Comments by "Shalanaya" (@Shalanaya) on "Addressing Richard Dawkins' comments on "trans ideology" @RenegadeScienceTeacher" video.
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The whole anti-trans science is nothing but an insulting religion self projected onto trans people, has anyone ever noticed that it is the religious people who support anti-trans movement hiding behind their ideology while calling it a sceince? Their gender binary view is so twisted that it makes you realize that nothing 'natural' would require so much power exerted to maintain and defend it, that is because they are against mother nature, complteley and entirely, they are imposing rules on her. Trans people are the embodiment of her pure chaos, but also of the reason and rationality going against all the fundamentalism which the old gender ideology is merely an extension of. And these guys know it. Trans people are hated on by religious dogmatic people, because their expression has nothing to do with dogmatic beLIEf, but an authentic expression of who we are which destroys all beliefs, the same like putting on your favorite clothes, changing your diet to feel better, there is no component of belief. And that is the threat to the oppressive structure of any political or cultural system, which is why Hitler was so against them, gays and jews that honored multiple genders, original Torah had multiuple genders in it as well.
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Let's be factual here, trans people do change their sex, this is a proven FACT, it is just not sex defined by an outside authority, sex hormones themselves can be a defining marker of one's sexed body. Biological sex tself is a nonsense, it is merely a gendering of the body based on cultural and social values and norma of the time. We are mutli-dimensional species, penis for a trans woman is being experienced since birth as an extended clitoris, their body is experienced as the opposite sex, they are free to gender their body based on their own inner wiring, and WE are obligated to validate it and respect it in the name of love and respect and freedom for ourselves and everyone on this planet. Everyone perceives man and woman differently, words themselves as frequencies of energy, they resonate differently for everyone. It is pure lunacy to claim a penis defines someone's whole sexed body, it is ideological where the outside authority weaponizes someone's body against them.
Some people dont realize man and woman can not be proven either, there are always exceptions, yes we can use XX and XY and say thats female and male, but we can do the same with sexually dimorphic nucleus in the preoptic area of the brain since trans have neuron numbers in a limbic nucleus matching the one of the sex they identify as, but then anti-trans clowns would say there are exceptions too, of course, because categorizations exist only within duality, what is binary is only a belief, it is enforced, once the mind comes in to define something, the truth vanishes, divinity vanishes, for the truth can be only self realized through experience, it can’t be named since words exist only within duality. Just like there is not just day and night, there is dawn and twilight, there are shades of dark and sparkles of light, that is why only robots can exist in a binary way, because they are programmed and created by the human mind, whereas mother nature is a creative force of chaos where there is an exception to any rule, it is a spectrum of possibilities
The biology most people know is called fundamentalism, and it isn't actually biology, it's a philosophy or religion wherein people believe humans are divided into just male or female. The biology that trans people inadvertently represent is an actual science, anmd the extreme opposite of religion or ideology, which people can learn about, and which we try to educate people on so that they don't try to ban them from sports, or public restrooms, or schools. Modern sexology is actually pretty good at defining gender and sexual variance, I would encourage you to explore these topics.
Words man and woman mean different things for different people, just like we perceive man and woman differently because we perceive things differently. Now the question is whether people value more an oppressive belief system/religion rather than multi-dimensionality of who we are that destroys any belief system that rules over the individual. This is why those who say trans is an ideology are self projecting, because it is them who are defending an ideology. Gender identity is developed already in utero, it can be measured on the brain scans, it is not an ideology, it is a need to express themselves within this binary system, so trans people choose man or woman, but if there was no gendering categtorizations whatsoever, we would be far more unique, and no words could capture it. Let's hope people will wake up to what it is all about. Most people have been compltely and radically brainwashed which they are self projecting onto trans people who are here to help you wake up to the reality of mother nature and reality asd a multi-dimensional gateway. You cant put nature into two boxes, it is your ideology to define it by gametes while ignoring the entire mosaic of sexual dimorphism beyond it, this is the message nature is saying to humanity, why is it that it has to come through trans people for people to hear it.
