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A simple fix for the Transgender issue.
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<blockquote data-quote="MyChainsAreGone" data-source="post: 74115812" data-attributes="member: 241841"><p>I'm her father. I've known she was an unusual bird since she was small. I've gone out of my way to affirm her in her uniqueness... she really is a gift to the world for her creativity and fascinating perspective on life and everything else. And I made sure she knew that I knew that and really believed that.</p><p></p><p>It was not at home that she felt somehow different or misunderstood or unappreciated... but among her peers and in other social environments where realized that many gender-based "expectations" and stereotypes didn't fit her...</p><p></p><p>Naturally as a teen trying to fit in and find her place in this world and in society, those expectations and stereotypes made it hard for her to really know who she was. Not until she was struggling with all that did she start "researching" and discover that other people feel the same way that she does... and she learned of their new "labels" that they could give themselves in order to feel better about who they are as individuals... a "reason" to explain why they're not like everyone else... a banner to stand under with others and demand recognition, acceptance, and respect.</p><p></p><p>So... yes... I watched it happen in my own daughter. I can see it in the lives of others. They have grown up ashamed of their own inability to align with the stereotypical male and female characteristics, so rather than simply being "OK" with being outside the standard roles, they've invented new stereotypes and demanded that we all acknowledge their new made-up definitions of "gender" as a social construct... all in order to say to themselves and to the world, "I have value! I am different! Respect me as I am!" I don't have to be like the rest of you!"</p><p></p><p><strong>But the fact is that they always had (and still have) value. Their different-ness is a gift to the rest of us, not a curse on them. They ARE worthy of respect. And, no, they never did have to be like the rest of us.</strong></p><p></p><p>But... society doesn't like to give that message... so they've been "forced" into a false construct and narrative to demand what should have been theirs all along, but for the weakness and insecurity of everyone else in society... who have for their own parts been depending on their own <em>conformity</em> to the expectations and stereotypes for their own sense of worth.</p><p></p><p>I provided it for my daughter... but she needed it from others as well, evidently, and she didn't get enough of it for her to be content and satisfied with who she is.</p><p></p><p>She doesn't identify as male, though... just "non-binary."</p><p></p><p>So... This is not something I'm unfamiliar with. I watched it up close and personal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MyChainsAreGone, post: 74115812, member: 241841"] I'm her father. I've known she was an unusual bird since she was small. I've gone out of my way to affirm her in her uniqueness... she really is a gift to the world for her creativity and fascinating perspective on life and everything else. And I made sure she knew that I knew that and really believed that. It was not at home that she felt somehow different or misunderstood or unappreciated... but among her peers and in other social environments where realized that many gender-based "expectations" and stereotypes didn't fit her... Naturally as a teen trying to fit in and find her place in this world and in society, those expectations and stereotypes made it hard for her to really know who she was. Not until she was struggling with all that did she start "researching" and discover that other people feel the same way that she does... and she learned of their new "labels" that they could give themselves in order to feel better about who they are as individuals... a "reason" to explain why they're not like everyone else... a banner to stand under with others and demand recognition, acceptance, and respect. So... yes... I watched it happen in my own daughter. I can see it in the lives of others. They have grown up ashamed of their own inability to align with the stereotypical male and female characteristics, so rather than simply being "OK" with being outside the standard roles, they've invented new stereotypes and demanded that we all acknowledge their new made-up definitions of "gender" as a social construct... all in order to say to themselves and to the world, "I have value! I am different! Respect me as I am!" I don't have to be like the rest of you!" [B]But the fact is that they always had (and still have) value. Their different-ness is a gift to the rest of us, not a curse on them. They ARE worthy of respect. And, no, they never did have to be like the rest of us.[/B] But... society doesn't like to give that message... so they've been "forced" into a false construct and narrative to demand what should have been theirs all along, but for the weakness and insecurity of everyone else in society... who have for their own parts been depending on their own [I]conformity[/I] to the expectations and stereotypes for their own sense of worth. I provided it for my daughter... but she needed it from others as well, evidently, and she didn't get enough of it for her to be content and satisfied with who she is. She doesn't identify as male, though... just "non-binary." So... This is not something I'm unfamiliar with. I watched it up close and personal. [/QUOTE]
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