It's hard not to try and guess who this is about but I will refrain from doing so publicly. Two different men immediately leap to mind. I have wondered in both cases about the ex-wives and kids involved and how we never, ever, ever hear a peep about how they are doing in the fawning coverage of the special sparkle men and their special sparkle activism.
I'd read, with a great deal of amusement, your recent article at RLS on bestiaries, in particular the "tale" of beavers biting off their own balls. Maybe the motivations behind transwomen doing the same? 🤔😉🙂
But a big part of the problem is that most people haven't a clue that the "sex binary" isn't exhaustive, that many members of many anisogamous species, including the human one, are neither male nor female.
You in particular might have some interest in Paul Griffiths' elaborations on the theme in his "What are biological sexes?", particularly his discussion of "morphs":
An article which deserves wider currency since most people don't seem to have a clue as to an answer.
But you might also have some interest in a Wiley Online Library article which elaborates on Griffiths' ideas:
Wiley: "Another reason for the wide-spread misconception about the biological sex is the notion that it is a condition, while in reality it may be a life-history stage.[33] For instance, a mammalian embryo with heterozygous sex chromosomes (XY-setup) is not reproductively competent, as it does not produce gametes of any size. Thus, strictly speaking it does not have any biological sex, YET [my emphasis]."
But quite agree that no human can change sex. Though that doesn't mean that all of us are male or female -- in fact, some third of us, at any one time, are sexless.
You might also take a close look at my comment above which justifies that argument.
Reading the article & please... make careful note here:
“Fearing for her and her daughter’s safety, Sally called the police. Because he had not been physical with her, there was not much the police could do.”
I’ve heard many such cases. Including one where he stabbed the wall next to her head, she phoned the police, & the responder told her “oh honey... don’t you think he’ll be more mad when he finds out you called us? We can’t do anything unless he hurts you.”
Men & women, boys & girls, the police are not your body guards. They will not come unless a crime is actively or has been committed, & even then it could be a long time.
It's hard not to try and guess who this is about but I will refrain from doing so publicly. Two different men immediately leap to mind. I have wondered in both cases about the ex-wives and kids involved and how we never, ever, ever hear a peep about how they are doing in the fawning coverage of the special sparkle men and their special sparkle activism.
I'd read, with a great deal of amusement, your recent article at RLS on bestiaries, in particular the "tale" of beavers biting off their own balls. Maybe the motivations behind transwomen doing the same? 🤔😉🙂
But a big part of the problem is that most people haven't a clue that the "sex binary" isn't exhaustive, that many members of many anisogamous species, including the human one, are neither male nor female.
You in particular might have some interest in Paul Griffiths' elaborations on the theme in his "What are biological sexes?", particularly his discussion of "morphs":
https://philarchive.org/rec/GRIWAB-2
An article which deserves wider currency since most people don't seem to have a clue as to an answer.
But you might also have some interest in a Wiley Online Library article which elaborates on Griffiths' ideas:
Wiley: "Another reason for the wide-spread misconception about the biological sex is the notion that it is a condition, while in reality it may be a life-history stage.[33] For instance, a mammalian embryo with heterozygous sex chromosomes (XY-setup) is not reproductively competent, as it does not produce gametes of any size. Thus, strictly speaking it does not have any biological sex, YET [my emphasis]."
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bies.202200173
There is no such thing as "transwomen." No one can change sex.
"transwoman" -- compound word like "crayfish" which ain't. You might read what Wiktionary has to say on the topic:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trans_woman#Usage_notes
But quite agree that no human can change sex. Though that doesn't mean that all of us are male or female -- in fact, some third of us, at any one time, are sexless.
You might also take a close look at my comment above which justifies that argument.
Reading the article & please... make careful note here:
“Fearing for her and her daughter’s safety, Sally called the police. Because he had not been physical with her, there was not much the police could do.”
I’ve heard many such cases. Including one where he stabbed the wall next to her head, she phoned the police, & the responder told her “oh honey... don’t you think he’ll be more mad when he finds out you called us? We can’t do anything unless he hurts you.”
Men & women, boys & girls, the police are not your body guards. They will not come unless a crime is actively or has been committed, & even then it could be a long time.
Be careful.