Gender is a biological concept, not a social construct

Dustin · December 26, 2014, 07:51:36 PM

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More Than Mortal · December 26, 2014, 08:03:44 PM

I don't see how anyone can disagree with this.

Mr. Psychologist · December 26, 2014, 08:23:05 PM

With your threads, it's like Russian Roulette.

It's down to luck whether it's trolling/shitposting or - like now - a good thread .-.

Hopefully this comes out making some sense but it's late and I'm tired etc.

It is a disorder, but only relative to statistical normality in other humans. Disorder doesn't imply mental illness though, even though it can be construed that way. The treatment is fairly simple though, figure out what's best for the patient and if they need surgery/HRT to get their mind in balance again then that's how you do it.

Sure the body is important, but imo the mind is what really counts for what makes a human a human.

Lemy the Lizerd · December 26, 2014, 09:28:52 PM

This is completely reasonable.

I don't feel like opening Bnet. Was there a shitstorm?

big sponge · December 26, 2014, 09:46:10 PM

Just one thing. Having dedicated hunter/gatherers that don't have to take "time off" to rear young is actually super beneficial to a tribal society.

So in that manner, yes being homosexual was actually an advantage for your tribe.

Dustin · December 26, 2014, 09:46:13 PM

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g💚jira · December 26, 2014, 10:53:45 PM

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Gender is not biological. Biological means biology. Please dissect someone and the lines of their brain and show me how biological it is.

Please sample the CSF , endocrine system, etc and show me how "biological" it is.

If it was biological you would see it shared amongst other creatures across the animal kingdom.

I think you've given this poor man brain damage

Dustin · December 26, 2014, 10:56:23 PM

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Magos Domina · December 26, 2014, 11:58:50 PM

Someone never took Sociology...

Turkey · December 27, 2014, 12:00:36 AM

Words are funny. Those all may be disorders in the sense that, as far as we understand, males and females have defined roles in the evolutionary process and deviation from that is biologically wrong in a sense, but the air of negativity and parallel to mental disorders that is drawn isn't very useful. This is why in any research paper you'll typically find how the author defines certain words placed front and center at the beginning.

But yeah, obviously gender identity and such predispositions are genetic, and I'd go further to say that nothing is a purely social construct and everything is grounded in genetics.

More Than Mortal · December 27, 2014, 06:19:23 AM

Quote from: Soporific Dustin on December 26, 2014, 09:46:13 PM

Quote from: Lemy the Lizerd on December 26, 2014, 09:28:52 PM
This is completely reasonable.

I don't feel like opening Bnet. Was there a shitstorm?
That DieselRose bitch was trying to tell me that gender is psychology and sex is biology therefore gender is not based on biology.

http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/87425605/0/0/1

Despite the fact psychology is reducible to neuroscience?