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@rl7012 Gender affirming surgeries on trans people have been done for over a century, those treatments are no longer experiments, they are not experimental, trans ppl do not demonize anyone, they are responding to demonizations of them, they are the victims of the attacks already initiated against them, they are not the aggressors, they are defenders of their dignity and life itself, trans people do not deny biological facts, they understand their body is made some way, what they deny is the ideological gendering of that biological sex, XX or XY could be labelled anyway we would want, it is nothing but an cult-like ideology. Nazis and trans go against each other in terms of principles of how life needs to be lived. Nice twisting of the reality, that's what Nazis used to do too.
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Gender identity is developed during the 2nd trimester in the womb as part of sexual instincts in the body. This is not even debatable, we have had scientific evidence for this for years, trans people change sex of their body as well, this is an undisputable fact, but trans women have always been women for centuries, trans is a modern invention that should be dropped, it is getting embrarrassing using it at this point. The science overwhelmingly stands on the side of trans people, through autopsy we know their brain matches the opposite sex, trans have neuron numbers in a limbic nucleus matching the opposite sex, their sexually dimorphic nucleus in the preoptic area of the brain matches the same size of the opposite sex, which is larger in homosexual people, and this is where trans and gay differ. Some people like to say there are exceptions to this, yes the same for XX and XY chromosomes. There has so far never been found evidence that male and female exist either, scientific community has openly declared recently the existence of 6 bioogical sexes, so the idea of male and female is thankfully going away once and for all. Most ancient civillizations had multiple genders and sexes as well. Male and female is a quite modern invention.
Within neurology and fetal endocrinology studies much has been found and proven in recent years. In particular there are sexually dimorphic regions of the brain that have the base neuron patterns set at the segment specific time of formation. The trigger for the difference between common feminine an common masculine associated neurological patterns, is the cellular activation by androgen hormones. In simple terms high fetal androgens normally pattern these regions in a way common to males. Without the stimulation of androgens, the default pattern in all mammals is the feminine neural pattern. Second issue is each segment forma at its own timeframe and a mix of the patterns can exist although it appears in a smaller number of individuals. The greater the mix of traits the more the person tends to self report being nonbinary. However in people who have mostly the neural network patterns opposite the normal for their birth sex, report strong transgender experience. The regions most seemingly related to gender identity are formed in the second trimester.
Another aspect of humans shows that segments that appear related to adult sexual attraction are similarly patterned by the androgen exposure levels in the third trimester. So neurology has very strong evidence that just as physical sex is selected in the first trimester, gender identity (instincts) are set mostly in the second trimester, and sexuality is set in the third trimester. With functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) we can determine someone’s gender identity with near 100% accuracy these days, so it is not like someone just tells us they feel being the opposite sex, we can objectivelly determine this and prove it as a physical evidence. Most folks are not aware of any gender identity signaling from their brain, any more than a fish is aware of the water it swims through. They are what they are, solid and certain.
Sexual preference and gender identity are not "chromosomal", they are based on hormone exposure in utero and in early development. There is a tremendous amount of research on this. You can make a genetically male rat behave like a fenale and vice versa based on hormone exposure. See Marc Breedloves work. This is why those of us in neuroscience have real issues with "gender is a social construct" and gender fluidity. Gender roles are a social construct, but sexual preference and sexual identity are not. They are biological. Sexual preference and identity is not binary, but its defintely not "fluid" for any individual. It would be better to describe it as a spectrum. We also need to understand that we have gone down the gender neutral hypothesis road before, which was the idea that sexual identity and preference is purely cultural. That was an abysmal failure, and if you accept that its all cultural then you must also accept that gender conversion therapy is valid… its not.
