Good, relevant points
But you mention belief.
My position is that I don’t know what it means to “believe” a male person who says they are a woman: Male people aren’t women unless I use a definition of the word specifically created to include male people as women. I can’t rationally believe a male person is in the same category as all women, in the same way as all women, because it’s not true.
If I’m asked to believe someone is trans - well that’s not even an issue: trans rights can and should be designed based on recognising people as being “trans”, rather than based on categorising themselves into the opposite sex. A trans rights activism based on designing a set of rights specific for trans people as trans people is a good aim, and one that doesn’t require any belief
(, Sun 15 Aug 2021, 13:11, Reply)
I understand
I just find it somewhat baffling how objective reality is being sidelined in favour of subjective testimony on this issue, by many professionals too, I might add - or it seems to me that it is.
(, Sun 15 Aug 2021, 13:35, Reply)
It would very much depend on which mental health professionals.
A counsellor would have a very different way of operating versus a psychiatrist or a psychologist.
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FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Sun 15 Aug 2021, 16:18,
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