You got downvoted for having a contrarian view that was also badly expressed. I have neutralised. (try to express it clearer or more delicately in the future)
My point is that can't be what the "transsexual" movement, so why did you claim it was?
I am sorry; I don't understand this sentence, was there perhaps a spelling error?
right to insist others play along with their delusions and/or acting out.
I can see what you are saying that it burdens everyone else to go along with the decisions of a person to make choices that are non-standard about gender. I haven't really considered the effect of the total burden placed on others.
when analysing this issue; I tend to weigh up the perspectives:
for whatever reason; (reason not relevant at all; ranging from hormonal imbalances to psychological reasons to environmental factors), a person decides their ability to fit into the M/F gender structure of society works better if they fit in a place other than the one phenotypically associated with their brain at birth. Their attitude is around their personal relationship with the world.
from the perspective of anyone this person interacts with; "this is slightly confusing". It might be an assault on one's understanding to be thrown into a state of confusion, there are multiple solutions to this problem; they might include:-
a. avoiding the assault on your sensibilities by avoiding the people who don't fit the map
b. ensuring that there are no people who do not fit your map by changing the people, or
c. ensuring there are no people who don't fit the map, by changing the map.
In the sense that we really only have power over ourselves. we sure can wish to be able to control others; but that is wrong. and conflicts with personal liberties.
The person in 1; is changing themselves to better fit into the world they find themselves in.
The person in 2b is trying to change the world where it disagrees with them, whereas in 2a or 2c, the person is finding solutions that involve changing themselves, and not the world.
I wouldn't be insisting anything of you; but I would like to make it clear that the 2b attitude is literally impossible to maintain. If we were to fulfil the desires of every person who wished to change the external world; the wishes would come into conflict where some 1 person would wish for something one way and some 2b person would wish it the opposite.
In this sense the right to "insist others play along", is nothing but the right to ask permission to entertain your own delusions (and maps) about yourself and your interaction with the world. It carries no bearing on what external parties do; unlike a party who is claiming that "playing along with someone else's gender delusion" is a burden on them, and insists that external parties play along with their own map (of M/F etc).
I'd like to encourage you to further express your opinion in this discussion but I have to point out; as evidence by a downvote; you are talking about a delicate issue; one likely to be downvoted simply for your view; in light of this - please be delicate in expressing your reply; and to save me some time misunderstanding; feel free to be verbose about it.
You got downvoted for having a contrarian view that was also badly expressed. I have neutralised. (try to express it clearer or more delicately in the future)
Down voted for concern trolling. (And no I don't care about a single down vote.)
I am sorry; I don't understand this sentence, was there perhaps a spelling error?
Fixed. I changed the grammar of that sentence several times as I was editing.
...I can see what you are saying that it burdens everyone else to go along with the decisions of a person to make choices that are non-standard about gender.
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