Absolutely brilliant. Beautifully, perfectly, accurately and clearly put. Thank you. At medical school I was taught that psychiatric illness was broadly divided into neurosis, when the patient is aware something is wrong, and psychosis, where the patient does not, and believes they are actually Napoleon, and normal, when they clearly are not. This transmania seems to me to be a mass psychosis.
Absolutely brilliant Lucy! You inspire me with your straight forwardness. The arguments you use to underpin the statements you make are simply, infallible.
Thank goodness both my boys are not exposed to wider society at the moment, here in rural France. The culture of trans has badly affected a generation of already disenfranchised kids…
With breastfeeding rates having been so low for decades, the separation of many kids from parents in infancy due to economic or cultural drivers, very poor nourishment from a dietary and educational perspective and media that pushes fantasy and confusion. No wonder there is so much mental illness…. We are generations on now of junk food and toxicity.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -Krishnamurti
This is monumental help to me. I could even laugh, though I am mentally wallowing in the thinking about my sons 27th birthday in 2 days. That he is of course, so precious...several states away, surrounded by those who assure him, like they did the emperor, that he actually has clothes on...
Fascinating article. I very much enjoyed reading. I always figured that it's actually quite a rational fear to be scared of a man in a woman's space and to have a fear of men that disregard the boundaries of women.
Beautifully written, it drives quite forcefully “can’t put it down” which is unusual in nonfiction. You touched on the contradictions lightly, which I like; the surprise most people have on the logical inconsistency makes it all seem childlike instead of malevolent.
Your examination of fact that this phobia is imposed is a subtle and interesting idea as opposed to something like agoraphobia. When someone has agoraphobia I have a good idea of what the feeling, I was afraid of the dark as a child, and I have quite a memory of the specific sensation.
You can’t “accuse” people of “agoraphobia”, as though it was controllable state of being, as though it were a condition theh carried worh malevolence, they could do something about it.
Then I realized "transphobia" was suddenly just projection. These people have an uncontrollable fear of their sex, and they project that fear into others. I doubt you or I have a fear of someone claiming to be the wrong sex, it’s like fearing that someone might be afraid of heights. It doesn't even cross my mind as a category of possible mental states.
English is quite complex, and borrows liberally from Greek all the time. μίσος “misos” like misandry or misogyny pop in my head and then the circle is complete. Males claiming trans and transphobia are just run-of-the-mill misogynists. If you are not a misogynist you are “transphobic”. The better word series would be eugynist or euandrist.
Eugynist would be one who enjoys finds the condition of being a woman a goodness.
So someone who doesn’t affirm trans is a eugynist, someone who appreciates women as women, not men as women.
To whom you are attracted sexually is purely subjective and therefore cannot reasonably be contested by an outside observer.
Where you decide to live your life on a spectrum of superficial, stereotypical male to female attributes (and we all do) is also purely subjective and similarly cannot be questioned.
However, your biological sex reflects an objective reality which cannot be changed by your subjective personal view and futile attempts to do so can result in serious health impacts to you as well as actual harms to members of the sex you are impersonating (especially women).
Finally, others who are grounded in objective reality should never be forced to accept your subjective version of your actual biological sex.
Secondly and I know this sounds harsh but:
If you believe that trans women (aka men) should be allowed to compete against biological women in most sports or that they belong in women's restrooms, locker rooms and prisons then you are either cognitively impaired or intellectually dishonest.
I always enjoy your well reasoned articles - the phobia thing is a good point which I will share - I was treated for a kind of vertigo many years ago. My fear of heights was controlling my choices. My specialist in this field of phobias said that the only true phobias were those that could kill you - that is they were hard-wired into humans from ancient times when to fall from a height - bitten by a poisonous spider or snake could mean death or water which could drown you - large animals and so in… so as women’s real fear of men is actually something that can kill why do we not have a proper phobia word for that? Probably because every woman on the planet would have that phobia… it’s all about language as you say…
Lucy, thank you for speaking up. Science cannot advance without clear definitions. Pointing out Basic biology is considered a crime. The delusion is to promote gender confusion as a step towards social justice. Not only we are leaving the care and wellbeing of women, mothers, and babies behind, but we are also missing the chance of acknowledging, learning and helping individuals who are attracted by people of the same sex.
We have been left with no words to help, to promote knowledge.
"Oh, noes! Are we terven oppwessing da poor twanswimmins? Oh, the twaaaaansphobiaaaahhhh! It's coming for them! Run! (Preferably out of all women's facilities)
Absolutely brilliant. Beautifully, perfectly, accurately and clearly put. Thank you. At medical school I was taught that psychiatric illness was broadly divided into neurosis, when the patient is aware something is wrong, and psychosis, where the patient does not, and believes they are actually Napoleon, and normal, when they clearly are not. This transmania seems to me to be a mass psychosis.
