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Date of upload: Jan 22, 2023 ^^
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Regarding why trans people are looking for the recognition of their identity, I'm guessing that if social validation is going to give you rights and safety and healthcare, well, no wonder why transgender people are craving for social validation then. Seems logical to me. Isn't every marginalized group looking for some kind of social validation after all? Gay people got more rights when society decided to validate our identity, and we feel safer too, though there're important exceptions they are always related to some kind of invalidation turned into bigotry and violence. So yeah, the validation of your identity is important when the social rejection of your identity let you on a vulnerable or unsafe place. It's not really metaphysic, it's a social game grounded on material reality.
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One major disagreement here. I don't think Contrapoints has made any attempt at pretending authenticity. Maybe in little snippets, but she is openly an entertainer and a critic of intellectualism. If you perceive her as more authentic for that reason, it's because she's NOT pretending to be authentic, making her genuinely more authentic. She did an entire video about addiction without expressly saying she created it because of her own struggles with addiction (which she incidentally does). She clearly carefully chooses her words to be as fair and objective as possible while seething with strong opinions. Peterson's entire persona is performative authenticity. He acts like a wise sage but uses language to misdirect and subvert every conversation.
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In terms of profilicity when discussing trans issues, I think it has more to do with the fact that they have been unacceptable by societyâs standards, and they HAD to hide who they were or face the consequences. Currently, even with more acceptability, many if them still have to face the consequences of it, so idk if itâs all just about profilicity and there has to be another factor, i.e. the dangers they face just for being their authentic selves
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Lately i had problem with how to perceive myself as a person, because i'm meeting people from many different areas and upbringing and that made me play many different roles, to the point i couldn't tell who i realy am. I think i wanted to believe i am better than what i act out in the world, but somehow couldn't bring myself to actually be this better, more authentic person. I wanted to change, become better version of myself. But i realized i actually need to deconstruct my idea of self and not become more, but less. If i empty myself of unnecessary prejudices and ideas, i will be able to live more fully and experience the world as it is.
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Regarding the transgender segment of this discussion I wanted to raise a question as a non binary person. One issue of many non binary ppl is proving that our gender identity actually âexistsâ. Although it would be nice for strangers to be respectful of my pronouns, I largely donât care if they do or donât. However to me it holds true that gender is an innate feeling eg. I feel âmale/ female/ non binaryâ. Gender is a human construct so why do I have this innate feeling of being non binary the same way I have an innate feeling of being human? If gender wasnât ever created would I still have this innate feeling? I found it rather upsetting that âcarefreewanderingâ mentioned he was speaking to care providers of trans ppl rather than trans ppl themselves. Itâs vital that our thoughts and feelings are taken into account when doing any study regarding transgenderism!!!
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Hm I'm transgender and sadly have to say that both of you seem to totally misunderstand what it is to be trans. And you're absolutely missing all the discourse that is going on inside the trans communities and between different trans communities. We are by no means one big block of people, who all have the same opinions on gender, validation, etc đĽ˛
See Contrapoints... She got a lot of criticism for videos like The Aesthetic from other trans people. But I understand that I can be difficult to see all this discourse.
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@fromeveryting29
1 year ago
I'm transsexual, and I don't think I feel "authenticity" is at the core of the phenomenah of what happened to me. It was more like I was completely unable to relate to the sex of my body. It wasn't that I was obsessed with being validated for my true self - sure, that happened too, but what I needed was to be able to connect with my body so that using it, functionally, would feel possible. I guess I'm one of the "old school" transsexual men. I've never called myself "queer", never profiled myself like that, never "played" with gender expression, never been associated with any community or ideology around gender. In fact I transitioned in quiet. Nobody in my life now knows I have transitioned, because it feels irrelevant. I was a broken, non-functioning wheel, but then I was fixed, and now I function. Before my transition I felt alienated from my body, I felt confused, disgusted and ashamed. I didn't recognize my body and it's functions as mine. I was unable to have sex. Now, after I transitioned, my gender feels less relevant to my life than ever. I simply function. Things happen easily. I got a girlfriend, had sex for the first time and engage in my interests and passions - forgetting transition was even something that happened to me.
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