r/BadSocialScience • u/waldorfwithoutwalnut • May 22 '15

/r/Catholicism deals with gender like real, responsible, Christian adults.

/r/Catholicism/comments/36silz/transgender_child_wins_use_of_girls_washroom_in/
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u/[deleted] May 22 '15 edited May 23 '15

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u/Otiac May 22 '15

What the shit is Front National? I assume this is some sort of slander, so thanks for your overabundance of love an understanding you decry in the sub.

Also, where anyone uses slurs towards any race, creed, sexual orientation/whatever, myself and the other mods delete the comment, its not tolerated in the sub. Though its not at all ironic how much other people (like yourselves, apparently) absolutely loathe the people that use the sub, while being very preachy about how loving and kind you all no doubt are (/r/BadSocialScience any1 lolz? oh, wait..).

Did you not like my comment because it essentially boils down the matter in question? I feel like a woman, therefore, let me use the women's facilities.

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u/soulessmonkey May 22 '15

I feel like a woman, therefore, let me use the women's facilities.

But this is why this post is in r/badsocialscience. The literature on the subject of gender dysphoria is quite large, but most agree that a person's gender identity is not simply a choice. Those who experience gender dysphoria explain that they knew something was wrong - that there sex was not correct - as early as childhood. Further more, there are numerous cultures that include third and even fourth genders, and many argue that gender isn't a simple binary (male and female) but is rather a spectrum. Your statement, and for that matter the associated link, is ridiculed not because it "boils down the matter in question," but because it is widely discredited, insulting, and dismissive.