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What does biology have to do with what I wrote? If someone says call me Pete and you then insist on calling them Sam, you are being a jerk. Also “write neutral
by Dobbs 7y ago
What does biology have to do with what I wrote? If someone says call me Pete and you then insist on calling them Sam, you are being a jerk.
Also “write neutrally” tends to not actually be written neutrally. “Guys” being one of the common examples, it is used neutrally but inherently has a male biases. This can be frustrating to many women, trans or cis. Invisible Women has a lot in it about this problem and knock on effects of it.
Why are you using the word transsexual? It is largely a medical term at this point referring to the someone who has undergone full SRS. As it is generally considered quite rude to talk about people’s genital configuration the LGBT community has largely moved on from this term to transgender.
- 9HZZRfNlpR 7y agoWell I'm not an American or native speaker, it's rude to think we all live in the same culture and moral code too. The other threads show that there has never been a complaint about misgendering anyone on purpose but the new CoC lays out bunch of very difficult to characterize commandments. The biology has to do with it that no matter what we decide how to speak in society, it doesn't inherently change the fact sex has very much biological meaning and words don't change that. That is the belief consideration we give a lot of power even though we should not.
- damnyou 7y agoOf course sex has a biological meaning. Trans people are more aware of that than anyone else. That is why many trans people change their primary and secondary sex characteristics through hormones and surgery. You can change your sex but not your gender.
- anon12345690 7y agoyou have that backwards. sex is biology, you cant change it