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Title: Arguments Against ENDA - Are We Ready? (Part III)
Post by: Shana A on September 21, 2009, 07:53:51 AM
Post by: Shana A on September 21, 2009, 07:53:51 AM
Arguments Against ENDA - Are We Ready? (Part III)
Filed by: Dr. Jillian T. Weiss
September 20, 2009 5:30 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/09/arguments_against_enda_-_are_we_ready_part_iii.php#more (http://www.bilerico.com/2009/09/arguments_against_enda_-_are_we_ready_part_iii.php#more)
One of the major underlying and often-unstated arguments against ENDA, in addition to concerns about pedophilia, fear of loss of religious freedom a sudden flood of litigation and concerns about gay quotas, is transphobia - an irrational fear of transgender people.
In simple terms, this is the "yuck" factor. This prejudice is not rational, and there is no reasoning with it. It is as simple as "I don't like you and there's nothing you can do to change that."
Transphobia often gets inserted into the debate in ways that puts a mask on it and erases its tracks. The debaters disguise the prejudice, but rely upon prejudice nonetheless. They may themselves be quite well-meaning, and fail to realize that they themselves are prejudiced.
Filed by: Dr. Jillian T. Weiss
September 20, 2009 5:30 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/09/arguments_against_enda_-_are_we_ready_part_iii.php#more (http://www.bilerico.com/2009/09/arguments_against_enda_-_are_we_ready_part_iii.php#more)
One of the major underlying and often-unstated arguments against ENDA, in addition to concerns about pedophilia, fear of loss of religious freedom a sudden flood of litigation and concerns about gay quotas, is transphobia - an irrational fear of transgender people.
In simple terms, this is the "yuck" factor. This prejudice is not rational, and there is no reasoning with it. It is as simple as "I don't like you and there's nothing you can do to change that."
Transphobia often gets inserted into the debate in ways that puts a mask on it and erases its tracks. The debaters disguise the prejudice, but rely upon prejudice nonetheless. They may themselves be quite well-meaning, and fail to realize that they themselves are prejudiced.