tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post313697307187815850..comments2024-03-26T16:19:11.382-07:00Comments on Crossdreamers: 13 Books on Crossdressing, Crossdreaming and Gender VarianceSally Molayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02015510914816971645noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-38843519067082440492015-09-21T11:42:19.365-07:002015-09-21T11:42:19.365-07:00Scientists are humans like the rest of us, and the...Scientists are humans like the rest of us, and the science that have been used to invalidate and harass marginalized people proves this beyond any doubt. <br /><br />Eugenicists "proved" that black people were "less intelligent" and "primitive" than white people, strengthening the evil of racism. Psychiatrists "proved" that independent feminists were mentally ill women suffering from hysteria. Theories very similar to the one propagated by Lawrence were used to attack gay men, labelling them as sexual perverts, forcing them into hospitals, where they were tortured with electroshock and nausea inducing drugs.<br /><br />God knows how many male to female transgender people who have wasted their lives, hiding in shame in the closet, because they were labelled as "paraphiliacs" by people like Blanchard, Bailey and Lawrence. And I do not even dare to think about the number of suicides. <br /><br />Blanchard, Bailey and Lawrence are presenting 19th century sexist stereotypes as science. As <a href="http://www.juliaserano.com/av/Serano-CaseAgainstAutogynephilia.pdf" rel="nofollow">Julia Serano</a> and others have documented, the only way they can get their "evidence" to fit to their theory, is by fixing the numbers and ignoring all the evidence that points in another direction. If this is science, it is extremely bad science.<br /><br />A trans woman who embraces a theory that reduces her identity to that of a perverted man, and who is trying to convince the world that other trans women are like her, has betrayed herself, the trans community and the values of ethical science.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.crossdreamers.com/p/the-autogynephilia-debate-resources.html" rel="nofollow">Go to this page for a list of articles that thoroughly debunks the autogynephilia theory and show us its true nature.</a><br /><a href="http://www.crossdreamers.com/2014/07/the-autogynephilia-theory-again.html" rel="nofollow">Here is my summary of why it is a pseudo-science.</a><br /><a href="http://transcendmovement.com/category/autogynephilia-explained/the-autogynephilia-lecture/" rel="nofollow">I also strongly recommend Felix Conrad's brilliant deconstruction of the Blanchard narrative.</a>Jack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-34467891888343525372015-09-21T08:03:08.768-07:002015-09-21T08:03:08.768-07:00"I have no idea what makes a trans woman supp..."I have no idea what makes a trans woman support a theory that reduces her to a sexually perverted male, but that's Anne Lawrence for you."<br /><br />Answer: because she believes it to be accurate based on the evidence she has reviewed. She is a scientist (not an activist) and that is what scientists do. I am not expressing a view as to whether the theory you refer to is correct, but just explaining why Ms. Lawrence supports it. Scientists do science. Their job is not to make everybody feel good.Monica Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01868063766266077883noreply@blogger.com