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>> The use of adjectives like "transgender" as nouns to label people is fairly widely viewed as demeaning. Exactly my point. In the quest for PC, we cannot spe
by NTDF9 11y ago
>> The use of adjectives like "transgender" as nouns to label people is fairly widely viewed as demeaning.
Exactly my point. In the quest for PC, we cannot speak the truth (the truth here being that she is a transgender) just because it is "widely perceived as hurtful". So, how do I do an objective study (say, census count of transgenders) without being "hurtful"?
(transgender = person whose self-identity does not conform unambiguously to conventional notions of male or female gender....not one time was I being hurtful).
- dragonwriter 11y ago> In the quest for PC, we cannot speak the truth (the truth here being that she is a transgender) No, the truth is she is a transgender person/woman/individual. Its not the use of the adjective, in contexts where it is germane, that is demeaning, it is its use as a noun, separating the descriptor from the humanity of the person to whom it applies. > So, how do I do an objective study (say, census count of transgenders) without being "hurtful"? By using "transgender" as an adjective. Its not that hard to do.
- NTDF9 11y ago>> Its not the use of the adjective, in contexts where it is germane, that is demeaning, it is its use as a noun, separating the descriptor from the humanity of the person to whom it applies. Do you realize how stupid and trivial this argument is? Any statistical analysis needs generalization. The generalization was not done in spite. It was for an objective study.