Hi, Shrewd!        Login  
Shrewd'm.com 
A merry & shrewd investing community
Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd
Search
Shrewd'm.com Merry shrewd investors
Search
Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd


The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
Answer this questionContinue to Shrewd'mThis note won't appear again
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (46) |
Author: albaby1 SILVER
SHREWD
  😊 😞

Number: of 84361 
Subject: Re: Race fluidity
Date: 06/08/23 9:07 PM
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
No. of Recommendations: 2
Ahhh, you found the trap I was setting for albaby!

Let's open it up. I'd like a scientific explanation behind this gender identity


It's not really much of a trap. You've noted that there are dozens and dozens of different terms for genders, and that they vary from culture to culture. Which isn't really much more remarkable than the fact that there are dozens and dozens of different terms that are used for, say, "mother" in different cultures and countries.

Or that in different societies, they will use ascribe slightly different characteristics to whatever their local terminology for a trans or non-gendered person is. Again, not very remarkable. It's like making fun of the fact that there are so many different variations on what people consider the role of an "aunt" or a "uncle" to be in different cultures. That's because what it means to be an "aunt" is both biological (sister of a parent) and cultural (the role that such a person plays in familiar relationships).

Because there are wide variations in language and culture between different societies, those societies will use different terms and differentiations in discussing gender. That's a pretty toothless trap. You can replicate the same result just looking at the genders that you acknowledge are real - different societies will have different terms for "male" and "female," and divergent conceptions of what it means to be male and female that will have subtle differences from culture to culture. Or any other psychological phenomena - go to any country and find out what the local colloquial term is for schizophrenia, and the different characteristics that attributed to that condition. That doesn't mean there's no scientific explanation that (or how) schizophrenia exists.

There is a well-established scientific basis for concluding that gender dysphoria exists. Because gender is also a cultural phenomenon, you'll get lots of variations of how societies describe gender dysphoric individuals. They'll use different terms, and ascribe different traits to them.
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
Print the post
Members reply directly to albaby1 here — and replies get answered. Reading is free; so is joining the conversation. Join Shrewd'm »
This community has written 84,309 posts about US Policy. The article-length ones it recommended most:
It's going to get worse · 33 recs · 2025
G’day Donny · 30 recs · 2026
Old Related Story · 28 recs · 2026
HCR is a national treasure · 27 recs · 2025
Fascism in America · 27 recs · 2025
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (46) |


Announcements
US Policy FAQ
Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

Best Of Politics | Best Of | Favourites & Replies | All Boards | Followed Shrewds | Open Questions | Moving a community