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Re:Violence against women and girls a national emergency, sa... by kelseyfrog on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @02:03PM (#41048978)
I have years of personal experience being female. It's two different worlds. Happy to take any questions.
Re:Violence against women and girls a national emergency, sa... by aidou on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @02:35PM (#41049300)
You are a transwoman, right? That means you are by definition male, not female. Nothing wrong with that, just a fact of one's sex.

I'm sure you could expound at length on the experiences of being a feminized male and the experience of transitioning to that state, and it may well be an interesting story to tell.

But that's not the same as being female and having the authentic lifelong experience of growing up as a girl to a woman. So it doesn't make sense to be commenting authoritatively on female issues.

Do you disagree and if so why?

Re:Violence against women and girls a national emergency, sa... by kelseyfrog on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @03:40PM (#41049951)
No, sorry. I'm definitionally and descriptively female. No one has more authority over who I am than me. Just as you have authority over who you are.

I didn't say I was an authority on the female experience; no one is. I am an authority on my own personal experience as female. I'd rather not turn this into a definitions discussion as a way to discredit my experience.

I've interacted with hundreds of people who perceive and treat me based on what they and I believe me to be. There is no one outside of myself that can draw a line and say that doesn't count.

It really feels like this is turning into a cross-examination rather than curious conversation.

Re:Violence against women and girls a national emergency, sa... by aidou on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @03:52PM (#41050089)
May I ask how you came to believe you are female?

Most transwomen make the distinction between the reality of their sex (male) and what they perceive to be their gender (woman), so I'm curious as to why you've decided to call yourself female.

Re:Violence against women and girls a national emergency, sa... by kelseyfrog on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @04:07PM (#41050244)
I've given myself permission to be my own ontological authority. We could unpack how people tend to view ontological relationships and their propensity to leave reification unexamined. But I believe I'm an active participant in creating my reality and choose to do so for myself as I see fit.
Re:Violence against women and girls a national emergency, sa... by shrimp_emoji on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @04:11PM (#41050286)
Wow. So full postmodern scientific gigastacey anti-realism. To be fair, I think we're all doing the same thing deep down. The only differences are how subjectively convincing the justifications for it are. https://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=14

Your only problem is that most people won't agree with your ontology and will perceive this as going fully mask off on reality in order to accommodate mental illness. Which, if that's what it all always was, is good to know. Based and redpilled.

Re:Violence against women and girls a national emergency, sa... by aidou on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @04:11AM (#41054697)
I see. Would you agree that this is in the same category as people who believe themselves to be some famous historical figure, such as Jesus Christ, even though this self-belief doesn't correspond with any reality external to their own perception?
Re:Violence against women and girls a national emergency, sa... by anonfordays on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @11:26AM (#41110085)
Not surprised that you didn't get a response. To sum it up:

"I'm a mentally ill man who delusionally believes that I'm a women. I lie to myself and others about my sex/gender by abusing a sophomoric understanding of nihilism."

Re:Violence against women and girls a national emergency, sa... by aidou on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @05:17PM (#41114219)
Sounds about right. And most likely too, he immerses himself in an echo chamber of other males who believe the same reality-defying nonsense.