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Title: Lies, Damned Lies and Lousy Research
Post by: Natasha on July 04, 2009, 02:00:49 PM
Post by: Natasha on July 04, 2009, 02:00:49 PM
Lies, Damned Lies and Lousy Research
http://crystalgaze2.blogspot.com/2009/07/lies-damned-lies-and-lousy-research.html (http://crystalgaze2.blogspot.com/2009/07/lies-damned-lies-and-lousy-research.html)
7/2/09
As an opening thesis, this sets the tone for the rest of the argument - essentially it is the often used claim that the transsexual is "deceiving" others. It also takes a gratuitous swipe at the treatment professionals that assist transpeople with the challenges that they face.
Let's see what else they have to say, shall we?
One lie leads to another. A clearly male person presents himself in public as a woman. He has had surgery and hormone treatments to perfect his impersonation and he demands that we pretend this makes him a woman. He wants us to use female pronouns when speaking of him and to allow him to use the ladies' restroom. He also wants to change his birth certificate and driver's license. While some persons who present as the other sex are obviously not the sex they pretend to be, others are able to deceive their sexual partners without informing them of their true sexual identity.
http://crystalgaze2.blogspot.com/2009/07/lies-damned-lies-and-lousy-research.html (http://crystalgaze2.blogspot.com/2009/07/lies-damned-lies-and-lousy-research.html)
7/2/09
As an opening thesis, this sets the tone for the rest of the argument - essentially it is the often used claim that the transsexual is "deceiving" others. It also takes a gratuitous swipe at the treatment professionals that assist transpeople with the challenges that they face.
Let's see what else they have to say, shall we?
One lie leads to another. A clearly male person presents himself in public as a woman. He has had surgery and hormone treatments to perfect his impersonation and he demands that we pretend this makes him a woman. He wants us to use female pronouns when speaking of him and to allow him to use the ladies' restroom. He also wants to change his birth certificate and driver's license. While some persons who present as the other sex are obviously not the sex they pretend to be, others are able to deceive their sexual partners without informing them of their true sexual identity.