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A new report from Sanjana Friedman at Pirate Wires documents a phenomenon that’s been a source of discussion among the extremely online for a little while, and has now made it into the open. “Transmaxxing” is a subculture of young men who embrace trans identities not because they believe they were ‘born in the wrong body’ but simply because they can, and because they think it’ll make their lives better.
It’s a phenomenon that reveals more nakedly than ever before the true face of the cyborg era: a culture caught between increasingly powerful technology, and the collapse of any coherent narrative about how best to use it for the good into a general sense that all narratives are interchangeable.
As Friedman tells it, the transmaxxers are strikingly post-ideological about their self-remodelling, at least compared to the official trans narrative, which draws heavily from 20th-century civil rights discourse. In this view, ‘gender identity’ is immutable and trans people are just ‘born that way’.
Many transmaxxers, though, modify themselves just because they want to (examples are shown on this 73-page ‘transmaxxing’ manifesto). Some report making up stories of gender dysphoria for medical professionals, while others then self-induce gender dysphoria by watching ‘sissy hypno’ — a type of video in which hypnotic (and sometimes also pornographic) stimuli are combined with messages encouraging the male viewer to embrace feminine looks or behaviour. The post-ideological feel of the phenomenon is underlined further by how often such individuals shift from embracing the ‘incel’ ideologies associated with the Right, to ‘trans’ identities associated with the Left.
For the most part, the contest between trans activists and their feminist opponents has been conducted on the field of ‘gender’: what it is, whether it has discrete categories, how (or whether) it relates to physiology and so on. A smaller handful of writers have drawn attention to the transhumanist implications of claiming a right to remodel one’s physical body based on an unfalsifiable inner feeling.
This vision sees medicine not as a restorative practice intended to return us to a shared understanding of ‘normal’, but as a potentially limitless method of upgrading ‘normal’ according to personal desire and preference. This has been openly advocated for some time as well by some trans activists, such as pharma entrepreneur Martine Rothblatt. But the debate has so far stayed largely within the pre-cyborg moral frame of equality, justice and rights.
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SubscribeIt will be interesting to see how the gender identity people react to this development once it mainstreams. I can only imagine that the majority of them will get very annoyed indeed and we will see a purity spiral in which the centrifugal force separates ‘real’ from ‘fake’ trans based on a true inner feeling. It’s pretty obvious at this point that gender identity is an ersatz replacement for what was more commonly termed the soul. Cut off from a concept of the latter, the modern ego has no choice but to deify its feelings.
Totally. The enemy within!
”’ ‘sissy hypno’ ”’
the world has really gone mad….
Only some of the “Western World” (UK, USA, Angloshere)
Thailand would like a word.
…Germany, Sweden, Norway, Spain….
I think it is the worst in Sweden. The majority of the church have fallen too.
I think it is the worst in Sweden. The majority of the church have fallen too.
It is quite often the case that those who have had the most light fall the furthest when they turn away from it.
Thailand would like a word.
…Germany, Sweden, Norway, Spain….
It is quite often the case that those who have had the most light fall the furthest when they turn away from it.
Only some of the “Western World” (UK, USA, Angloshere)
”’ ‘sissy hypno’ ”’
the world has really gone mad….
Probably already underway some time ago, at least for the “extremely online”. Pull up your chair and I’ll pass round the popcorn. Should be an entertaining show.
All I can say at this moment is it’s fascinating to see how quickly things are evolving in this sphere. What a show!
Madness before your eyes. Incredible. Pity the government has such a hand in it as that will threaten us all.
Madness before your eyes. Incredible. Pity the government has such a hand in it as that will threaten us all.
All I can say at this moment is it’s fascinating to see how quickly things are evolving in this sphere. What a show!
Interestingly, a trans advocacy organisation (Translucent) recently released what they called a groundbreaking paper which set out to “demonstrate that being trans is a biological condition”. One might imagine this would be cheered as a victory by trans folx & wannabes obsessed with outside ‘validation’ of their identity etc. However it became a spectacular own-goal as the poor poppets reacted with horror – “nobody defines me” – “it will be used to hurt us” – blabla and the usual bleatings about social stigma and Nazi othering.
