Senjougaharaism posted...
to be honest I thought b8 would be more open minded to things like this, as this place always seems pretty liberal for a (mostly) american community, but I guess not.
B8 has always had a mix. Gay rights topics usually start an argument, for instance. Now we're on a more complex and newer issue.
Wanglicious posted...
hm. point, expand or change definition then.
which is just entirely weird to me. like the LAST thing you want to judge any classification on is 'so what do you feel you are.' biology's simple if you're gonna have a divide,
Simple for you, agonizingly distressing for the small number of kids who want to be a girl/don't want to be a girl. (Incidentally, you say "biology"--I think most doctors would agree that brain biology exists, and there is a measurable difference between female-identification brains and male-identification brains).
And...incidentally, you say "easy". What's easier: asking a kid "do you consider yourself a boy or a girl?" or asking a kid "ok, please take off your pants so that I can inspect your genitals."
Yeah, with the former I guess there's some risk with like...13 year olds that they might lie because they have a sexual motivation. But we're talking about a 7 year old. 7-year-olds don't have a motivation to lie (unless it's like "I'm jealous of my big sister and want to do that stuff"--which you can find out really fast). Really, if you can't figure out whether or not a 7 year old is sincere in 2-3 questions then you're not very good at interacting with 7-year-olds.
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