Quote from: Will;797022My daughter had a trans girl in her class in preschool.

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I really can't say what I'm thinking about that right now - suffice to say there aren't enough eye-roll smilies on Earth...

And I don't have anything against tran-whatevers, but for fuck's sake, in PRESCHOOL?

Reminds me of a news story I saw awhile back about parents giving hormone therapy to their 9 year old....

Quote from: Will;797021S'mon: Re: Vikings

I find it fascinating how deeply bodies and cultures shift. As has been frequently pointed out, the modern concepts of nationstates and patriotism, for example, are... well, modern. Heck, modern concepts of race.

( http://medievalpoc.tumblr.com/ is fascinating, for example, to pierce the rather compartmentalized view of countries and peoples)

Yup, I fully agree - most people don't seem to realise how quickly both memes and genes can shift. The ancient Egyptians for instance - no one looks anything like them any more, but it doesn't seem that they were wiped out by an external force. Or (longer term) the mystery of Australia, where the early gracile skeletons give way to much more robust forms later.

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I really can't say what I'm thinking about that right now - suffice to say there aren't enough eye-roll smilies on Earth...

Don't know what you're thinking, but I'm thinking some really really bad parents.

Quote from: BenTheFerg;797036What I find amusing is that you will happily run an AP which takes your kids pcs to 'hell' to fight demonic creatures such as succubi and yet you worry about there being too many female and any non heterosexual npcs....

Oh fuck off. I'm putting you on IL now.

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I really can't say what I'm thinking about that right now - suffice to say there aren't enough eye-roll smilies on Earth...

And I don't have anything against tran-whatevers, but for fuck's sake, in PRESCHOOL?

Reminds me of a news story I saw awhile back about parents giving hormone therapy to their 9 year old....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_youth

Quote from: S'mon;797052Don't know what you're thinking, but I'm thinking some really really bad parents.

Reminds me of the Species-less child (2:00)

Quote from: S'mon;797049I'm starting to half-wonder if that was their secret reason for banning him - so he'd have to come over here and do that... cast out from Eden to spread the SJW gospel... very cunning, those Swine.

Edit: Sorry Will, I do actually respect you more than about 2/3 the population of therpgsite - including the ca 50% of regular posters I have on my Ignore List. You're alright really.

MY MISSION IS SUCCEEDING. Nah, I'm good.

The only thing that really sharts my shorts is when people insist on responding to me while clearly not reading most of what I'm saying. Mainly because it's a stupid waste of everyone's time.

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I really can't say what I'm thinking about that right now - suffice to say there aren't enough eye-roll smilies on Earth...

And I don't have anything against tran-whatevers, but for fuck's sake, in PRESCHOOL?

Reminds me of a news story I saw awhile back about parents giving hormone therapy to their 9 year old....

When did you think you were a boy? Did you go through a period where you weren't sure and wore whatever, or did you insist on wearing boy's clothes (assuming your parents had any sway in the matter)?

I have twins, a boy and a girl. It's been eye-opening.

Age 2 onward, my daughter insisted on pink, purple, and dresses. She flat-out refuses to wear 'boy's clothes.'
My son has no interest in dresses.

They are 6. Why do you think that is?

As for hormones, of course you start earlier. It's proven to be much less traumatic than waiting until much later.


And you see, where you and S'mon assumed the parents were kooky nutbars enforcing their progressive feminism on their children? Yeah.

The parents aren't thrilled about it. They have a bunch of kids, many of them boys. But one of their (four or five, I forget) children insisted on dresses. They saw a lot of doctors and psychiatrists, it's not a phase.


What exactly do you suggest? Beating it out of the child?

Quote from: Will;797062The parents aren't thrilled about it. They have a bunch of kids, many of them boys. But one of their (four or five, I forget) children insisted on dresses. They saw a lot of doctors and psychiatrists, it's not a phase.


What exactly do you suggest? Beating it out of the child?

They're five years old; don't give them a dress to wear. Not really understanding what the problem is here...if your kid INSISTED on eating candy for every meal, would you eventually just acquiesce and say, fine, fuck it, candy it is?

Quote from: Brad;797068They're five years old; don't give them a dress to wear. Not really understanding what the problem is here...if your kid INSISTED on eating candy for every meal, would you eventually just acquiesce and say, fine, fuck it, candy it is?

There is a major false equivalency here.

Quote from: Certified;797070There is a major false equivalency here.

Not one bit.

Quote from: BenTheFerg;797045Quite possibly.  But yes.  Bisexuality is massively underrepresented in cultural production.  Along with trans it is more stigmatised than gay and lesbian sexuality. :/

It's not underrepresented. It's harder to define and LGBT all in all is a very percent of the population to begin with. Transgender and bisexuals are a fraction of a smaller fraction of the population.

One thing I've grown to appreciate as I've gotten older is understanding how accurate snap judgements can be.

In this case, bigotry.


So what you're saying is that dressing like a woman is a sweet sweet temptation that you needed parents to keep from you?

That's interesting.

Quote from: Brad;797072Not one bit.

Wearing a dress gives you cavities? Who knew?

EDIT: OK, Will's response is funnier.

Quote from: Bren;797076Wearing a dress gives you cavities? Who knew?

If true, people are going to save a lot of money on surgery.

Quote from: CRKrueger;797077If true, people are going to save a lot of money on surgery.

You must be punnished.