Robyn O.

@ffeatherfall.bsky.social

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English, Middle and Old
During the past decade, gender dysphoria and related phenomena (such as transgender) have become increasingly controversial, both scientifically and socially. Scientifically, the marked increase in the rate of youth seeking treatment for gender dysphoria and identifying as transgender has raised the question of why. Does the increase reflect true cases of gender dysphoria which would have gone unnoticed until recently? Or does it reflect a new type of gender dysphoria caused by peers influencing each other to adopt transgender identities? No one knows, or could know, the answers to these questions. The available scientific evidence is just not there. Of course, different people have different (sometimes strongly held) opinions, but the science is not settled. Socially, bitter controversy has often divided those with different opinions on these matters. This sometimes applies even to gender dysphoric youth and their families.
Table 1 from the above meta-analysis
Web banner reading Northwestern University Exploring gender dysphoria and its outcomes for young people. Adolescent and Young Adult Gender Dysphoria Outcomes Study
A parody of SoftBank’s presentation on AI, the first slide has clip art that reads “Goose lays golden eggs…”
Perry: It's somewhat distinct from the technology shock of the pill that we've been speaking about, but it's connected. Women's mass entry into the labor market is partly an ideological product. I would say that it's actually more a consequence of the economy changing and the sort of jobs that women can more easily do becoming more plentiful. But also, when it takes less time to keep a household warm, clothed and fed, it becomes more possible for women to participate in public life.
Douthat: OK. So the case for it is straightforward. Perry: Yeah. Douthat: You give women autonomy that they didn't have before. You enable people to escape from scenarios where they have to marry the first man that they had sex with. And then this feeds into a different kind of material revolution, where women are able to succeed and thrive in the workplace as never before. Perry: Yeah. Douthat: How does that fit into your critique of the sexual revolution? Is it just sort of an asterisk? Is it something that's inseparable from the changing sexual landscape? How do women in the work force fit in?
Perry: I should probably start by saying what I think the sexual revolution is or was. I think it's two things. I think it was an ideological revolution. But I think, at least as importantly, it was also a material revolution, because of the pill. The distinctive thing about the pill compared with other contraception is that women can control it themselves and it's invisible. You can be walking around temporarily sterile, and in that sense, a different creature from someone who is fertile.
Two doodles representing my thoughts have a conversation about the comic. Doodle 1: Hey look, #drawaterriblecomicday! We should do it too! Doodle 2: Okay, sure! But about what? #1: Ooh! We should talk about our *transition* and how happy we are and all the little body and brain changes we’ve noticed and encourage people on the fence to- #2: No! We’ve only been on E for 6 weeks, most of our (para)social internet circle is already trans, and we don’t want to create a reminder of our naivety if all the improvements are temporary. NO GENDER STUFF. Anything else! #1: Hmm…we just got back from vacation…we could write about the parrotfish we saw! And the cool facts we learned about them when we got home! Like how they’re named for their beaks…and how they poop white sand…and how they have no stomach acid…and how they all change sex as they grow! #2: NO!
The Robot from the 1986 animated movie “Castle in the Sky”
A menu of options with “I’m in this photo and I don’t like it” selected.