JK Rowling reveals she is survivor of domestic abuse and sexual assault

[Syt]

vermin

Sheesh, dude, cool your jets

[chipwich]

What makes vermin like Tyr think it's acceptable to brazenly lie? Did his mother raise him like that?

Have you never read a post by Tyr before? His perspective on things is rather unique, just because his views seem odd or mistaken to you doesn't mean he is "vermin" or lying. Come on man we have all been here for 14 years, no need for this posturing and pearl clutching. None of us are impressed.

I honestly can't tell the Anglo-Canadian Woke Squad apart so I don't have a good read on Tyr's not-so-unique posing style. We've all been in Trumpworld for 4 years and I am absolutely sick of these vermin who have made lying into a religion. And it is not out of line to call them vermin- it's what they are, a swarm of disease carriers.

edit: I will cop to pearl-clutching. There's no other type of discussion to be had with someone who just makes shit up. It's no different than communicating with a Trump voter.

[viper37]

JK Rowling never said transexuals aren't real you damn lair.

Denying that transsexual women are women= essentially saying transsexuals aren't real.

not really, no.

True, she said that she fears many individuals who label themselves as transgender may have felt pressured to adopt that label by current trans activism.

pointing the finger toward current trans activism may be going a step too far, but do you sometimes question yourself as to why there are so many transgendered people lately?  How is it possible that so many people are convinced to be born in the wrong physical body?  Why is that condition so prevalent now?
I think psychology and psychiatry still have a lot of work to do on this subject, and I think that psychology in particular is not confrontational enough on the subject of gender dysphoria, accepting instead at face value that so many people believe to be of the opposite sex.
That a few individuals are outside the normal spectrum (hetero-normative, so the species can keep going) is kinda worrying me.  It ain't homophobic or transphobic, I just think science should look more at that without fear of being "cancelled" for it.

If it's genetic, I'd like to understand why that particular gene or genes are triggered.
I respect individual choices (even if not really a choice, I know), and will always support them, but that does not mean I am not worried (actually, more like inquisitive) of a growing trend.

[viper37]

I honestly can't tell the Anglo-Canadian Woke Squad apart

Tyr is British.
And calm down.  We all have different views on many subjects, and in this particular case, different interpretation of what she meant.

[chipwich]

I honestly can't tell the Anglo-Canadian Woke Squad apart

Tyr is British.
And calm down.  We all have different views on many subjects, and in this particular case, different interpretation of what she meant.

It's not different, it's a lie.

[Barrister]

pointing the finger toward current trans activism may be going a step too far, but do you sometimes question yourself as to why there are so many transgendered people lately?  How is it possible that so many people are convinced to be born in the wrong physical body?  Why is that condition so prevalent now?
I think psychology and psychiatry still have a lot of work to do on this subject, and I think that psychology in particular is not confrontational enough on the subject of gender dysphoria, accepting instead at face value that so many people believe to be of the opposite sex.
That a few individuals are outside the normal spectrum (hetero-normative, so the species can keep going) is kinda worrying me.  It ain't homophobic or transphobic, I just think science should look more at that without fear of being "cancelled" for it.

Well let's be quite honest here - the most likely explanation is that there were always people with gender dysphoria, and its only now that transgenderism is becoming a little bit more acceptable that people are more comfortable to come out of the closet.

Now that being said there has been proposed an idea of theory called Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria.  It looks at some situations where adolescents, largely females, are in peer groups where suddenly several of them all come out as having gender dysphoria at the same time.  It's a hypothesis that probably warrants further investigation but of course this area is highly political.

There's also the issue of detransitioners - people (again largely women) who start taking hormones and asserting a male identity, but who eventually stop and go back to their prior female identity.  It doesn't appear to be a huge number of such people, but they are very real.

And really - I think we're a long way away from transgendered people being a threat to our survival as a species.  I'd be far more worried about the large number of heteronormative people out there not having kids by choice.

[Sheilbh]

And really - I think we're a long way away from transgendered people being a threat to our survival as a species.  I'd be far more worried about the large number of heteronormative people out there not having kids by choice.

Quite. I am determined to retire and collect my state pension

Edit: It occurs to me this may not be what you meant by an existential threat....

[Valmy]

Edit: It occurs to me this may not be what you meant by an existential threat....

It was kind of a relief to me. I always wanted three kids but felt bad because of the overpopulation issue...but when I realized tons of people were having zero kids I went ahead. Thanks for enabling me zero kid people.

[Barrister]

Edit: It occurs to me this may not be what you meant by an existential threat....

It was kind of a relief to me. I always wanted three kids but felt bad because of the overpopulation issue...but when I realized tons of people were having zero kids I went ahead. Thanks for enabling me zero kid people.

I always said I wanted 2.5, so I was okay with three.  And cert

Honestly if we had started earlier I might have gone for 4, but I said I didn't want to be 40+ and having a new baby, because like Sheilbh I do want to be able to retire some day.

[crazy canuck]

Did you give serious consideration to that half child?

[Eddie Teach]

Chip is starting to sound like Mono. Take a chill pill, man.

[crazy canuck]

Chip is starting to sound like Mono. Take a chill pill, man.

Mono was never as bad as Chip has always been.

[Zoupa]

Mono is a different kind of fascist. They're both bad, but who's worse?

The answer is who cares.

[chipwich]

Nuh Uh you're the fascist

[crazy canuck]

Mono is a different kind of fascist. They're both bad, but who's worse?

The answer is who cares.

Mono isn't a fascist.  He would have to have an ideology beyond sucking up to whoever is in power for that. If Hong Kong had a strong democratic government you would be seeing very different posts from him.

Chip on the other hand is ideological.