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Contrary to popular opinion, alternative medicine is not always harmless, and when patients use it instead of conventional medical treatment, it can even be deadly.
This is what censorship looks like in 21st-century America.
Medical transition, such as the kind I went through, can enhance an illusion that helps some gender dysphoric individuals navigate the world with more comfort.
World Rugby had to come to terms with reality: Irrespective of hormonal intervention, male athletes are, on average, 40 percent heavier, 15 percent faster, 30 percent more powerful, and 25–50 percent stronger than their female counterparts.
Some nonbinary people will say that they don’t like labels such as “gay” or “lesbian” because they are binary terms; attraction to a man or a woman, even in the context of being gay, is still considered attraction to a binary gender.
And it turns out that she was, because despite the best efforts of her critics, she hasn’t yet been truly cancelled.
If sexual attraction to older people is relatively uncommon, what about attraction to those who do not match one’s sexual orientation?
The fierce onslaught she received has served as a wake-up call, even for those who have not been following the debate closely.
Contrary to expectations from the pervasive misogyny theory, across a variety of topics, samples, and research teams, recent findings in psychology suggest that such biases often favor women.
The lack of childhood history was critical, since traditional gender dysphoria typically begins in early childhood.
The mirror doesn’t lie.
Using “female” instead of “woman” is clearly an attempt to avoid circularity. The problem is that “female” is not something you can identify as.
The novelists, librarians, and booksellers circling the wagons to shut women up have been insisting for years that they are motivated by nothing but love and tolerance.
Anthropology taught me how to spot this instinct. Gender-critical feminists taught me how to stand up to it.