tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post3855028287082829619..comments2024-03-26T16:19:11.382-07:00Comments on Crossdreamers: Transphobia and femme shaming - two sides of the same coinSally Molayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02015510914816971645noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-75266280100178422962016-03-26T18:38:33.750-07:002016-03-26T18:38:33.750-07:00Sandra Lopes said...
"She has never felt the...Sandra Lopes said...<br /><br />"She has never felt the need of 'wearing feminine clothes' to affirm her femaleness, and cannot understand why I cannot do the same. "<br /><br />I was thinking about that awhile back. why in my pre transtion and closeted part time days did I need to 'dress up'. I never did anything I didn't do in male clothes, blobbed around, read, watched TV, etc. It is just clothes after all, bits of fabric. But I felt far more relaxed and comfortable with myself when I did it.<br /><br />I finally realised it was just a mental trick, a way to trigger off dropping my act as a man. A way of giving myself permission to relax and act naturally.<br /><br />After I transitioned and a bit of time passed, that went away and I felt just as female in jeans and a top. I didn't need the 'mental trick' any longer to be myself.<br /><br />Commmon and perfectly understandable. It takes time to 'unlearn' your male act that you might have invested decades in creating (as I did) and various cues and triggers are useful tools in that. Even when you go full time it can take a fair while to completely 'unlearn', took me about a year.<br /><br />If you are part time it is very hard, because you are still reinforcing your male act all the time.Lisa Mullinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05268319043907362365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-48994863210510502382016-03-26T07:05:43.776-07:002016-03-26T07:05:43.776-07:00@Sandra
These need tumbling! Thank you!@Sandra<br /><br />These need tumbling! Thank you!Jack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-3330253505652881092016-03-25T15:15:50.166-07:002016-03-25T15:15:50.166-07:00Piping in late, but just going back to the point. ...Piping in late, but just going back to the point. Sometimes, the best way to illustrate the whole point is to use cartoons.<br /><br />Here is an old one from Venus Envy: http://www.venusenvycomic.com/index.php?id=118<br /><br />A more recent one from Assigned Male: http://www.assignedmale.com/comic/2015/9/8/b2wsy3x4pvdsgc5ny72r79x4x8x6lx<br /><br />And finally, my favourite, also from Assigned Male. This one touches a sore point, because the particular issue is a source of contention between my wife and I. She has never felt the need of 'wearing feminine clothes' to affirm her femaleness, and cannot understand why I cannot do the same. I argue precisely like Stephie in this cartoon: http://www.assignedmale.com/comic/2015/9/9/tc20aja3wydgtgcmm2xx5y4ac6kkfvSandra M. Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00008119198361090865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-84384520466642166752016-03-22T13:09:35.996-07:002016-03-22T13:09:35.996-07:00@Lisa,
We need a reference post giving a summary ...@Lisa,<br /><br />We need a reference post giving a summary of your study of Blanchard & Co -- one I can, for instance, refer to in the resource section. Do you have published such a summary somewhere?Jack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-82713427826339309982016-03-21T22:34:38.710-07:002016-03-21T22:34:38.710-07:00Even worse technical point, the sample of gay men ...Even worse technical point, the sample of gay men was 117, with hetero only 19.<br /><br />Typically CVs drop wth larger sample sizes, the fact that the Gay CV was MUCH higher than the hetero ones (or the bisexuals or asexuals) shows that a heck of a lot of gays had as high or higher Core AGP scores than the hetero ones.Lisa Mullinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05268319043907362365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-37503460542654698692016-03-21T22:23:02.481-07:002016-03-21T22:23:02.481-07:00Part #2
So, on his own (flawed) results, you cann...Part #2<br /><br />So, on his own (flawed) results, you cannot say that AGP applies only (and the same) to hetero/bisexual/asexuals but homosexuals are 'different' and do not have AGP.<br /><br />So he introduced another, a non AGP test, Cross Gender Fantasy test used for Transvestic Fetishism...but changed the test to something unknown (I have asked him for details but no answer yet). <br />The original test as quoted elsewhere by Blanchard has no negative numbers, (score range 0 to 11) but his published results show negative numbers.<br />I have searched for another Cross Gen Fetish test that has negative values and have not found one. There is no reference in the paper to such a test<br /><br />So there you have it, Blanchard’s won results do NOT show (in fact disprove) the hypothesis that homosexuals do NOT have AGP, and hetero/asexual/bisexuals do.<br /><br /><br />Technical Statistical Analyses Errors<br />– No tests for normality were undertaken, given the high Coefficients of Variation (CV) shown (the highest being 523%) non-normality should have been considered and tested for.<br />– The core statistical test (Newman-Keuls) has a high ‘false positive’ rate, is not valid for varying sized sample data (like his data) and not valid for non Gaussian data.