• Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

  • CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.

The NEA is pushing far left teaching upon children

Say it aint so

Well-Known Member
Jun 19, 2020
3,731
3,184
27
Seattle
✟182,434.00
Country
United States
Faith
Deist
Marital Status
Single
The studies are based on questionnaires only. All the other things I mentioned are not included. Its not real scientific research.

And I'm not answering a hypothetical like that. "If" is not worth talking about.
I literally said put the studies aside. Your response is telling.
 
Upvote 0

BCP1928

Well-Known Member
Jan 30, 2024
9,651
4,911
82
Goldsboro NC
✟285,930.00
Country
United States
Faith
Other Religion
Marital Status
Married
Man, if you don't know by now what my answer to the question would be its ra t her hopless. I'm actually surprised you asked the question.
As I remember, it is that while a trans person isn't doing you any harm, using preferred pronouns for a transwoman, say, would be a positive assertion that she is a biological female.
 
Upvote 0

RileyG

Veteran
Christian Forums Staff
Moderator Trainee
Hands-on Trainee
Angels Team
Site Supporter
Feb 10, 2013
38,776
22,196
30
Nebraska
✟891,594.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
Celibate
Politics
US-Republican
My question was more like if a trans person "pass" (are seen as the gender they want to present by the general public) are they then entitled to using their preferred pronouns in your view? If yes, that is an argument for medical intervention. If no, why say it is about secondary sex characteristics at all?
Sure why not. I’m not the pronoun police nor a control freak. Simple really.
 
Upvote 0

rjs330

Well-Known Member
May 22, 2015
29,500
9,506
66
✟456,907.00
Gender
Male
Faith
Pentecostal
As I remember, it is that while a trans person isn't doing you any harm, using preferred pronouns for a transwoman, say, would be a positive assertion that she is a biological female.

I knew you would know the answer. Although, you really, really had to throw in your own two cents into it. Just couldn't help yourself.
 
Upvote 0

Stopped_lurking

Well-Known Member
Jan 12, 2004
511
231
Kristianstad
✟19,886.00
Country
Sweden
Gender
Male
Faith
Agnostic
Marital Status
Private
Its an absolute fact. Try it. Fashion changes. Names change. What was once a male name can become interchangeable and be male or female.
So how it is connected to sex then? Did the sex change?
Even in names you don't need an amorphous term like gender. You can substitute sex for it. Male (sex reference) names, female (sex reference) names or names that can be used by both sexes.

If you are ONLY showing a photograph that may be true. But if you went there and interacted with them you would figure it out.
That includes social and cultural factors.
Like what?
Names, for example. In Russia Sasha is a man's name in Sweden it's a woman's.
You know good and well what the norm is for male and female. Don't play games. If you are born with xy what are you, male or female?
XY I would call male. But most XY SRY- have been called female, up until the discover of sex chromosomes and the SRY-gene, and probably even today as most places don't do karyotyping as a standard procedure on newborns.
 
Upvote 0

Stopped_lurking

Well-Known Member
Jan 12, 2004
511
231
Kristianstad
✟19,886.00
Country
Sweden
Gender
Male
Faith
Agnostic
Marital Status
Private
They used sexual expression. Gender and sex are the same thing. You can use them interchangeably and tgey will mean the same thing.

Gender genitalia and sex genitalia are the same thing.
Gender genitalia? Sex genitalia? What are sex genitalia, in contrast to non-sex genitalia? I understand genitalia as the sex organs.
Gender expression and sex expression are the same thing.
Now, you're just repeating the assertion.
 
Upvote 0

RileyG

Veteran
Christian Forums Staff
Moderator Trainee
Hands-on Trainee
Angels Team
Site Supporter
Feb 10, 2013
38,776
22,196
30
Nebraska
✟891,594.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
Celibate
Politics
US-Republican
Upvote 0

RileyG

Veteran
Christian Forums Staff
Moderator Trainee
Hands-on Trainee
Angels Team
Site Supporter
Feb 10, 2013
38,776
22,196
30
Nebraska
✟891,594.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
Celibate
Politics
US-Republican
Do you also think she doesn't "pass" then? Otherwise your statements seem to conflict with each other.
I know he’s a male though. That’s the difference.
 
