>>> Phew! Masterful job, Steve. Your patience is astounding, to me anyway. A few quotes, with a few of my comments preceded by ">>>".
Rob: "And now people more and more people are saying to embrace the parts of you that don’t conform to the old views of gender. You can be a feminine man, because masculinity isn’t what makes you a man…
>>> Phew! Masterful job, Steve. Your patience is astounding, to me anyway. A few quotes, with a few of my comments preceded by ">>>".
Rob: "And now people more and more people are saying to embrace the parts of you that don’t conform to the old views of gender. You can be a feminine man, because masculinity isn’t what makes you a man. And conversely femininity doesn’t make you a woman. That’s why trans women and feminine men aren’t the same genders. That why people say there are many genders out there. You have to find the gender (or genders) that works for you. You don’t have to even label it, but it’s good to know yourself."
>>> I find this to be completely the truth. But Rob implies that trans women and feminine men aren't the same *sex.* Or that's what he's *trying* to imply. Which is factually incorrect.
Rob: "One definition of being Trans is to 'transcend the gender binary,' so thinking in terms of sex or male/female doesn’t work. You have to be open to the idea that there are other possibilities out there. It might confusing or even scary, but most social progress is like that at first."
>>> This paragraph following the above? Now *this* is just plain laughable. Transcends? Really? And, yeah, thinking in terms of sex or male/female doesn't work if You're talking about what a person's about. But it works in other ways. A *lotta* other ways. And I find it laughable that *regressing* back to the 50s can be viewed as "progress." Pretty sneaky how that works.
Rob: "There is no proper definition of "man" anymore because there are no specific characteristics that belong to only men."
>>> XX chromosomes. And mebbe some small number of intersex people. The exception that proves the rule.
You, Steve: "It can only be accepted through cult-like, unthinking devotion. It can only be defended with dishonesty and emotional blackmail. Because its sole purpose is to cultivate the lie that sex is meaningless."
>>> There it is. The unadulterated and unforgiveable Truth that means You *hafta* be called a transphobe, Steve. Otherwise...
>>> Phew! Masterful job, Steve. Your patience is astounding, to me anyway. A few quotes, with a few of my comments preceded by ">>>".
Rob: "And now people more and more people are saying to embrace the parts of you that don’t conform to the old views of gender. You can be a feminine man, because masculinity isn’t what makes you a man. And conversely femininity doesn’t make you a woman. That’s why trans women and feminine men aren’t the same genders. That why people say there are many genders out there. You have to find the gender (or genders) that works for you. You don’t have to even label it, but it’s good to know yourself."
>>> I find this to be completely the truth. But Rob implies that trans women and feminine men aren't the same *sex.* Or that's what he's *trying* to imply. Which is factually incorrect.
Rob: "One definition of being Trans is to 'transcend the gender binary,' so thinking in terms of sex or male/female doesn’t work. You have to be open to the idea that there are other possibilities out there. It might confusing or even scary, but most social progress is like that at first."
>>> This paragraph following the above? Now *this* is just plain laughable. Transcends? Really? And, yeah, thinking in terms of sex or male/female doesn't work if You're talking about what a person's about. But it works in other ways. A *lotta* other ways. And I find it laughable that *regressing* back to the 50s can be viewed as "progress." Pretty sneaky how that works.
Rob: "There is no proper definition of "man" anymore because there are no specific characteristics that belong to only men."
>>> XX chromosomes. And mebbe some small number of intersex people. The exception that proves the rule.
You, Steve: "It can only be accepted through cult-like, unthinking devotion. It can only be defended with dishonesty and emotional blackmail. Because its sole purpose is to cultivate the lie that sex is meaningless."
>>> There it is. The unadulterated and unforgiveable Truth that means You *hafta* be called a transphobe, Steve. Otherwise...