This is spot on. The modern trans movement, as directed by Jennifer Pritzker and Pharma, bears no resemblance to the feminist and LGB movements that came before it. As you point out, it's hyper-masculine and patriarchal in ways that would never be permitted from any other group. It smuggles patriarchy into spaces where otherwise it would not be welcome.
You've also got me thinking more about gender and childhood. Gender is theater but children are engaged in fantasy and play. There is no reason to permanently fix any of that. Just let it play out. The fact that my former comrades on the left now want to sterilize children and prevent them from ever experiencing puberty and becoming adults is absolutely bonkers. It's this weird variation on Peter Pan Syndrome.
Jul 23, 2022·edited Jul 24, 2022Liked by Zeus Yiamouyiannis, Ph.D.
Thank you, Zeus, for writing this important and courageous piece. This needs to be discussed in depth (as you did) rather than buying into the swings of mainstream narratives.
YES! THIS! ALL. OF. THIS! THANK YOU!!! From the importance of imaginative play in childhood development, to allowing adolescents the time & space to figure out who they are, to Robert Jensen's contrast of transgenderism (changing the individual) vs radical feminism (changing the system). And so much more. Brilliant!!
This is spot on. The modern trans movement, as directed by Jennifer Pritzker and Pharma, bears no resemblance to the feminist and LGB movements that came before it. As you point out, it's hyper-masculine and patriarchal in ways that would never be permitted from any other group. It smuggles patriarchy into spaces where otherwise it would not be welcome.
You've also got me thinking more about gender and childhood. Gender is theater but children are engaged in fantasy and play. There is no reason to permanently fix any of that. Just let it play out. The fact that my former comrades on the left now want to sterilize children and prevent them from ever experiencing puberty and becoming adults is absolutely bonkers. It's this weird variation on Peter Pan Syndrome.
Thank you, Zeus, for writing this important and courageous piece. This needs to be discussed in depth (as you did) rather than buying into the swings of mainstream narratives.
"Trans messaging is too sophisticated to be the work of a small sexual minority dealing with severe health issues
It appears to me that someone else is driving these messaging campaigns and the question is who?
"https://tobyrogers.substack.com/p/trans-messaging-is-too-sophisticated?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
YES! THIS! ALL. OF. THIS! THANK YOU!!! From the importance of imaginative play in childhood development, to allowing adolescents the time & space to figure out who they are, to Robert Jensen's contrast of transgenderism (changing the individual) vs radical feminism (changing the system). And so much more. Brilliant!!
Phenomenal