"How do they get away with it? Why do we let them? What is it that links them all together?"
Good questions. Though I expect that the answers won't be all that palatable since they "condemn" many on virtually all sides, particularly those who insist on conflating sex and gender, who insist that the terms are synonymous. Though "what links it all together" is a general scientific illiteracy", if not a pigheaded ignorance of science, along with women's vanity and transwomen's rather pathological envy.
But something that might shed some light is philosopher Alex Byrne's latest, though I can't say that I've more than skimmed the Amazon blurb:
"Win A Copy Of 'Trouble With Gender: Sex Facts, Gender Fictions' By Alex Byrne"
Table of Contents looks interesting, but kind of get the impression that Byrne is contributing to the problem by peddling definitions for the sexes that are no better than folk-biology, if not antiscientific claptrap.
Interesting, I'll check that out. There are so many factors one could bring to the table, to answer that question. Not quite sure what you meant by women's vanity. I was really alluding to the base fact ("what links them all together") that all 3 are men. And it is men that drive this "movement"
"many factors", indeed. Certainly it is "men" -- desperately ill if not psychotic ones -- driving "this movement", but, as I've argued, here and elsewhere, virtually the whole society is culpable, to a greater or lesser extent, for the whole transgender clusterfuck. Though I sort of apologize for missing your point/allusion.
But I think a quote from Singal underlines that "whole society" charge:
Singal: "... but the fact of the matter is that our national conversation about sex and gender and gender identity is completely hamstrung by dumb and incoherent language games. Some of the biggest and most influential players in this space often refuse to even define their terms, let alone use them consistently, or to even try to make clear exactly what they’re arguing when they argue."
The problem is generally that virtually every last man, woman, and otherkin has entirely different and quite antithetical definitions for both "sex" and "gender" -- a bloody clown show, Abbott and Costello's "Whos on first", everyone riding madly off in all directions.
Byrne may well shed some light on the issue, but looking at his previous Medium articles on the topic (links in the Amazon "look inside"), I'd say he's contributing to the problem by peddling quite unscientific definitions for the sexes himself. Links and elaborations in my comment here:
As for "women's vanity", rather too many women are part of the problem in their dogmatic, if not pigheaded, and quite unscientific insistence that "sex is immutable!! 🙄". Part and parcel of what Singal was referring to. Many women get rather offended, if not rather nasty, when one points out that that claim is not at all consistent with the standard biological definitions "promulgated" in reputable biological journals, encyclopedias, and dictionaries:
"How do they get away with it? Why do we let them? What is it that links them all together?"
Good questions. Though I expect that the answers won't be all that palatable since they "condemn" many on virtually all sides, particularly those who insist on conflating sex and gender, who insist that the terms are synonymous. Though "what links it all together" is a general scientific illiteracy", if not a pigheaded ignorance of science, along with women's vanity and transwomen's rather pathological envy.
But something that might shed some light is philosopher Alex Byrne's latest, though I can't say that I've more than skimmed the Amazon blurb:
"Win A Copy Of 'Trouble With Gender: Sex Facts, Gender Fictions' By Alex Byrne"
https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/win-a-copy-of-trouble-with-gender
Table of Contents looks interesting, but kind of get the impression that Byrne is contributing to the problem by peddling definitions for the sexes that are no better than folk-biology, if not antiscientific claptrap.
Interesting, I'll check that out. There are so many factors one could bring to the table, to answer that question. Not quite sure what you meant by women's vanity. I was really alluding to the base fact ("what links them all together") that all 3 are men. And it is men that drive this "movement"
"many factors", indeed. Certainly it is "men" -- desperately ill if not psychotic ones -- driving "this movement", but, as I've argued, here and elsewhere, virtually the whole society is culpable, to a greater or lesser extent, for the whole transgender clusterfuck. Though I sort of apologize for missing your point/allusion.
But I think a quote from Singal underlines that "whole society" charge:
Singal: "... but the fact of the matter is that our national conversation about sex and gender and gender identity is completely hamstrung by dumb and incoherent language games. Some of the biggest and most influential players in this space often refuse to even define their terms, let alone use them consistently, or to even try to make clear exactly what they’re arguing when they argue."
The problem is generally that virtually every last man, woman, and otherkin has entirely different and quite antithetical definitions for both "sex" and "gender" -- a bloody clown show, Abbott and Costello's "Whos on first", everyone riding madly off in all directions.
Byrne may well shed some light on the issue, but looking at his previous Medium articles on the topic (links in the Amazon "look inside"), I'd say he's contributing to the problem by peddling quite unscientific definitions for the sexes himself. Links and elaborations in my comment here:
https://reganarntzgray.substack.com/p/imperfect-alliances-the-sex-and-gender/comment/44232881
As for "women's vanity", rather too many women are part of the problem in their dogmatic, if not pigheaded, and quite unscientific insistence that "sex is immutable!! 🙄". Part and parcel of what Singal was referring to. Many women get rather offended, if not rather nasty, when one points out that that claim is not at all consistent with the standard biological definitions "promulgated" in reputable biological journals, encyclopedias, and dictionaries:
https://sarahphillimore.substack.com/p/my-first-space-how-did-it-go/comment/39492610
My brain hurts. God help us and stop this evil.
If you're looking for culprits then you might look in the mirror and read my recent comment here on Byrne's latest book.
Though you're somewhat less culpable since you apparently accept that sex and gender are two entirely different kettles of fish.