Andrew Amos
@AusPsychReview
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Psychiatric Fellow working as a academic psychiatrist; doing a PhD on artifical intelligence in medical curriculum development; ontological guerrilla.
Townsville, Queensland
Joined May 2013
@jazzmoi3 @Discourserer @TheRACP @Mark_Butler_MP Like all politics it's risk-reward. Last year MPs (both sides) said the issue wasn't on voters' radar so standing up for biological reality wouldn't bring votes & would be killed by the LGBT+ lobby. Trump alerting the public to men in women's sport is changing the risk-reward.
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On this "National Day of Action" note that because it is impossible to change sex, gender affirming care reinforces mental illness. The source for the claim that gender diversity doesn't involve mental illness was an assertion by the WPATH Board entirely unsupported by evidence.
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RT @stephan_eckner: In an alternative universe, President Harris is signing an executive order banning women from women's sports. https://t…
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RT @pagd_vic: In light of irresponsible and fear-inducing rhetoric by some politicians, journalists, and activists, it's important for youn…
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RT @DonkinFaith: @JuliaHB1 no children are born in the wrong body; evidence suggests some are certainly born in the wrong family.
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RT @WillKingston: I can’t possibly imagine how much this photo must simultaneously confuse, enrage, and deflate the left.
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@Women___Exist That's fair, I'll understand you perfectly when you do. I may be overcomplicating things.
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@femmehonnete1 @_PatriarchyWins While I think identity is a useful technical concept for psychiatrists/psychologists, I don't think it is useful for common usage. There's really only two variables - are you male or female? And do you think it is possible to change sex?
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@Women___Exist I don't have a problem with male "trans"/female "trans" standing for biological reality and delusional belief. I also acknowledge I'm late to the discussion. As on other threads, I think the Trump EO is an opportunity to reset language in this area to common usage - male/female.
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I don't disagree, but it is still useful to have a collective term that groups all the people of both sexes who share the delusion that it is possible to change sex. Use the collective term trans when discussing the whole group; use specific terms to discuss specific situations.
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Trans has the advantage of being a simple, single phrase that is already widely known. All those other phrases would need to be explained.
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@Women___Exist Agreed, but it is useful to be able to collectively refer to the people who believe the lie.
My proposal is this: use male/female to refer to sex in all situations except where the trans delusion is relevant. "Male trans"/"female trans" then uses male/female as an adjective to describe the noun "trans", which groups all trans people together as those sharing the delusion that sex can be changed. This avoids all the meaningless negotiation over the million categories of transness, while specifying the biological reality and the primary defining feature of this category, which is the delusional belief. It also means that we could use male/female to refer to the sex of trans people except where the trans delusion is relevant, where we would add the word "trans".
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@SnydeNotSnarky I think it is legitimate to use trans to collectively refer to people who believe the delusion that it is possible to change sex. Although a minority, it's a large group that causes significant harms. A simple label for them will help correct those harms.
My proposal is this: use male/female to refer to sex in all situations except where the trans delusion is relevant. "Male trans"/"female trans" then uses male/female as an adjective to describe the noun "trans", which groups all trans people together as those sharing the delusion that sex can be changed. This avoids all the meaningless negotiation over the million categories of transness, while specifying the biological reality and the primary defining feature of this category, which is the delusional belief. It also means that we could use male/female to refer to the sex of trans people except where the trans delusion is relevant, where we would add the word "trans".
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@msediewyatt @BarbB2013 I think the Trump EO fundamentally resets the issue by bringing it to the widest possible audience. This is an opportunity to reset the language to common usage. Resistance politics language would not be necessary if male/female sex was once again the universal default.
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@msediewyatt @BarbB2013 I don't accept Dr Stephen Stathis as an expert in this area. IMO he has demonstrated a comprehensive lack of understanding of the clinical, scientific, and administrative features of gender medicine. Also, I suggest "male trans," not "trans female."
My proposal is this: use male/female to refer to sex in all situations except where the trans delusion is relevant. "Male trans"/"female trans" then uses male/female as an adjective to describe the noun "trans", which groups all trans people together as those sharing the delusion that sex can be changed. This avoids all the meaningless negotiation over the million categories of transness, while specifying the biological reality and the primary defining feature of this category, which is the delusional belief. It also means that we could use male/female to refer to the sex of trans people except where the trans delusion is relevant, where we would add the word "trans".
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@Kiwipally Using male/female as an adjective, not trans as a prefix.
My proposal is this: use male/female to refer to sex in all situations except where the trans delusion is relevant. "Male trans"/"female trans" then uses male/female as an adjective to describe the noun "trans", which groups all trans people together as those sharing the delusion that sex can be changed. This avoids all the meaningless negotiation over the million categories of transness, while specifying the biological reality and the primary defining feature of this category, which is the delusional belief. It also means that we could use male/female to refer to the sex of trans people except where the trans delusion is relevant, where we would add the word "trans".
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@_PatriarchyWins "Male trans," not "trans male."
My proposal is this: use male/female to refer to sex in all situations except where the trans delusion is relevant. "Male trans"/"female trans" then uses male/female as an adjective to describe the noun "trans", which groups all trans people together as those sharing the delusion that sex can be changed. This avoids all the meaningless negotiation over the million categories of transness, while specifying the biological reality and the primary defining feature of this category, which is the delusional belief. It also means that we could use male/female to refer to the sex of trans people except where the trans delusion is relevant, where we would add the word "trans".
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