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averagejoel posted...

s0nicfan posted...

I accept that you exist, but if you want me to believe in science, you must also accept that anecdotal evidence is never going to be more compelling than large N carefully validated studies. You can believe what you want about yourself, but your existence alone does not overcome evidence simply because you will it.

what studies are you referring to, and what specifically about her lived experience do they contradict?

I was referring to studies that show that a mtf brain is objectively not the same as a woman's brain, as well as the study that showed (again, small sample size) that schizophrenia medication completely eliminates a person's desire to transition. I also alluded to the 40% suicide rate, of which there are many studies, and which still stays an order of magnitude above the national average even if only looking at "passing" individuals.

As for her lived experiences, her telling me that she is a woman because she says so contradicts the evidence. Her personal experience having a good transition is also not evidence that the 40% suicide rate would go away if we all just "accepted it" and it certainly doesn't turn valid science into flat earth nonsense.
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