Ultimately the trans loons are incapable of accepting any definition of reality beyond what’s in their own mind at any given moment. The only positive is that this sees them sleepwalking into alignment with other lunatic and/or criminal groups such as paedophilia advocates – now reborn of course as the fluffy term “Minor Attracted Peoples”. Eventually enough of this idiocy will start to register with normal people.
I believe they call the old-school transexuals who believe there’s a standard “truscum”.
True Scum?
True Scum?
Is ‘translucent’ a sort of invisibility thing? Or does it mean to be seen through? If I identify as translucent, do I become a being of light & air?
This is fun!
It might mean that nobody knows who you are.
It might mean that nobody knows who you are.
“Translucent”?
So would a trans version of MumsNet be TransParent? 🙂
You are a racist, nazi, transphobic but you speak the truth.
I believe they call the old-school transexuals who believe there’s a standard “truscum”.
Is ‘translucent’ a sort of invisibility thing? Or does it mean to be seen through? If I identify as translucent, do I become a being of light & air?
This is fun!
“Translucent”?
So would a trans version of MumsNet be TransParent? 🙂
You are a racist, nazi, transphobic but you speak the truth.
Deify and reify.
Exactly
Exactly
This phenomenon says gobs about the prevailing lack of mental health in today’s youth.
I don’t think they will be too bothered, after-all they are very happy to claim that all those sex offenders really are trans and go to great lengths to defend them.
Totally. The enemy within!
Probably already underway some time ago, at least for the “extremely online”. Pull up your chair and I’ll pass round the popcorn. Should be an entertaining show.
Interestingly, a trans advocacy organisation (Translucent) recently released what they called a groundbreaking paper which set out to “demonstrate that being trans is a biological condition”. One might imagine this would be cheered as a victory by trans folx & wannabes obsessed with outside ‘validation’ of their identity etc. However it became a spectacular own-goal as the poor poppets reacted with horror – “nobody defines me” – “it will be used to hurt us” – blabla and the usual bleatings about social stigma and Nazi othering.
Ultimately the trans loons are incapable of accepting any definition of reality beyond what’s in their own mind at any given moment. The only positive is that this sees them sleepwalking into alignment with other lunatic and/or criminal groups such as paedophilia advocates – now reborn of course as the fluffy term “Minor Attracted Peoples”. Eventually enough of this idiocy will start to register with normal people.
Deify and reify.
This phenomenon says gobs about the prevailing lack of mental health in today’s youth.
I don’t think they will be too bothered, after-all they are very happy to claim that all those sex offenders really are trans and go to great lengths to defend them.
It will be interesting to see how the gender identity people react to this development once it mainstreams. I can only imagine that the majority of them will get very annoyed indeed and we will see a purity spiral in which the centrifugal force separates ‘real’ from ‘fake’ trans based on a true inner feeling. It’s pretty obvious at this point that gender identity is an ersatz replacement for what was more commonly termed the soul. Cut off from a concept of the latter, the modern ego has no choice but to deify its feelings.
The decline of the West continues
The decline of the West continues
Another outstanding piece from Mary Harrington which also introduced me to a rather unsettling new categorisation of people – “the extremely online”. I have little to add apart from a growing sense of horror at how technologies & post-modern theory are feeding the self-absorbed fantasies of the young. My old worry that it might take a violent realignment to shake the West out of its decadence, is starting to be overtaken by a worry that these lunatics might prevail in creating a new normal.
Not much of a choice is it?
The 3rd choice is that the vast majority of normal citizens and “people of goodwill” (and generally happy to support gay rights, minorities etc) finally wake up and detach their sympathies from the trans activist movement. Too late for Scotland, sadly.
I don’t know. Scotland did reject the trans thing much to Sturgen’s chagrin.
I don’t know. Scotland did reject the trans thing much to Sturgen’s chagrin.
We can only keep ourselves and our children in the truth.
The 3rd choice is that the vast majority of normal citizens and “people of goodwill” (and generally happy to support gay rights, minorities etc) finally wake up and detach their sympathies from the trans activist movement. Too late for Scotland, sadly.
