05-10-2023, 01:05 PM
(05-10-2023, 11:18 AM)GMDino Wrote: We had people beating lefties hands so they would write the "correct" way.
No one is trying to convince anyone that they are trans. More people, who probably already questioned on their own, are seeing that they are not alone as more of that group become public. But they were always there...just hidden away. Like left handed people, like gay people. Sure there were a few in the public, but once it was okay in the mainstream everyone noticed it.
They actually are though. Questioning is part of how the convincing starts. Those who "know" already "know". If there was no questioning then there wouldn't be much convincing going on. To affirm the belief that you can be the opposite gender is in and of itself an attempt to convince even if not directly stating that to an individual.
And that is actually a bigger part of the problem than directly convincing someone. Children are heavily susceptible to believing anything that anyone tells them. So, when you introduce kids to the idea that they can be whatever they want, well then naturally kids are going to start questioning their own reality. That's why I don't buy this argument that it's the same as left handed people being accepted.
Nobody had to have the idea of being left handed or right handed introduced to them to decide whether they were left handed or right handed. They just are. It's not debatable.
Likewise, you can say gay people don't need to be introduced to being gay to question whether they're gay or not. They just are.
However, the idea of a male being a female and a female being a male is a highly debatable topic. and those who don't already "feel" like the opposite sex might be more inclined to think about being the opposite sex because of the idea being introduced to them.
But that's not all. You also have to consider the fact that social media is prevelant and a lot of young people (and even adults) get caught up in popularity contests and latch on to things that might seem "trendy and cool" and that draws into question the authenticity of one's "transition" thus skewing things even further.
