Current Events > Canadian professor argues that anime makes people transgender.

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https://www.dailydot.com/irl/transphobic-doctor-twitter-anime-makes-people-trans/

Dr. Ray Blanchard, an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, is a well-noted foe to the trans community. His most recent bad idea thats gone viral: Anime might be making trans girls transition.

Blanchard is a 73-year-old cis man who was once the head of the Clinical Sexology Services at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, a facility that has come under fire for its conversion therapy type tactics, among other problems. He is probably most infamous for coming up with a typology that classifies trans women as either homosexual transsexuals or autogynephilic. Simply put, he believes trans women are either predominantly attracted to men or predominantly sexually aroused by becoming women.

The theory has since haunted trans women, as it conflates the erotic desire to embrace ones gender identitywhich is a universal experience shared by cisgender womenwith a fetishistic interest in ones body. That discredits trans women attracted to other women and centers transitioning around straight trans women, erasing queer trans experiences.

Blanchard has continued to champion the idea over the years, which led him to endorse a Medium essay written by a Twitter user named SocialJusticeWizard recently. In his post, SocialJusticeWizardwho, to be clear, is no fan of social justiceclaims trans women are actually lonely and repressed cis men who develop gender dysphoria because slice-of-life anime makes them realize that they always wanted to be soft and gentle like [an anime girl], carefree and cheerful like her, enjoy life in its fullest without the heavy chains of masculinity, like her.

In other words, SocialJusticeWizard thinks trans women are really cis men who want to become women after watching anime.

In reality, trans women are women who are forced to live in a world that assumes sex assigned at birth and gender are one and the same. Some trans women may repress their gender identity until they transition, so media that focuses predominantly on women, like slice-of-life anime, may bring out pre-transition trans womens repressed feelings and desires. Other trans women may see parts of themselves in anime, feel attraction to certain anime characters, or simply like anime, periodall of which are all perfectly normal experiences.

Blanchard doesnt see it that way, of course. Hes since slapped his seal of approval onto SocialJusticeWizards essay, praising it for introducing the possible relations among anime, gender dysphoria, and autogynephilia.

In other news, Dr. Blanchard has also suggested that the trans community grew as the goth/emo population died and has compared transitioning to demonic possession.

why are canadian professors so looney toons when it comes to transgenders?
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dreamvoid posted...

Dr. Blanchard has also suggested that the trans community grew as the goth/emo population died and has compared transitioning to demonic possession.

Fascinating
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wtf
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So how is this idiot a professor?
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fuck Ray Blanchard.
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There does seem to be a lot of weeb trans girls
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Anime was a mistake
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In other news, Dr. Blanchard has also suggested that the trans community grew as the goth/emo population died and has compared transitioning to demonic possession.

Bahahahahahahaha.

This alone should be indication enough not to take this man seriously. This is not the fucking darkages where everything was demonic possesion/witch craft.

How this person has a job and got this research funded, is beyond me.
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this man was in charge over pretty much every trans kid in eastern Canada for decades.

let that sink in.
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This has merit
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"Cis man"
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Dr. Blanchard has also suggested that the trans community grew as the goth/emo population died and has compared transitioning to demonic possession.

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slice-of-life anime makes them realize that they always wanted to be soft and gentle like [an anime girl], carefree and cheerful like her, enjoy life in its fullest without the heavy chains of masculinity, like her.

Is this even a bad thing though? If this is how they feel about femininity, is it any less valid if it's realized through watching anime? It seems reasonable to expect that most people raised as guys don't have a lot of opportunities to explore femininity.

Anecdotally, I know of quite a few former bronies who ID as girls now. I've heard it said that people that still like MLP are either creeps or trans girls now lol. My ex-gf told me she felt a lot of pressure to avoid feminine things as a closeted trans girl, but she could enjoy MLP and anime freely without suspicion.
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Thing is, most cis male protagonists are feminine but still cis men.

They have harems and enjoy the boobs that get shoved all over them.
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I know two trans people, a Trans Man, and a Trans Women. Both are hardcore gamers and anime fans...

A lot of crazy shit goes down at UofT
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i'm surprised the article didn't mention traps. i thought that's where they would go with it when i read the article title.
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They must be watching too much Bible Black.
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I laughed so hard I almost shit myself
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I think people that are into anime get to the point where they think that anime is a legit cultural influence outside of the consistent anime viewer base. But outside of a couple years when it was the go-to kid's programming in the late 90's/early 2000's it's still hugely niche in the mainstream public.
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LightHawKnight posted...

