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Thanks again for the replies. Is there evidence that people, particularly trans identifying ones, exist with the psychological traits adapted for the opposite sex?
In this thread: twitter.com/cremieuxrec…, Cremieux Recueil finds that some of the supposed similarities between the brains of biological females and of trans MtFs disappear aft…
Thanks again for the replies. Is there evidence that people, particularly trans identifying ones, exist with the psychological traits adapted for the opposite sex?
In this thread: https://twitter.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1748811302007366061, Cremieux Recueil finds that some of the supposed similarities between the brains of biological females and of trans MtFs disappear after controlling for sexuality. Instead, heterosexual MtFs' brains do not differ significantly from those of biological males.
I suppose that could be consistent with your model, though, if a sufficiently large percentage of self-identifying trans people are not "actually trans," then the average brains of MtFs wouldn't differ to a statistically significant degree from the brains of biological males.
In explaining the need to control for sexuality, Cremieux links to this study: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.0801566105 which finds that in a number of respects (hemispheric volume asymmetry, functional connectivity), the brains of homosexual males are more similar to those of heterosexual females and the brains of homosexual females are more similar to those of heterosexual males.
If in this model it's possible for trans identifying people to be mistaken about truly being trans, is it similarly possible for people not suffering gender dysphoria, like typical homosexuals, to genuinely be trans? Would this model, then, interpret the aforementioned results as indicating that non-dysphoric homosexuals are "actually trans," while trans identifying people who are heterosexual (that is, attracted to members of the opposite biological sex) aren't actually trans?
Mallard, this will be discussed more in my next book, _Progressive Myths_. The last edition of the DSM in ~2013 gives the prevalence of gender dysphoria around 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 100,000. Since then, the prevalence has exploded by perhaps 2 orders of magnitude. This makes it plausible that a large portion of recent cases are a different phenomenon from the original phenomenon.
The DSM discusses early-onset cases, in which children show the first symptoms starting around the age of 3, the first time that children show gender-differentiated behavior at all. These children are also likely to develop into "homosexual trans people" (but that's a confusing term. What they mean is sexually attracted to men if they're transwomen, and sexually attracted to women if they are transmen), i.e., they have the sexual attraction typical of the gender that they identify with, not their natal sex.
However, there are also late-onset cases, occurring at or after puberty. These are more likely to be sexually attracted to the opposite sex from their natal sex, and they are more likely to be auto-gynephiles if they are transwomen. It is likely that these individuals are of masculine gender, even though they wish to identify as women.
Lastly, in recent years, there has been an explosion of trans identificaion among adolescent females. These are a different phenomenon, likely due largely to social contagion.
Whether any of this counts as a "mental illness" or not I don't know. Pace forumposter123, however, I don't call any of these people "perverts", because I think that is a term of abuse. People who suffer gender dysphoria or gender confusion for whatever reason deserve our compassion.
Thanks again for all your responses. I certainly agree with your final paragraph. I've also checked out some very intellectually stimulating material on your Substack, and I look forward to the publication of your book.
Regarding sexuality: Sexual attraction to males is, in my view, *part* of what constitutes feminine gender, while sexual attraction to females is part of what constitutes masculine gender. Thus, some gay men may in fact be more feminine than masculine overall. This is also why I view gynephilia (attraction to women) as evidence against someone's being genuinely of feminine gender.
Trans: People whose long run life fulfillment would be improved by gender re-assingment surgery.
I would posit that the # of such people is very very very very very low. That it is far lower than the number of people who describe themselves as "trans" and probably only a small fraction of those that actually get surgeries (i.e. the surgeries often make things worse, not better).
A lot of MtF transfers aren't "women stuck in mens bodies" but mentally ill perverts that are physically attracted to the idea of themselves as a woman (a mixture of narcissism and lust).