We can only keep ourselves and our children in the truth.
It’s only going to get worse. I’m a substitute teacher at the moment and the kids are on laptops IN KINDERGARTEN!!! 5 year olds are already happier in a virtual rather than a literal world. No blackboards or paper in classrooms- exercises are done individually on a screen ( no group work where students help each other). I’m subbing in order to have the flexibility to care for my elderly parents, and when I tell them what I’m seeing in the classroom they’re beyond appalled. It’s clear our Silicon Valley Overlords are intent on creating a huge underclass of people with expert -if basic- tech competencies and no critical thinking capabilities.
There is no need for critical thinking skills when you are raised to know that government thinks for you.
I’ve been fighting against the over-use of technology in schools for ages. I was a teacher-trainer ten years ago at one school which quite happily abandoned all of its textbooks in favor of iPads. I brought up the fact that Silicon Valley executives send their own children to traditional schools, but none of this seemed to register with school leaders. The teachers themselves were often burnt out because children often forgot (or pretended to forget) to bring or charge their iPads which resulted in many missed lessons and hours spent on catch-up time. They really added very little except to serve as distractions.
There is no need for critical thinking skills when you are raised to know that government thinks for you.
I’ve been fighting against the over-use of technology in schools for ages. I was a teacher-trainer ten years ago at one school which quite happily abandoned all of its textbooks in favor of iPads. I brought up the fact that Silicon Valley executives send their own children to traditional schools, but none of this seemed to register with school leaders. The teachers themselves were often burnt out because children often forgot (or pretended to forget) to bring or charge their iPads which resulted in many missed lessons and hours spent on catch-up time. They really added very little except to serve as distractions.
I’m beginning to feel the need to escape to some island, or land far removed from the day to day cultish, quasi-religious woo that’s in the air at the moment. It really feels as if we’re in some dark dystopian novel. Movies used to be made about this that we all agreed were horrifying & “thank goodness that’s not real”. Like when we read 1984 & thought “We’ll at least that will never happen now, because we’ve been warned”.
But it’s beginning to feel as if it is happening. It was meant to be a warning, not a manifesto. But a big gulf is opening up between the generations that’s far more dangerous than it ever was before. They didn’t get the warning – or maybe we didn’t pass it on properly.
The internet is the Pied Piper & it’s stealing a generation.
Genuinely frightening..
Same here. I’m ready to colonise that island just give the word …
How long will you last if they get to your island? We have to keep our freewill where we are.
How long will you last if they get to your island? We have to keep our freewill where we are.
“The internet is the Pied Piper & it’s stealing a generation.” Great comment!
There is nothing wrong with the internet. It’s a lot of the rubbish on it. We are on the internet now so it can be used for good.
There is nothing wrong with the internet. It’s a lot of the rubbish on it. We are on the internet now so it can be used for good.
Same here. I’m ready to colonise that island just give the word …
“The internet is the Pied Piper & it’s stealing a generation.” Great comment!
Not much of a choice is it?
It’s only going to get worse. I’m a substitute teacher at the moment and the kids are on laptops IN KINDERGARTEN!!! 5 year olds are already happier in a virtual rather than a literal world. No blackboards or paper in classrooms- exercises are done individually on a screen ( no group work where students help each other). I’m subbing in order to have the flexibility to care for my elderly parents, and when I tell them what I’m seeing in the classroom they’re beyond appalled. It’s clear our Silicon Valley Overlords are intent on creating a huge underclass of people with expert -if basic- tech competencies and no critical thinking capabilities.
I’m beginning to feel the need to escape to some island, or land far removed from the day to day cultish, quasi-religious woo that’s in the air at the moment. It really feels as if we’re in some dark dystopian novel. Movies used to be made about this that we all agreed were horrifying & “thank goodness that’s not real”. Like when we read 1984 & thought “We’ll at least that will never happen now, because we’ve been warned”.
But it’s beginning to feel as if it is happening. It was meant to be a warning, not a manifesto. But a big gulf is opening up between the generations that’s far more dangerous than it ever was before. They didn’t get the warning – or maybe we didn’t pass it on properly.