So how is this idiot a professor?

Tbf, he's not a real professor.
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so apparently

anime turns people transgender, but it also turns them into the alt-right


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dreamvoid posted...

always wanted to be soft and gentle like [an anime girl], carefree and cheerful like her, enjoy life in its fullest without the heavy chains of masculinity, like her.

Is this not a legitimate reason to be trans
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Nazanir posted...

In other news, Dr. Blanchard has also suggested that the trans community grew as the goth/emo population died and has compared transitioning to demonic possession.

Bahahahahahahaha.

This alone should be indication enough not to take this man seriously. This is not the fucking darkages where everything was demonic possesion/witch craft.

How this person has a job and got this research funded, is beyond me.

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Isn't every trans gender on CE a weeb?
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that's a redundant statement, everyone on CE is a weeb
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glitteringfairy posted...

Isn't every trans person on CE a weeb?

I'm not. my Anime love starts at Dragonball Z and ends at Akira.

I am a huge nerd in other ways, though.
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We have to all just agree to stop assuming that all professors are experts in every single field and sub-discipline.

Canadian professor confuses English word transgenders for nerds

Medussa posted...

glitteringfairy posted...

Isn't every trans person on CE a weeb?

I'm not. my Anime love starts at Dragonball Z and ends at Akira.

I am a huge nerd in other ways, though.

Akira. Never heard of it. Sounds pretty weeb. Dragonball Z is Acceptable though, I own the entire series on blu ray
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I do like anime...
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glitteringfairy posted...

Akira. Never heard of it.

seriously? it's like Anime 101 level stuff. it is old as shit though, so I guess you're actually as young as your posts make you seem.
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Come on, we all know trans people happen because bugs, like mosquitoes, lay eggs in water which is then drunk by a person under the light of the full moon.

Someones been slurping the maple syrup
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Medussa posted...

glitteringfairy posted...

Akira. Never heard of it.

seriously? it's like Anime 101 level stuff. it is old as shit though, so I guess you're actually as young as your posts make you seem.

I'm actually 29 and the only anime I watch is dragonball series and gundam.
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They should make an anime about an anime that turns male viewers into sexy anime girls.

I've been inspired to be soft and gentle and try to shake free the expectations of "manliness", but trans I am not. This is nonsense.
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If only I had known you can get a PhD in Futanari...
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Skye Reynolds posted...

They should make an anime about an anime that turns male viewers into sexy anime girls.

Theres a manga about a natural disaster of raining anime girls that transform everyone they touch into a high school girl.
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Nazanir posted...

In other news, Dr. Blanchard has also suggested that the trans community grew as the goth/emo population died and has compared transitioning to demonic possession.

Bahahahahahahaha.

This alone should be indication enough not to take this man seriously. This is not the fucking darkages where everything was demonic possesion/witch craft.

How this person has a job and got this research funded, is beyond me.

yeah that's pretty stupid, but the dude's 70+ so the fact that he even acknowledges anime exists is pretty amazing in its own right, and you can't deny there's a correlation between popularity of anime and acceptance and occurrence of transgenderism. correlation isn't causation though of course

TeaMilk posted...

slice-of-life anime makes them realize that they always wanted to be soft and gentle like [an anime girl], carefree and cheerful like her, enjoy life in its fullest without the heavy chains of masculinity, like her.

Is this even a bad thing though? If this is how they feel about femininity, is it any less valid if it's realized through watching anime? It seems reasonable to expect that most people raised as guys don't have a lot of opportunities to explore femininity.

you gotta have one of those moments where you let your man out and see how good it feels. on top of that watching and enjoying the idea of being a little girl definitely ain't gonna pan out the way you'd like irl, especially if your danger zone isn't coinciding with your thoughts.
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Correlation does not mean causation.

Dudes a hack
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Damn you, Naruto Uzumaki, you and your Sexy Jutsu!
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he's right though
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FL81 posted...

that's a redundant statement, everyone on CE is a weeb

Nope, I'm 100% Japanese, meaning that I'm immune to the weeb status effect. Can't be a wannabe of what I am, right :3
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nice!