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GanglyKhan posted...

The usual argument against transgenderism is "it's not listening to the science, you are either male (XY) or female (XX)." "The science" as it were, tends to be the backbone of most arguments for there only being two genders. So someone wanting to use "the science" as an argument and then be "anti-science" elsewhere becomes contradictory. I'm not taking up that viewpoint, it's just what I've noticed that usually gets said.

Because "anti-science" doesn't actually mean opposing all science. It means picking and choosing whatever snippets of science one likes with no regard for context and a minimal understanding of the broader concepts and rejecting everything else that one doesn't like. Those clinging to "science" as the basis for transphobia ignore reams upon reams of studies and evidence around gender dysphoria and the various aspects of biological sex in favour of the understanding of genetic sexual dimorphism they got in grade 4. Despite claiming that their position is rooted in science, that's also a fundamentally anti-science position.