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Sorry if I was unclear. I did not mean to imply any specific motivation of yours. That being said, the example you used is a dog whistle commonly used by folks

Sorry if I was unclear. I did not mean to imply any specific motivation of yours. That being said, the example you used is a dog whistle commonly used by folks whose motivations I have no problem imagining, and it is used to perpetrate violence towards trans people. Furthermore, as I feel quite certain that, given your lack of evidence, you are not right, the consequences I "imagine" are not stemming from you being right or wrong but from folks willing to do violence against trans folks believing you are right and using that believe to justify their violence. If you believe that the so-called epidemic of adolescents coming out as trans has an in-organic origin you're welcome to present the evidence of that. I stand by my statement that there is none.

leephillips 6y ago
So what do you think it is, probably? A mass mutation? Something in the water?
- zaksoup 6y ago
  This doesn't seem like a productive line of questioning. If you have research that shows what you're trying to claim is happening I'd be happy to read it and share my thoughts on it.
  - will4274 6y ago
    I mean, he's clearing referring to the book by Abigail Shrier which has made all sorts of media buzz, including being banned some places and some anti censorship shouts from the right. Is the claim in the book that groups of young women transition in clusters wrong? Most of the objections I've heard to the book haven't made that argument, so I have just assumed the book was correct on that point.
Nickste 6y ago
Thank you for calling out op’s comment. I believe they come from a Joe Rogan interview, which op mentions on his blog, and which is clear dog whistling. There was a helpful thread on Twitter that covered this specific topic, which might be helpful for op, and any others that share the view, to understand why it is not grounded in fact: https://twitter.com/Carter_AndrewJ/status/1270811917616062467 https://twitter.com/Carter_AndrewJ/status/127081191761606246...
intuitionist 6y ago
Presumably this is related to the absolute collapse in population serum testosterone levels over the last decades. I’m a “cis male” by the standards of 2020, but by the standards of preindustrial hormone levels we’re all trans women.

leephillips 6y ago

So what do you think it is, probably? A mass mutation? Something in the water?

zaksoup 6y ago
This doesn't seem like a productive line of questioning. If you have research that shows what you're trying to claim is happening I'd be happy to read it and share my thoughts on it.
- will4274 6y ago
  I mean, he's clearing referring to the book by Abigail Shrier which has made all sorts of media buzz, including being banned some places and some anti censorship shouts from the right. Is the claim in the book that groups of young women transition in clusters wrong? Most of the objections I've heard to the book haven't made that argument, so I have just assumed the book was correct on that point.

Nickste 6y ago

Thank you for calling out op’s comment. I believe they come from a Joe Rogan interview, which op mentions on his blog, and which is clear dog whistling. There was a helpful thread on Twitter that covered this specific topic, which might be helpful for op, and any others that share the view, to understand why it is not grounded in fact: https://twitter.com/Carter_AndrewJ/status/1270811917616062467 https://twitter.com/Carter_AndrewJ/status/127081191761606246...

intuitionist 6y ago

Presumably this is related to the absolute collapse in population serum testosterone levels over the last decades. I’m a “cis male” by the standards of 2020, but by the standards of preindustrial hormone levels we’re all trans women.