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If you were to be arrested, or found dead, you would be thoroughly searched. Photos alone can be ambiguous besides. It is also relevant if you present yourself

If you were to be arrested, or found dead, you would be thoroughly searched. Photos alone can be ambiguous besides. It is also relevant if you present yourself to be married. I guess the worst case scenario to worry about is having random people impersonating other random people. Accurately communicating the sex of the individual reduces the potential for impersonation by probably 50% or more, because people are VERY good at detecting biological sex (regardless of what trans people think of their presentations).

ben_w 1y ago
> Accurately communicating the sex of the individual reduces the potential for impersonation by probably 50% or more, because people are VERY good at detecting biological sex (regardless of what trans people think of their presentations). 1) If that was true, it still wouldn't be nessesary to record gender as it would cause the presence of disguise to be more obvious. 2) if you want to disguise person A as person B, you pick A that looks like B, it isn't random: Elijah Wood and Daniel Radcliffe famously look alike, neither is going to appear in a biopic of The Rock in the role of Dwayne Johnson. 3) You have no idea how many false negatives or false positives you're making if you don't ask for their background. Everyone trans person who passes, necessarily doesn't "look trans": Won't say where to avoid outing her, but I suggested a trans woman I knew apply to a team I was in, after she got it the boss (1) took me aside to tell me that she was trans, (2) was shocked when I said I already knew. She had not had surgery by that point, and the company only noticed the transition because she'd also applied to the company before starting the transition. And conversely some cis people do "look trans", e.g. The French president's wife based on some recent conspiracy theory that makes no sense to me because I can't imagine caring if someone else's spouse has or doesn't have a medical history relating to their genitals.

ben_w 1y ago

> Accurately communicating the sex of the individual reduces the potential for impersonation by probably 50% or more, because people are VERY good at detecting biological sex (regardless of what trans people think of their presentations). 1) If that was true, it still wouldn't be nessesary to record gender as it would cause the presence of disguise to be more obvious. 2) if you want to disguise person A as person B, you pick A that looks like B, it isn't random: Elijah Wood and Daniel Radcliffe famously look alike, neither is going to appear in a biopic of The Rock in the role of Dwayne Johnson. 3) You have no idea how many false negatives or false positives you're making if you don't ask for their background. Everyone trans person who passes, necessarily doesn't "look trans": Won't say where to avoid outing her, but I suggested a trans woman I knew apply to a team I was in, after she got it the boss (1) took me aside to tell me that she was trans, (2) was shocked when I said I already knew. She had not had surgery by that point, and the company only noticed the transition because she'd also applied to the company before starting the transition. And conversely some cis people do "look trans", e.g. The French president's wife based on some recent conspiracy theory that makes no sense to me because I can't imagine caring if someone else's spouse has or doesn't have a medical history relating to their genitals.