<br />– Sample sizes were averaged using the Harmonic Mean (most commonly used in financial analysis), no results or discussion was provided to justify why this was chosen in preference to other means or the impact on the Newman-Keuls test results. <br />– The test used to 'prove' the hypothesis (Cross Gender Fetish) showed extremely high CVs(-73%, -421%, 388%, 523%) rendering the results problematic at best as this indicates a very poor test or extreme skewing in the data (or perhaps even being bimodal).<br /><br />– The data was bounded integer data, applying a test based on an assumption of an unbounded continuous Gaussian distribution is technically problematic.<br /><br />Questionnaire Errors.<br />– The questionnaires followed the Core Question, Sub Question design. While this is appropriate for detailed analysis, it leads to multiple counting and score inflation when used as a measurement scale. If the Core question is answered with a yes, then at least one other Sub question will automatically be answered with a yes as well.<br />– There were several questions that were essentially identical to other ones, again leading to score inflation. <br />– The tests do not measure intensity (frequency or recency of fantasies or actions) .– The core question (#12) in the Autogynephilic Interpersonal Fantasy Scale is incorrect, with a score being given for non interpersonal fantasy behaviour, thus the results would be inflated for this test.<br /><br />The whole thing is rubbish, generated to 'prove' an ideological point, that trans people are 'just' extreme gays men or lesbians and any others that claim that are perverts. It was worse than most think, a fair proportion of kids only realise they are trans at the start of puberty...but the way AGP is defined then they were perverts too. You had to be a 'sissy'from birth and madly into sex with men to be considered a 'true transsexual' (extreme gay) by them.<br /><br />But the damage it has done, not just in the public image of us and in the legal arena, but the old 'gatekeepers' of the past used it to 'decide' who was trans or not and be allowed HRT, SRS and legal changes. For ages it was automatic disqualification if you were female atracted. <br /><br />But recent data shows that 40%-60% of trans women are female attracted (inc being bisexual). I haven't yet found the rate of trans men who are male attacted, but it won't be small.<br /><br />It was all idological by a small group of academics and practitioners determined to wipe us from the face of the earth.<br />Lisa Mullinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05268319043907362365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-43350348221598138522016-03-21T22:21:37.890-07:002016-03-21T22:21:37.890-07:00Paer #1. Jack "The Blanchard/Zucker/Bailey-gr...Paer #1. Jack "The Blanchard/Zucker/Bailey-group does not see the obvious: That they contribute to the stigmatization of crossdreamers and trans people, which again causes their distress, which is then used as proof of them being mentally ill. "<br /><br />Disagree they know exactly what they were doing, trying to create or continue an anti-trans baised society, to deter and prevent us from existing. Bailey in TMWWBQ makes that quite clear, that greater societal tolerance for us would be a 'bad thing'.<br /><br />Both Blanchard and Zucker have been quite happy for their work to be quoted and misquoted by some of the worst right wing religious anti-LGBTI organisations around, like NARTH or the FRC. Without a peep of complaint.<br /><br />Blanchard spends his declning days now re-tweeting TERF tweets and links.<br /><br />The acolyte James Cantor keeps banging away the anti-trans Blanchard/Zucker stuff, when he is not re-quoting Gendertrender. He sometimes comments at the WPATH SoC 7 FB site and I pinned him one time to say just ONE thing good or supportive about trans women.... finally got him to sort of agree the US bathroom laws are wrong, sort of.<br /><br />Their mission was to 'prevent transsexualism' and to create a derogatory image of us was just one method they have used. it was qute deliberate.<br /><br />The best laugh, I have gone through Blanchard's original autogynephilia paper in detail ...and, on his own published results, he didn't prove it.<br /><br />His analysis used a poor and inappropriate statistical test (infamous for false positives), not designed for varying sample sizes and requires continuous Gaussian data to be valid. Even so:<br /><br />Core Autogynephilia (AGP) Test Results<br />Asexuals and Heterosexuals were significantly the same.<br />Heterosexuals and bisexuals were significantly the same.<br />Asexuals and bisexuals were NOT significantly the same, meaning the other relationships barely met statistical validity..<br /><br />Autogynephilia Interpersonal Test<br />Homosexuals, asexuals and heterosexuals were significantly the same.<br /><br />And another thing, the absoluate score velues were low. On the core AGP test, out of maximum value of 11 the average score for heterosexuals was only 5.3. Gay men 2.2 with a much higher CV (129% vs 55%), showing that a lot of gay men had the same or higher scores than hetero ones did.<br />With all the flaws in the questionaires that causes score inflation (see below) that is sod all.