I would encourage anyone to read "As nature made him" which describes a case study of early gender reassignment, in a set of identical twins. One was assigned to be female and was raised as such, the other was raised as male. Its a great book that addresses this issue. And its very approachable. We have made far too much progress in the last half century to go back.
Homosexuality has been removed from the DSMR.
Lady Gaga said it best "I was born this way". No one "chooses" their gender identity or sexual preference. No gay man I know ever "chose" to be gay, just like I didnt choose to be straight, and my bisexual friends didnt choose that either.
Sexual identity and preference are complicated, they are not binary outcomes, but they are also not cultural constructs. They are more akin to a bimodal distribution with very long tails. Culture can act as a filter, that tries to restrict us to one of the two peaks. For a long time the science has been used the same way as religion to oppress and greatly confuse people by defining for others what is a man and woman, it has managed to cause much repression and confusion for those who deviated from such an artificially created norm for centuries.
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Transgender humans represent the complexity and diversity that are fundamental features of life, evolution and nature itself. That is a fact. Organizing society based on objective reality that is oppressing subjective reality out of which objective reality is established is by definition a system of oppression and tyranny that values cohesion of the system more than a cohesion of the human being, it breeds mental illness and is inherently against mother nature and the truth! Organizing society based on self perception ultimately creates diversity that creates a greater whole within the objective reality that values individual authenticity than a belief system that disregards the truth within the individual. The damage that is being down to the integrity of women's sports by anti-trans narrative harms ultimately all of us, and especially women, thankfully more people are waking up to see that trans women are bringing tremendous amount of liberation and empowerment to all women in the long run, because the old gendering process of the sexed body is not rooted in science but an oppressive belief system that does not stand up to science.
Social gender categorization does not exist in the animal kingdom. Our body is dimorphically sexed in multiple ways. The term biological sex is only a chosen gendering of the body based on social norms and values of the time. This is why there is so much medical intervention imposed on infants (intersex) just to maintain the appearance of a neat binary even when their deviance poses no danger to their health at all. In other words, our nuance and authenticity is sacrificed in order to satisfy the extreme polarity for the purpose of outside control by the collective human ego. Our most binary parts (gametes) take precedence over any other dimorphic aspect of the body, because they serve a cohesion of a social system and sometimes not the cohesion of our own body, self alignment and well being as in the case of transgender or intersex species. This is why when people cling to the chosen definition of biological sex in the presence of a transgender person, they are defending a belief matrix system while disregarding the individual in front of them, and this way they manage to support an oppressive system of control. Many people misunderstand how ideology works. It's subconscious. I have no issue recognizing that many medical professionals don't consciously think "I have to maintain the gender binary". However, because of the society and cultural context they operate in, their idea of health and normality is very much shaped by binary heteropatriarchal gender norms which subconsciously inform their perceptions and decisions. It is a reflection of the dimension where the collective consciousness is locked-in, and also the dualistic system of control they support. However, true authenticity exists beyond duality, it is actually within the trinity, it is the I AM in between the two. Our belief system keeps us locked in duality, whereas our true self exists within the trinity, this is why the former tend to oppress the latter.
The biology most people know is called fundamentalism, and it isn't actually biology, it's a philosophy or religion wherein people believe humans are divided into just male or female. The biology that trans people inadvertently represent is an actual science, anmd the extreme opposite of religion or ideology, which people can learn about, and which we try to educate people on so that they don't try to ban them from sports, or public restrooms, or schools. Modern sexology is actually pretty good at defining gender and sexual variance, I would encourage you to explore these topics.
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This is the purpose of trans people here on earth to allow us to transcend our dualistic mindset that is stuck in gender binary, right and wrong, man and woman as fixed strict patterns, this is what number 3 means here with its curvature and a feminine principle of openness, it opens the higher perception of how men and woman can look and be, this is why trans women used to be regarded as women throughout the history including in ancient Mesopotamia without even trying to change their sex.