Upvote 0

RileyG

Veteran
Christian Forums Staff
Moderator Trainee
Hands-on Trainee
Angels Team
Site Supporter
Feb 10, 2013
38,776
22,196
30
Nebraska
✟891,594.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
Celibate
Politics
US-Republican
Gender genitalia? Sex genitalia? What are sex genitalia, in contrast to non-sex genitalia? I understand genitalia as the sex organs.

Now, you're just repeating the assertion.
Gender and sex are the same thing from those who don’t accept transgender ideology.
 
  • Agree
Reactions: rjs330
Upvote 0

RileyG

Veteran
Christian Forums Staff
Moderator Trainee
Hands-on Trainee
Angels Team
Site Supporter
Feb 10, 2013
38,776
22,196
30
Nebraska
✟891,594.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
Celibate
Politics
US-Republican
Upvote 0

rjs330

Well-Known Member
May 22, 2015
29,500
9,506
66
✟456,907.00
Gender
Male
Faith
Pentecostal
So how it is connected to sex then? Did the sex change?
I don't think anyone said names where tied to sex. They could be, thats why I said "if." Such as the name Tom or Amber. Yes it is a social convention that is tied to males or females. If clothing is tied to males or females it is tied to their sex because male and female is sex.

Clothing doesn't determine sex. Did you think it did? If it is tied to male or female societally it is tied to sex.
That includes social and cultural factors.
Factors of what?
Names, for example. In Russia Sasha is a man's name in Sweden it's a woman's.
Ah... a man or woman. Which is a reference to sex.
XY I would call male. But most XY SRY- have been called female, up until the discover of sex chromosomes and the SRY-gene, and probably even today as most places don't do karyotyping as a standard procedure on newborns.
Are you making a claim that transgender people have Swyer Syndrom? If not why bring it up? Whats your point?
 
Upvote 0

rjs330

Well-Known Member
May 22, 2015
29,500
9,506
66
✟456,907.00
Gender
Male
Faith
Pentecostal
Gender genitalia? Sex genitalia? What are sex genitalia, in contrast to non-sex genitalia? I understand genitalia as the sex organs.

Now, you're just repeating the assertion.
Thats because you seem to be having a hard time with it.

Gender norms are the same thing as sex norms.

There isn't anything gender related that cannot be referred to as sex related and vice versa. That's why there is no such thing as gender that is not tied to sex.
 
Upvote 0

Stopped_lurking

Well-Known Member
Jan 12, 2004
511
231
Kristianstad
✟19,886.00
Country
Sweden
Gender
Male
Faith
Agnostic
Marital Status
Private
I don't think anyone said names where tied to sex. They could be, thats why I said "if." Such as the name Tom or Amber. Yes it is a social convention that is tied to males or females. If clothing is tied to males or females it is tied to their sex because male and female is sex.

Clothing doesn't determine sex. Did you think it did?
No, but you seem to argue that sex determines clothing? But what clothing is related to which gender is a social convention, not a biological one. This is an example of when it is useful to have the sex-gender distinction.
If it is tied to male or female societally it is tied to sex.

Factors of what?
Their society. Then you can see them interact with each other you can, talk to them yourself. Start building a mental model of their society.
Ah... a man or woman. Which is a reference to sex.
Gender.
Are you making a claim that transgender people have Swyer Syndrom? If not why bring it up? Whats your point?
Only a few, but it is enough to make chromosomes an imperfect sex marker (which was my point).
 
Upvote 0

Stopped_lurking

Well-Known Member
Jan 12, 2004
511
231
Kristianstad
✟19,886.00
Country
Sweden
Gender
Male
Faith
Agnostic
Marital Status
Private
Thats because you seem to be having a hard time with it.

Gender norms are the same thing as sex norms.

There isn't anything gender related that cannot be referred to as sex related and vice versa. That's why there is no such thing as gender that is not tied to sex.
So how is fashion connected to genitalia or chromosomes or gamete size?
 
Upvote 0