The internet is the Pied Piper & it’s stealing a generation.
Genuinely frightening..
Another outstanding piece from Mary Harrington which also introduced me to a rather unsettling new categorisation of people – “the extremely online”. I have little to add apart from a growing sense of horror at how technologies & post-modern theory are feeding the self-absorbed fantasies of the young. My old worry that it might take a violent realignment to shake the West out of its decadence, is starting to be overtaken by a worry that these lunatics might prevail in creating a new normal.
Just one more example of a what is very clear about all Trans people and their supposed stories.
It is a mental health issue, a sever self delusion and in effect a fake.
It suits these men to claim to feel like or to ‘be’ women.
No male born human can ever become a woman.
When society re-learns the truth of that, and regains its courage to say those truths – then this tiny particle of our population can be viewed and treated as what they are – mental health cases.
Therein lies the issue. There is no truth today. Truth is relative. And if truth is relative, then anything goes.
All of it is just philosophical arguments of course. In the real world, you still need to look both ways before crossing the road & if you stick your fingers in an electrical socket you’ll still get a shock.
This is a con! They say this to exploit.
Of course. Which makes it more important to prize the truth.
All of it is just philosophical arguments of course. In the real world, you still need to look both ways before crossing the road & if you stick your fingers in an electrical socket you’ll still get a shock.
This is a con! They say this to exploit.
Of course. Which makes it more important to prize the truth.
or wierdos as we used to call them
Therein lies the issue. There is no truth today. Truth is relative. And if truth is relative, then anything goes.
or wierdos as we used to call them
Just one more example of a what is very clear about all Trans people and their supposed stories.
It is a mental health issue, a sever self delusion and in effect a fake.
It suits these men to claim to feel like or to ‘be’ women.
No male born human can ever become a woman.
When society re-learns the truth of that, and regains its courage to say those truths – then this tiny particle of our population can be viewed and treated as what they are – mental health cases.
Turned 70 recently. Even with a good run I should be dead within 25 years. But is that soon enough?
Society can’t wait 25 years! It needs your pension.
OMG – I’ve genuinely had the same thought. I don’t think I want to be in this bizarre world of the elevated Self..
And what’s even more frightening is that the champions of this new ideology don’t want us in it either.
Maybe one day books will be written about when the world went mad & those people sane enough to question the prevailing orthodoxy were crushed. Not much consolation but we may be remembered as warriors of reality in some future…
“we may be remembered as warriors of reality in some future…”
They’ll either be wonder-struck at how we managed, or condemn us out of hand for the ‘hardships’ they have to endure because we only thought of ourselves..
“we may be remembered as warriors of reality in some future…”
They’ll either be wonder-struck at how we managed, or condemn us out of hand for the ‘hardships’ they have to endure because we only thought of ourselves..
You could always move to Canada…
Or more usefully, Ukraine?
You’re joking? It’s even worse there. Look at the way the Canadian Psychiatric association is chasing down Dr. Jordan Peterson. They want to ‘re-educate’ him a la the CCP’s MO.
I am pretty sure he was joking.
No it’s true. The college of nurses in bc is similarly threatening a nurse for Wrongthink.
No, the Unherd commentator was probably joking, aware of the Canadian situation.
No, the Unherd commentator was probably joking, aware of the Canadian situation.
Of course he was.
No it’s true. The college of nurses in bc is similarly threatening a nurse for Wrongthink.
Of course he was.
I am pretty sure he was joking.
Gosh no. I’m in Canada ATM and it is fully captured.
Not that everybody likes it. But the Cultural Revolution cadres are in control.
Yes it’s MAiD for folk like me.
… where dystopia is even more advanced than in the U.S. …or Scotland!
Canada was always a stable outdoors kind of country. It is a shame what is happening through Trudeau.
Canada was always a stable outdoors kind of country. It is a shame what is happening through Trudeau.
If you don’t mind Trudeau fidling with your digital money there.
Or more usefully, Ukraine?
You’re joking? It’s even worse there. Look at the way the Canadian Psychiatric association is chasing down Dr. Jordan Peterson. They want to ‘re-educate’ him a la the CCP’s MO.