In Judaism, which served the basis for Catholicism and Islam (both of which are traditionally conservative when it comes to gender) there are examples of ancient understandings of trans, non binary, and gnc individuals. There were a total of 6 genders recorded in the Torah, but colonialist interpretations erased those genders and redefined them to fit a specific perspective. It’s even influenced Jewish understanding of gender. It’s obviously not a perfect understanding of gender and is limited in its own ways but it still exists. Judaism was originally an indigenous land based practice. What's crazy is for people to think trans people push any agenda" when they are basically counter-acting that agenda that the Christian colonists started to spread to the ENTIRE WORLD! They pushed THEIR manifest destiny agenda onto anyone and everyone they could, violently. So how is it trans people that are pushing an agenda?They are actively fighting against an agenda that wants them dead, because they are helping humans to be true to their nature and biology more than a social norm and religious beliefs designed for oppression.
Not only did the rabbis recognize six genders that were neither male nor female, they had a tradition that the first human being was both. Versions of this midrash are found throughout rabbinic literature, including in the Talmud: Rabbi Yirmeya ben Elazar also said: Adam was first created with two faces (one male and the other female). As it is stated: “You have formed me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me.” (Psalms 139:5)
Words man and woman mean different things for different people, just like we perceive man and woman differently because we perceive things differently. Now the question is whether people value more an oppressive belief system/religion rather than multi-dimensionality of who we are that destroys any belief system that rules over the individual. This is why those who say trans is an ideology are self projecting, because it is them who are defending an ideology. Gender identity is developed already in utero, it can be measured on the brain scans, it is not an ideology, it is a need to express themselves within this binary system, so trans people choose man or woman, but if there was no gendering categtorizations whatsoever, we would be far more unique, and no words could capture it. Let's hope people will wake up to what it is all about. Most people have been compltely and radically brainwashed which they are self projecting onto trans people who are here to help you wake up to the reality of mother nature and reality asd a multi-dimensional gateway. You cant put nature into two boxes, it is your ideology to define it by gametes while ignoring the entire mosaic of sexual dimorphism beyond it, this is the message nature is saying to humanity, why is it that it has to come through trans people for people to hear it.
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Binary thinkers assign sex-variant people to "male" or "female" according to criteria they have chosen. The decision that sex is determined by gamete size (and not their motility, or by genitalia, as it was for aeons, or gonads or chromosomes or secondary characteristics) was made by biologists already committed to binary thinking, precisely because gamete size is conveniently binary without realising there's more than two types of gametes, like meiosis which doesn't always result in a gamete that just has an x or a y chromosome. A gamete can also have xx, xy, or no sex chromosome. There are more than two types of gametes, a gamete is half the DNA that makes up an entire person. There are billions of different combinations of gametes, there does not need to be some mysterious 3rd gamete to demonstrate that biological sex is a vast bimodal distribution or spectrum of physical expression. The biological fact is that of the many possible sexual phenotypes (bodily expressions of sexes), only the commonest two are capable of reproduction, and for simplicity, those are taught as the only two that exist. Binary thinking biologists like R.Dawkins assign all the other phenotypes to one or the other of the reproducing sexes for their convenience.
There are no disorders, because there is no order in the first place, intersex and trans prove that nature of sex functions based on bimodal distribution. Dsd are in a spectrum, it's not black and white. It's more of a grayish. almost everyone has a different dsd even if it's a little. A binary would only be two. The exceptions make it not a binary. A binary with some exceptions stops being a binary, they also aren't disorders or errors if the errors happen all the time and vary. Are ginger haired people errors because they are actually a smaller population than trans people ? No that's ridiculous. You don't say blue and red is a binary when purple exists.
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@Arabella868 I would not bother responding to these kinds of people, many of them don't realize it themselves how they are harming themselves and others, so I say let's be respectful and bear that in mind. it stems from an ignorance and a negative belief system rooted in fear which reflects misalignment with the core of who they are, this is why they are attracted to this subject matter in the first place, because trans people represent the mirror, they see people who are aligning themselves in order to expand who they are which guarantees to destroy social norms rooted in fear that provide that negative belief system for their survival.