<br />Lisa Mullinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05268319043907362365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-36007329125235273092016-03-20T23:50:40.607-07:002016-03-20T23:50:40.607-07:00The word pussy is used to describe "a weak, c...The word pussy is used to describe "a weak, cowardly, or effeminate man." (oxford dictionary)<br /><br />Yep association with effeminate and weak<br /><br />Sissy means "a person regarded as effeminate or cowardly' (oxford dictionary)<br /><br />You get the idea.<br /><br />For some reason society in general seems to think of effeminate men as weak as thus use the association with the feminine as an insult to other men.<br /><br />Gay is often used as a slur for those reasons; feminine = weak.<br /><br />Thus I always feel uncomfortable when people use feminine words as an insults.<br /><br />I cringed when a news show I was watching insulted a politician as a pussy.<br /><br />And in my head, I have to repeat. It's okay to be PC. Ignore all the people attacking PC, ignore all the PC shamers again and again.<br /><br /><br /><br />-JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-28088766070018696132016-03-20T07:47:38.235-07:002016-03-20T07:47:38.235-07:00Good observations, indeed. I need you to contact m...Good observations, indeed. I need you to contact me by email (jack.molay@gmail.com) so that we can gather all of them in a blog post.<br /><br />And here is one additional observation that makes the TERF standpoint even more puzzling: <br /><br />The TERFs think of themselves as post-structuralists believing in the social construction of gender (and even sex, according to some of them). Given the complexity of human ideas, cultural mores and social arrangement that should by itself lead to a more diverse view of gender identity. <br /><br />Even if they do dismiss any biological component of gender formation (which I do not, by the way), their own belief system should open their minds to the idea of someone born with a penis identifying as female. <br /><br />Instead they regress into a quasi-biological binary, were apparently all women -- wherever they live in the word -- share the same gender formative life experience as white, academic, middle and upper class women in America. This is ridiculous! Jack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-30736370153978469572016-03-20T04:37:54.844-07:002016-03-20T04:37:54.844-07:00The Redditor who replied to the ex-TERF that still...The Redditor who replied to the ex-TERF that still acts like a TERF pointed out this http://www.nature.com/news/sex-redefined-1.16943 <br /><br />" the woman learned for the first time that a large part of her body was chromosomally male1. “That's kind of science-fiction material for someone who just came in for an amniocentesis,” says James."<br /><br /><br />Our binary system is so so so exclusive.<br /><br />'Scientists are now finding that XX and XY cells behave in different ways, and that this can be independent of the action of sex hormones'<br /><br />Um do we now have to mess with the system and and separate categories at the possible differences?<br /><br />-JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-43847183596556973752016-03-20T04:26:31.059-07:002016-03-20T04:26:31.059-07:00Is the vagina a female's? Or male's?
-JIs the vagina a female's? Or male's? <br /><br />-JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-91493377896101340522016-03-20T04:22:10.749-07:002016-03-20T04:22:10.749-07:00"People with Swyer syndrome have typical fema..."People with Swyer syndrome have typical female external genitalia."<br />(https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/swyer-syndrome)<br /><br />Genitals vs chromosomes? Since TERFs love love love love defining gender based on those features.<br /><br />Where is your god now?<br /><br />-JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-63987573847265725612016-03-20T04:12:18.918-07:002016-03-20T04:12:18.918-07:00To make this even more confusing, gender dysphoria...To make this even more confusing, gender dysphoria might be biological in nature as brain scans have shown that transssexuals' brain match more with their gender rather than sex. So what's biological now? <br /><br />And intersex people existing makes this even more confusing as examined here: <br />"But trans people aren’t the only edge case of this model. In certain intersex conditions such as Swyer syndrome and complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS), a woman develops typically female physical features while nevertheless having XY chromosomes."<br />http://genderanalysis.net/2015/12/chromosomes-cis-expectations-vs-trans-reality-gender-analysis-14/<br /><br />Again what defines a biological sex? Hormones or chromosomes or brain scans or identity?<br /><br />I just broke the TERF binary of gender and sex.<br /><br />-JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-22251288069713438342016-03-19T23:03:26.001-07:002016-03-19T23:03:26.001-07:00For some reason, people decided to label both biol...For some reason, people decided to label both biological and cultural female as one thing and somehow attached cultural female to biological female, that's why it's called cultural female. Feminine etc.