tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965764313983512059.post8810440700508575758..comments2024-01-10T01:22:40.070-07:00Comments on oddXian: Skeptical of Transsexual GeneoddXianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15427095709766850092noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965764313983512059.post-72815918205686317762008-10-30T06:21:00.000-07:002008-10-30T06:21:00.000-07:00One last thought for you - a bit of a thinking exp...One last thought for you - a bit of a thinking experiment:<br><br>Try to define gender - in a way that doesn't exclude significant groups of people that turn out to be exceptions in one dimension or another.MgShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183962674882855323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965764313983512059.post-46474531943021667802008-10-30T05:43:00.000-07:002008-10-30T05:43:00.000-07:00No thanks. I have better things to read.If you won...<i>No thanks. I have better things to read.</i><br><br>If you won't even read the evidence that's out there, then you are doomed to err out of ignorance.MgShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183962674882855323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965764313983512059.post-82359882966632177752008-10-29T06:31:00.000-07:002008-10-29T06:31:00.000-07:00What is confusing is that attempt to appeal to the...What is confusing is that attempt to appeal to the false religion of "psychology" (a proven failure) in order to try and blur the definitive differences between men and women. The whole "woman trapped in a man's body" nonsense has no scientific merit, despite the desperate attempt by this study to establish one.<br><br>Besides, in a naturalistic worldview, how does one approach the mind as separate from the body? The aforementioned study certainly doesn't help in that regard.Puritan Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02240560332777968090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965764313983512059.post-34826522257293050902008-10-29T06:11:00.000-07:002008-10-29T06:11:00.000-07:00No wonder we are such confused in our postmodern w...<i>No wonder we are such confused in our postmodern world...</i><br><br>What's so confusing about accepting that the mind may differ from the body? (It's not like there's a lack of evidence out there)<br><br>It wasn't all that long ago that people believed that being left handed "could be corrected" too.MgShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183962674882855323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965764313983512059.post-16812615778161386392008-10-29T05:11:00.000-07:002008-10-29T05:11:00.000-07:00"psychological gender"???Oh my.No wonder...<i>"psychological gender"</i>???<br><br>Oh my.<br><br>No wonder we are such confused in our postmodern world...Puritan Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02240560332777968090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965764313983512059.post-61311210250477714982008-10-28T05:26:00.000-07:002008-10-28T05:26:00.000-07:00While a degree of skepticism is appropriate here, ...While a degree of skepticism is appropriate here, I should point out that cross-gender identification occurs across a wide spectrum of degrees. <br><br>What has been identified in this study is likely but one vector that impacts the development of gender identity in the brain.<br><br>Whether the gene is dominant or recessive is immaterial - sort of like it is with left handedness. The dominance or recessiveness of the trait tells us little about those who have the trait itself.MgShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183962674882855323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965764313983512059.post-36301337092478935092008-10-27T16:24:00.000-07:002008-10-27T16:24:00.000-07:00This just one study of many that lends credence to...This just one study of many that lends credence to the fact that transsexuality is in essence intersexuality.SA-EThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05473683738309944524noreply@blogger.com