Expansion is the product of INclusion, not EXclusion. By exclusion you don't get rid of something, you will get more of what you don't want, more dysphoria, division, conflict, fear, death and pain. Negative beliefs primarily use our survival instinct to reinforce our belief in them, it hinges on the fear of death, pain, or any harm which disconnects us from the core of who we are. By inclusion you allow it to destroy what is NOT you in order to become more of who you are, by exclusion you allow it to destroy who you are in order to become who you are not. This is why hormonal therapy and surgery are for trans people the most natural ways to be themselves because they support the harmony of their own inner nature, because it stems from the inclusion and expansion of all who we are. This is also how we can tell what kind of life some individuals are creating for themselves ahead of time. The whole anti-trans ideology is based on belief system rooted in fear reflecting a contraction of energy within the mind and body, not expansion, they are out of alignment with who they are, they are lost, this is why they need control over others, and as long as we continue evolving in our inter-connectedness, they will eventually destroy themselves without us necessarily doing anything in particular to help it, that's why I'm recommending to stay away from these people. That is the biggest love we can give them.
By the way, could you please share this article on trans women in sport with me? I am curious myself. I know that sports are based on disadvantages from the start, when you take out taller and stronger women from the gender group, those smaller and weaker ones would also benefit. The whole segregation of sport based on sex has been flawed from the very beginning, and for decades Ive been waiting when it is going to blow up, and here we are. There is a lot of overlaps since we are sexually dimorphic in so many creative ways.
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Except religion and ideology is what Dawkins is adhering to, not science. It is purely ideologiical. It is the REASON and NATURE that supports trans people's biology and existence. Being trans is not a belief, it si a biological impulse to express our own selves within the body based on our own terms, this goes straight against any dogma, which the old gender ideology is. Gender bianry idea IS a dogma, why do you think mainly religious people, sexists, sexists and mysogynists are supporting people like you, the absolute worst in humanity. Hitler himself, just likie Stalin were enforcing gender binary for the purpose of control of their public, binary thinking is essential in oppressive regimes. While original Jewish Torah was celebraing 6 genders, this is why Hitler was against them. Trans people represent the purest element of nature rebelling against any dogma. That's why people are defending it so much, it is a self projection.
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@calandula4099 Oh boy, there are many microbiologists who would disagree with you, because with regards to the scientific perspective that I shared, it has been affirmed by them as well, the science does stand on the side of trans people. Now from an esoteric point of view, we are multi-dimensional beings, nothing in nature is binary, only a belief system, nothing is black or white, gamete does not define the entire sexed body, we are not walking eggs or sperm, gametes are not binary, this is a well established fact as well, there's many sex cells that differ, no gamete is the same, everything is rooted in sexual dimorphism producing a bimodal distribution. Only robots or machines can exist in binary, I have written a lot on this subject matter that would change most people's minds, but there is not enough space for this here or even time on my part. But I'll just take you a bit deeper here - truth can be only self realized through experience, it can’t be named since words exist only within duality. Binary view of life was supported by all oppressive regimes on earth, because number 2 is instrumental for the control and enslavement of consciousness, since categorizations and definitions can only exist in binary or duality while suppressing the unnamable that exists within the trinity, it forces people into a machine-like state of existence of servitude and perpetual slavery. The reason we differentiate sex and gender is for the reason to free ourselves from this paradigm, because definition of sex is based on arbitrary markers defined by cultures, an outside authority, but do not always reflect experiential reality whatsoever. Gender does since gender identity is an in-utero development, self evident, innate and experiential, and therefore encompasses the entire sexed body, not just chosen body parts to fit the sexist society lost in compartmentalized categorizations which are only possible through the binary way of thinking about life, which is flawed from the start, and is more concerned with belief rather than mother nature, and that is then reflected by its materialistic decadence which manifests as sexism, misogyny or racism.
