Biological sex is a fucking mess and the roughly 2% estimate that chuds freak out about is itself a very conservative estimate. The load bearing cope that leads them to denying even this is the belief that conditions like Klinefelter syndrome or Turner syndrome shouldn’t be counted as intersex conditions. Diagnosis rates are also incredibly low, largely because of bigotry.
The reality is that not only is the scope of which conditions are considered intersex far too restrictive (even where the 1.7-2% estimate is reached), but these conditions are massively underdiagnosed. A more realistic and all-encompassing view of intersex conditions with an accurate diagnosis count should result an incidence rate of around 5% of the global population, with rates somewhat higher in some communities.
People cannot handle this reality because it destroys their world view.
yeah but the part i’ve always stumbled on is… how? i grew up in europe for fuck’s sake, what did i miss in brainwashing class that i was never able to see it as a pillar of my entire worldview. like, even if you dont give a fuck at all, all it comes down to is are we gonna make 2-5% of the population deeply unhappy or are we not going to do that? how does this become a core of your identity for fuck’s sake…
Take flat earth people for an instance. They maintain that the round earth is a concept which invalidates the bible. Such a thing doesn’t even register in the average christian’s brain. It’s simply not a challenge to their beliefs in any way. However, someone can be born into a flat earth cult and be indoctrinated since birth, or fall into such cults and convince themselves that basic astronomy is a war against Christendom itself.
With LGBTQ+ people you have a fertile ground for hateful propaganda. It’s centuries old and public opinion on even the most innoffensive gay white liberal person changed massively in just a few decades. But I maintain that people have to be mobilized to hate trans people - a concept that a lot of older people can some times barely understand - and ALSO to make it a core to their entire personality. Which is why anti-trans politicians are always on the lookout for ways to make it a relatable issue, like with fairness in sports.
It can simply not be a mess for most if people are left to their devices and given every resource to consensually deal with the problems they have!
Like, hey, dawkins, watch me NOT get triggered over a persons gender and secondary sexual characteristics… there! heart-rate is normal, so is blood pressure! all it took was letting people do what they want with something intimate to themselves and really only knowable to themselves.
Biological sex is a fucking mess and the roughly 2% estimate that chuds freak out about is itself a very conservative estimate. The load bearing cope that leads them to denying even this is the belief that conditions like Klinefelter syndrome or Turner syndrome shouldn’t be counted as intersex conditions. Diagnosis rates are also incredibly low, largely because of bigotry.
The reality is that not only is the scope of which conditions are considered intersex far too restrictive (even where the 1.7-2% estimate is reached), but these conditions are massively underdiagnosed. A more realistic and all-encompassing view of intersex conditions with an accurate diagnosis count should result an incidence rate of around 5% of the global population, with rates somewhat higher in some communities.
People cannot handle this reality because it destroys their world view.
yeah but the part i’ve always stumbled on is… how? i grew up in europe for fuck’s sake, what did i miss in brainwashing class that i was never able to see it as a pillar of my entire worldview. like, even if you dont give a fuck at all, all it comes down to is are we gonna make 2-5% of the population deeply unhappy or are we not going to do that? how does this become a core of your identity for fuck’s sake…
Short answer: recognizing intersex validity challenges the status quo, therefore it must be opposed
Personally? Propaganda.
Take flat earth people for an instance. They maintain that the round earth is a concept which invalidates the bible. Such a thing doesn’t even register in the average christian’s brain. It’s simply not a challenge to their beliefs in any way. However, someone can be born into a flat earth cult and be indoctrinated since birth, or fall into such cults and convince themselves that basic astronomy is a war against Christendom itself.
With LGBTQ+ people you have a fertile ground for hateful propaganda. It’s centuries old and public opinion on even the most innoffensive gay white liberal person changed massively in just a few decades. But I maintain that people have to be mobilized to hate trans people - a concept that a lot of older people can some times barely understand - and ALSO to make it a core to their entire personality. Which is why anti-trans politicians are always on the lookout for ways to make it a relatable issue, like with fairness in sports.
It can simply not be a mess for most if people are left to their devices and given every resource to consensually deal with the problems they have!
Like, hey, dawkins, watch me NOT get triggered over a persons gender and secondary sexual characteristics… there! heart-rate is normal, so is blood pressure! all it took was letting people do what they want with something intimate to themselves and really only knowable to themselves.
real getting scared of one’s own shadow energy