding is rapidly changing. And it also puts the cart before the horse. We barely understand the brain as an organ.

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

Nevertheless current practise is derived from empirical learning about how to improve quality of life, and reduce suicide.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I think that's an overstatement, the suicide bit. No good long term studies exist for you to make such claims.

Current practice is now political.

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

The current practice harms those who would actually kill themselves. Because treating them would require admitting that they probably have some sort of intersex disorder and that gender is not an identity or social construct, which is a BIG no-no.

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I don't know about "intersex disorder" but I still fully believe it's a mental illness and I think the fact that it's no longer considered as such is a shame. Gender isn't an identity, although if we were to accept that sex and gender are different things (what the left claims), 'gender' really would be synonymous with personality because they're referring to gender roles and stereotypical gendered behavior.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's an intersex disorder. There are genes linked to the condition, which also just so happen to control neurological hormone functions. And I think it's known to primarily affect the body mapping region. It's a nightmare, which no troon bragging about how "cute" and special they are understands. I think it's about time to find a different term than "trans", which was stolen by people who have no business with it, just like "liberal" was stolen from libertarians.

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

Sure. I just think the trans thing is largely NOT about intersex people. It's mostly people born with normal bodies.