By gendering the sexed body of a trans person based on their gamete for instance, we are weaponizing their body against them, because the reason we use gamete is for the purpose of upholding a sexual contrast in life, which in case of trans people is diminished through this process, when we gender it based on less binary markers, their body serves a greater sexual constast in sexual relations. This is the entire paradox.
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@calandula4099 Some people attempt to use gamete as a defining factor of our sex, even despite the fact that not even them can be binary, but if we even entertain that, many humans are attracted more to the hormonal development of the body, outside of procreation gametes don't play any role in our daily life that demands separation of spaces between sexes, especially considering some women are born without a womb or gametes. And sex hormones can also be a defining marker of biological sex like gametes or gonads, chromosomes, gene expression, especially for intersex people. In other words, gametes cannot be used to create a sex binary in humans, because no gamete can be present along with ambiguous or mixed gonadal tissue. When this happens, other sex markers have to be considered, none of which are binary. So the need to use other biological markers for sex identification in people with no gametes and ambiguous/mixed gonads confirms sex is composed of a mosaic of traits. Gametes are not used to “sex” people in any of the 195 countries worldwide. No government or military ID worldwide has ever been issued based on gamete type. Mother nature does not deal in binaries, but diversity. Binary is self imposed and created by human mind for the purpose of categorization aka control of the TRUTH.
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@calandula4099 If bodies can spontaneously morph, then there is no reason to think that brain chemistry can't morph as well. In fact, less so, since we already know that brain chemistries do alter and can be improved with medication. ADHD, Bipolar, depression, anxiety, and so on. And, since hormones are chemicals, they too can eleviate cognitive imbalances. More specifically, we can think of brains as organs that function best in the right chemical bath... for them specifically. Meaning each brain requires its own specific chemical signature. Thus, an outward appearing "male" might have a brain chemistry that requires more estrogen to reach its optimum state, and would by contrast be sluggish and even counter productive if given testosterone. Likewise, testosterone for some "female" appearing individuals might induce clarity and focus, that the naturally produced estrogen does not provide. I understand that some transgender people who do not require or support medical transition may find this an inconvenient and hard truth. While there is a social component to gender (particularly in the enforcement of gender roles), it is by no means the only or even the primary element in an individuals lived gender.
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Well, anti-trans science is a religion itself, have you not noticed that it is religious people who support this ideology they call science? Their gender binary view is so twisted that it makes you realize that nothing 'natural' would require so much power exerted to maintain and defend it, that is because they are against mother nature, they are imposing rules on her. Trans people are the embodiment of her, of the reason and rationality going against all the fundamentalism which the old gender ideology is merely an extension of. And these guys know it. Trans people are hated on by religious dogmatic people, because their expression has nothing to do with dogmatic beLIEf, but an authentic expression of who we are which destroys all beliefs, the same like putting on your favorite clothes, changing your diet to feel better, there is no component of belief. And that is the threat to the oppressive structure of any political or cultural system, which is why Hitler was so against them, gays and jews that honored multiple genders, original Torah had multiuple genders in it as well.
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They conflate the two because scientifically speaking trans people DO change their sex, this is a proven FACT, it is just not sex defined by an outside authority, sex hormones themselves can be a defining marker of one's sexed body. Biological sex is an oxymoron itself, it is merely a gendering of the body based on cultural and social values and norma of the time. We are mutli-dimensional species, penis for a trans woman is being experienced since birth as an extended clitoris, their body is experienced as the opposite sex, they are free to gender their body based on their own inner wiring, and WE are obligated to validate it and respect it in the name of love and respect and freedom for ourselves and everyone on this planet. Everyone perceives man and woman differently, words themselves as frequencies of energy, they resonate differently for everyone. It is pure lunacy to claim a penis defines someone's whole sexed body, it is ideological where the outside authority weaponizes someone's body against them.
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