<br />-JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-20130375255003198152016-03-19T22:55:52.056-07:002016-03-19T22:55:52.056-07:00Reminds me of that supposed ex-TERF still being a ...Reminds me of that supposed ex-TERF still being a TERF as seen here: (https://www.reddit.com/r/asktransgender/comments/3vqy0m/im_an_exterf_ask_me_anything/cxvhvns)<br /><br />Still can't realize humans made up the words female and male and assigned them to things deemed male and female.<br />Gender roles aren't static or engained in nature as an example being here: (http://www.vox.com/2015/4/14/8405889/pink-color-gender):<br />and these gender roles often vary among cultures.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_role#Cultures) Why does it vary? Well it is because humans made up gender roles. Made up. We made up cultural male and female. Made up.<br /><br />Also now thanks to humans being rubbish at assigning things, (american cultures only cause humans are racist)<br />there's american cultural male, american cultural female, biological male, biological female. And yes for some reason (perhaps cisnormativity) (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cisnormativity) people still view cultural male = biological male, and vice versa.<br />Due to the close-mindness of TERFs, they cannot even be able to tell the difference between cultural or biological, otherwise known as gender and sex respectively.<br /><br />A woman assigned male at birth can have a cultural female penis. It's that simple. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-39379394979804634132016-03-19T22:25:12.060-07:002016-03-19T22:25:12.060-07:00some ex-"trans" is claiming that gender ...some ex-"trans" is claiming that gender dysphoria doesn't exist.<br /><br />http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2015/07/17/ex-trans-activists-exposed-big-name-behind-their-fight-against-gender-transit<br /><br />How? Because of Cumming's own peronal experience of course. Damn the evidence that it exists.<br />-JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-16908610299029372012016-03-10T01:02:13.746-08:002016-03-10T01:02:13.746-08:00Thank you for reminding me about this! I will foll...Thank you for reminding me about this! I will follow up.Jack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-50168661064292285132016-03-10T00:40:23.083-08:002016-03-10T00:40:23.083-08:00Thanks.
I think he needs some advice: http://www....Thanks.<br /><br />I think he needs some advice: http://www.crossdreamers.com/2009/12/autogynephilia-and-loneliness.html?showComment=1457191582929#c1400134080045648466<br /><br />-JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-21567123714534829122016-03-10T00:39:00.322-08:002016-03-10T00:39:00.322-08:00Thanks
I think he needs some advice.
http://www.c...Thanks<br /><br />I think he needs some advice.<br />http://www.crossdreamers.com/2009/12/autogynephilia-and-loneliness.html?showComment=1457191582929#c1400134080045648466<br /><br />-JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-47893709923009215452016-03-09T05:41:44.297-08:002016-03-09T05:41:44.297-08:00@J
Here is a list of possible LGBT organizations....@J<br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LGBT-related_organizations_and_conferences" rel="nofollow">Here is a list of possible LGBT organizations. </a><br /><br />GG is an old abbreviation referring to a person assigned woman at birth.<br /><br />Partners of crossdreamers should feel free to ask questions here.<br /><br />Jack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-64476544533409808082016-03-05T18:01:19.093-08:002016-03-05T18:01:19.093-08:00@equeue What is a GG?
-J@equeue What is a GG?<br /><br />-JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-43893881609485470182016-03-05T16:05:22.631-08:002016-03-05T16:05:22.631-08:00https://theconversation.com/factcheck-qanda-was-ly...https://theconversation.com/factcheck-qanda-was-lyle-shelton-right-about-transgender-people-and-a-higher-suicide-risk-after-surgery-55573<br /><br />Also I have thinking of opening up an online store... but what charity should half of the LGBT part of the online will go to?<br /><br />-JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-13832774291994121492016-03-05T03:41:47.414-08:002016-03-05T03:41:47.414-08:00I would love to hear more about you here, equece. ...I would love to hear more about you here, equece. Do not hesitate to ask me and the others who hang around here about anything!<br /><br />You may also want to take a look at <a href="http://crossdreamlife.lefora.com" rel="nofollow">Crossdream Life</a>, which is also open to supporters, family members, FTM crossdreamers or anyone interested in crossdreaming and crossdressing.Jack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-18050434976350199002016-03-04T17:12:26.210-08:002016-03-04T17:12:26.210-08:00I'm so happy for this blog. I feel, as a GG at...I'm so happy for this blog. I feel, as a GG attracted to CDs, I have finally, FINALLY found a safe place for discussion and hopefully one day, real friendships.equeuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300186148551652787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-43198377325918628582016-02-28T00:37:59.569-08:002016-02-28T00:37:59.569-08:00Actually my religion revolves around social Darwin...Actually my religion revolves around social Darwinism and even I think he is taking the whole social Darwinism too far!<br />-JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com