Open thread, Sept. 1-7, 2014

polymathwannabe

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I know of at least one male-to-female transgendered person who has made the exact opposite claim, viz. that women are treated better by society. (Not going to dig up a link.)
I would prefer not to see gender politics on LW, especially when the connection to rationality is tenuous.

Posts about biases that are fairly common and often unconscious/unintentional are not just tenuously connected to rationality. And since we're discussing preferences, I would prefer not to see any discussion of gender inequities immediately get labeled "politics", given all the connotations that label carries.

13drethelin12y

how the hell is a discussion about people biases in regards to someone's perceived gender when they are pretty much the same person with the same expertise not OBVIOUSLY connected to rationality? Tenuous my ass. Re: "women are treated better" I don't know if you're straw manning the person you're talking about but different genders are treated differently in different contexts. It's pretty interesting to see what kind of effects people see when they transition in different areas of life, and I don't think that really counts as "gender politics".

-1[anonymous]12y

Agreed.