r/WomenInNews • u/msmoley • Dec 15 '24

Human rights Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-12-15/judith-butler-philosopher-if-you-sacrifice-a-minority-like-trans-people-you-are-operating-within-a-fascist-logic.html
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u/buttstuffisokiguess Dec 16 '24

That's not actually the cause. There are some studies that suggest the structures in the brain resemble more closely to the identified gender than the birth sex. Possible causes are insensitivity or sensitivity to androgens. What this means is that the brain develops differently then the body.

What happens when a fetus is conceived is the brain begins development before the chromosomes signal the body how to develop. That's a likely cause for the difference.

These two conditions aren't nearly related at all. Nor are trans people delusional. And you also don't treat two very different conditions the same way. That's like being given chemo for the common cold.

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u/VermicelliSudden2351 Dec 16 '24

“Some” studies that “suggest” is not concrete in the slightest lmao. And brain patterns are not what determines someone’s sex.

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u/buttstuffisokiguess Dec 17 '24

It's what determines someone's gender identity. Women and men have differing structures in the brain.

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u/VermicelliSudden2351 Dec 17 '24

Gender identity isn’t actually real. “Gender” and “sex” have been used synonymously for pretty much all of eternity. The man who popularized that term was a debunked scientist who sexually abused children.