Absolutely brilliant Lucy! You inspire me with your straight forwardness. The arguments you use to underpin the statements you make are simply, infallible.
Thank goodness both my boys are not exposed to wider society at the moment, here in rural France. The culture of trans has badly affected a generation of already disenfranchised kids…
With breastfeeding rates having been so low for decades, the separation of many kids from parents in infancy due to economic or cultural drivers, very poor nourishment from a dietary and educational perspective and media that pushes fantasy and confusion. No wonder there is so much mental illness…. We are generations on now of junk food and toxicity.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -Krishnamurti
This is monumental help to me. I could even laugh, though I am mentally wallowing in the thinking about my sons 27th birthday in 2 days. That he is of course, so precious...several states away, surrounded by those who assure him, like they did the emperor, that he actually has clothes on...
Fascinating article. I very much enjoyed reading. I always figured that it's actually quite a rational fear to be scared of a man in a woman's space and to have a fear of men that disregard the boundaries of women.
Beautifully written, it drives quite forcefully “can’t put it down” which is unusual in nonfiction. You touched on the contradictions lightly, which I like; the surprise most people have on the logical inconsistency makes it all seem childlike instead of malevolent.
Your examination of fact that this phobia is imposed is a subtle and interesting idea as opposed to something like agoraphobia. When someone has agoraphobia I have a good idea of what the feeling, I was afraid of the dark as a child, and I have quite a memory of the specific sensation.
You can’t “accuse” people of “agoraphobia”, as though it was controllable state of being, as though it were a condition theh carried worh malevolence, they could do something about it.
Then I realized "transphobia" was suddenly just projection. These people have an uncontrollable fear of their sex, and they project that fear into others. I doubt you or I have a fear of someone claiming to be the wrong sex, it’s like fearing that someone might be afraid of heights. It doesn't even cross my mind as a category of possible mental states.
English is quite complex, and borrows liberally from Greek all the time. μίσος “misos” like misandry or misogyny pop in my head and then the circle is complete. Males claiming trans and transphobia are just run-of-the-mill misogynists. If you are not a misogynist you are “transphobic”. The better word series would be eugynist or euandrist.
Eugynist would be one who enjoys finds the condition of being a woman a goodness.
So someone who doesn’t affirm trans is a eugynist, someone who appreciates women as women, not men as women.
First of all:
To whom you are attracted sexually is purely subjective and therefore cannot reasonably be contested by an outside observer.
Where you decide to live your life on a spectrum of superficial, stereotypical male to female attributes (and we all do) is also purely subjective and similarly cannot be questioned.
However, your biological sex reflects an objective reality which cannot be changed by your subjective personal view and futile attempts to do so can result in serious health impacts to you as well as actual harms to members of the sex you are impersonating (especially women).
Finally, others who are grounded in objective reality should never be forced to accept your subjective version of your actual biological sex.
Secondly and I know this sounds harsh but:
If you believe that trans women (aka men) should be allowed to compete against biological women in most sports or that they belong in women's restrooms, locker rooms and prisons then you are either cognitively impaired or intellectually dishonest.
Well said. The ‘phobia’ about normality is because it’s not special enough to get attention.
Fabulous stuff Lucy. You say it how it is with clarity and bravery. Words like these give us the courage to say “No!”
Thank you.
I always enjoy your well reasoned articles - the phobia thing is a good point which I will share - I was treated for a kind of vertigo many years ago. My fear of heights was controlling my choices. My specialist in this field of phobias said that the only true phobias were those that could kill you - that is they were hard-wired into humans from ancient times when to fall from a height - bitten by a poisonous spider or snake could mean death or water which could drown you - large animals and so in… so as women’s real fear of men is actually something that can kill why do we not have a proper phobia word for that? Probably because every woman on the planet would have that phobia… it’s all about language as you say…
Brilliant article and so well. articulated. What's more ,every word is TRUE !Well done,Lucy x
Lucy, thank you for speaking up. Science cannot advance without clear definitions. Pointing out Basic biology is considered a crime. The delusion is to promote gender confusion as a step towards social justice. Not only we are leaving the care and wellbeing of women, mothers, and babies behind, but we are also missing the chance of acknowledging, learning and helping individuals who are attracted by people of the same sex.
We have been left with no words to help, to promote knowledge.
Wonderful Lucy, love your work.
This is very good indeed! Thank you!
Yes
Truth.
Tranny cockfrockers are men.
Pooner manlets are women.
I will NEVER genuflect to gender jeebus.
"Oh, noes! Are we terven oppwessing da poor twanswimmins? Oh, the twaaaaansphobiaaaahhhh! It's coming for them! Run! (Preferably out of all women's facilities)
Rational people define transphobia as overt physical attacks or threats. Activists define twansphobiaaaaaahh! as anything that isn't abject capitulation and slavish dick-sucking combined with praise for the 'female penis' and gargling jizz like a sommelier." ©GeekGurl2000, Creative Commons permission granted.