"On Transgender Day of Visibility, we want you to know that we see you just as you are," indeed!
See things as they are, this #TransDayOfVisibility, including predatory males and brave trans-identified people who choose not to be part of the "affirmation-only" #gendergrift.
They are among the most reasonable voices I know on Twitter, consistently rational and kind.
Buck Angel @BuckAngel is brave here on Twitter, and also on their YouTube where they address real issues such as inappropriate targeting of youth for lifelong medical treatment and longterm effects of T such as vaginal atrophy, .
Remember early trans-identified icons such as #MirandaYardley, mirandayardley.com/en/, longtime friend of lesbians and trans voice in defense of lesbians.
, whose twin brother is also attracted to men (but with less religious baggage).
"Trans is not a thing you are, but a think you do," and the sooner we can be clean about that, the more clearly we can discuss the many public-policy issues that trans identity raises.
We can protect "gender" expression and single-sex spaces both.
"Trans" has never been one thing but an umbrella often pushed without appreciation for its true diversity, hollylawford-smith.org/talking-past-e…, which varies greatly by
• Age at onset
• Motivation for change
• Political awareness
We particularly need to watch for comorbidities in youth.
Too much of the "trans" agenda is really a male sexual-rights campaign, focused on "forced teaming" of inattentive liberals who confuse "identity" claims with LGB orientations.
An excellent sense of his insights can be found by searching for terms such as “phallus” or “goddess” in this book, or , noting how far they fall from Andrew Tate or today’s “manosphere.”archive.org/details/firein… archive.org/details/firein…
Keen’s 1990 book Your Mythic Journey was featured by Bill Moyers in a PBS special of the same name, , which expanded on its subtitle: “Finding Meaning in Your Life Through Writing and Storytelling.”
"Mythopoets adopted a general style of psychological self-help inspired by the work of Robert Bly, Robert A. Johnson, Joseph Campbell, and other Jungian authors."
A 1988 PBS series by Bill Moyers did a lot to popularize the idea of mythology and depth psychology in the United States.
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth popularized Campbell’s 1948 book Hero With a Thousand Faces, tying it to Star Wars and more.youtube.com/playlist?list=…
Modern male socialization in the United States often falls short on "EQ" or "emotional intelligence," such that men have trouble distinguishing even basic emotions in themselves and others.
This creates a number of problems, so a thing I often share is a "multiple choice" tool…
Male friendships in the 19th century were more common, affectionate and sentimental than most friendships today, as touched on at .
“Homosociality” is common from middle childhood forward, but persisted for US men longer in more sexually segregated times.artofmanliness.com/people/relatio…
Men report being lonelier than women, and having fewer friends.
Some data suggests that this may be worse for young men, for a variety of reasons.latimes.com/opinion/story/…
There are visible but also less visible differences between men and women.
The visible differences are partly responsible for the differences in physical performance. The less visible differences are most interesting for explaining uneven performance in all forms of sports:
This man is an entitled asshole, and male bodies should NEVER colonize female sport.
Sports have rules and categories for sound reasons of equity, dignity and safety, with DECADES of data across every sport showing clear and persistent advantage across events.
Categories and rules are not created capriciously, but methodically refined.
Physical categories such as age, sex and weight class are based in consistently observable realities, which sport science can quantify across (tens of) THOUSANDS of cases.