Gosh no. I’m in Canada ATM and it is fully captured.
Not that everybody likes it. But the Cultural Revolution cadres are in control.
Yes it’s MAiD for folk like me.
… where dystopia is even more advanced than in the U.S. …or Scotland!
If you don’t mind Trudeau fidling with your digital money there.
My thinking too at the age of 60. TF I retired and didn’t have to face dealing with this rubbish at work. I feel sorry for my grandkids who are already being brainwashed on this stuff at school.
I told one of my grandsosn God made you a boy. Stand up and be one. I believe he took note.
I told one of my grandsosn God made you a boy. Stand up and be one. I believe he took note.
Society can’t wait 25 years! It needs your pension.
OMG – I’ve genuinely had the same thought. I don’t think I want to be in this bizarre world of the elevated Self..
And what’s even more frightening is that the champions of this new ideology don’t want us in it either.
Maybe one day books will be written about when the world went mad & those people sane enough to question the prevailing orthodoxy were crushed. Not much consolation but we may be remembered as warriors of reality in some future…
You could always move to Canada…
My thinking too at the age of 60. TF I retired and didn’t have to face dealing with this rubbish at work. I feel sorry for my grandkids who are already being brainwashed on this stuff at school.
Turned 70 recently. Even with a good run I should be dead within 25 years. But is that soon enough?
This makes perfect sense. If you are a normal man whose tastes tend to the feminine why would you not wish to slough off the male carapace that sets you up as a toxic patriarchal potential rapist – the but of feminist caricature – and adopt a female persona one where achievement is lauded rather than disparaged. Of course, you may eventually be accused of sexual appropriation but at present that accusation is not levelled at those who currently adopt a different sexual persona.
Well said. If I could come back as anything it would be as a queer black female, with above 13% American Indian descent. My prospects would be limitless in today’s world.
Well the Warren element of your name gives you some precedent.
and Elizabeth is a very nice name too.
and Elizabeth is a very nice name too.
Do you think you would be happy?
Well the Warren element of your name gives you some precedent.
Do you think you would be happy?
An extreme reaction to escape feminist brainwashing. We should not let their narrative affect us.
Well said. If I could come back as anything it would be as a queer black female, with above 13% American Indian descent. My prospects would be limitless in today’s world.
An extreme reaction to escape feminist brainwashing. We should not let their narrative affect us.
This makes perfect sense. If you are a normal man whose tastes tend to the feminine why would you not wish to slough off the male carapace that sets you up as a toxic patriarchal potential rapist – the but of feminist caricature – and adopt a female persona one where achievement is lauded rather than disparaged. Of course, you may eventually be accused of sexual appropriation but at present that accusation is not levelled at those who currently adopt a different sexual persona.
The headline jumps on the ‘incel’ bit – how very unlike Julie Bindel’s article about abused girls transitioning – but the report (and this piece later on) sees that as one part of a trifecta: ”involuntary celibacy, social isolation, and professional mediocrity.” That’s to say, being in an exploitative or badly-paid job (if they have a job at all) and feeling that society really doesn’t care about them. I’ve always felt the sex bit of the ‘incel’ narrative isn’t that big a deal, it’s more about isolation and possibly the untreated psychological results of abuse.
Chris, you make a good point. But the issue is not that this is becoming a common choice. The issue is just how lightly everyone choses the path of “otherizing” Incels – as some sort of losers that are the only ones to blame for their own misery – instead of ever scrutinizing the drivers for it. Above all, I am disgusted by the wholesale female response along the lines of “good riddance”, as if somehow their own individual “deserved pairing” was guaranteed by some inexplicable narrative that they nurture in their mind. It is as if they chose to ignore what numbers mean… The “otherizing” of Incels is at least as alarming as the Incel phenomenon itself, and it seems that by the time society as a whole decides to act honestly upon examining the causes for the current level of antagonism and disconnect between the genders, it may be simply too late to revert.
Good point, Chris. Men’s position in societt has become devalued to the point where men need female validation to be seen as worthy of respect. If women don’t respect them, the society won’t respect them.
Imagine being a boy in this world who had an abusive mother. You would be surrounded by constant feminist propaganda about how men were abusers and women were incapable of abuse in a patriarchal society.
Never mind transitioning, how many boys have been driven to suicide by feminism?
In the top universities in the USA the ratio is 60% women to 40% male. Is it any wonder that females are taking over government? In the UK it is similar but not yet 60%
In the top universities in the USA the ratio is 60% women to 40% male. Is it any wonder that females are taking over government? In the UK it is similar but not yet 60%
Chris, you make a good point. But the issue is not that this is becoming a common choice. The issue is just how lightly everyone choses the path of “otherizing” Incels – as some sort of losers that are the only ones to blame for their own misery – instead of ever scrutinizing the drivers for it. Above all, I am disgusted by the wholesale female response along the lines of “good riddance”, as if somehow their own individual “deserved pairing” was guaranteed by some inexplicable narrative that they nurture in their mind. It is as if they chose to ignore what numbers mean… The “otherizing” of Incels is at least as alarming as the Incel phenomenon itself, and it seems that by the time society as a whole decides to act honestly upon examining the causes for the current level of antagonism and disconnect between the genders, it may be simply too late to revert.
Good point, Chris. Men’s position in societt has become devalued to the point where men need female validation to be seen as worthy of respect. If women don’t respect them, the society won’t respect them.
Imagine being a boy in this world who had an abusive mother. You would be surrounded by constant feminist propaganda about how men were abusers and women were incapable of abuse in a patriarchal society.
Never mind transitioning, how many boys have been driven to suicide by feminism?
The headline jumps on the ‘incel’ bit – how very unlike Julie Bindel’s article about abused girls transitioning – but the report (and this piece later on) sees that as one part of a trifecta: ”involuntary celibacy, social isolation, and professional mediocrity.” That’s to say, being in an exploitative or badly-paid job (if they have a job at all) and feeling that society really doesn’t care about them. I’ve always felt the sex bit of the ‘incel’ narrative isn’t that big a deal, it’s more about isolation and possibly the untreated psychological results of abuse.
The latest Marry Harrington articles almost never dissapoint. 🙂
She gave us the amazing ” ‘sissy hypno’ ”
But very disappointingly failed to bring in the whole topic of:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/4692554/weird-world-furry-fetish-adults-dress-animal-costumes/
”AROUND quarter of a million people in the US now identify as “furries” – a subculture where members dress up as cartoonish animals, sometimes as a sexual fetish but more often as a fun escape.”
I think Mary is being way too prudish and mainstream – there are universes of preversion and deviancy yet to plumb and weave together in some kind of giant Macrame of end of the world weirdness.
p.s. worth clicking on the link to see the ‘Furries’
How about ‘Bronies’?
How about ‘Bronies’?
She gave us the amazing ” ‘sissy hypno’ ”
But very disappointingly failed to bring in the whole topic of:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/4692554/weird-world-furry-fetish-adults-dress-animal-costumes/
”AROUND quarter of a million people in the US now identify as “furries” – a subculture where members dress up as cartoonish animals, sometimes as a sexual fetish but more often as a fun escape.”
I think Mary is being way too prudish and mainstream – there are universes of preversion and deviancy yet to plumb and weave together in some kind of giant Macrame of end of the world weirdness.
p.s. worth clicking on the link to see the ‘Furries’
The latest Marry Harrington articles almost never dissapoint. 🙂
Good article, but any association with incels being on the right, is wrong. William Costello’s research shows they span the political spectrum, with a distinct lean toward the left and centrism.
People just stupidly assume that someone they don’t like and wish would disappear, must be on the right.
Good article, but any association with incels being on the right, is wrong. William Costello’s research shows they span the political spectrum, with a distinct lean toward the left and centrism.
People just stupidly assume that someone they don’t like and wish would disappear, must be on the right.
Can’t help but think of “Trainspotting”, and Renton’s comment (which I’m probably misquoting, but the gist of it is):
“…there won’t be any men or women, there’ll just be w**kers”.
Surprisingly prescient, now I reconsider it. I don’t see the appeal but apparently (disturbingly), some do. Their worlds must be pretty messed up, to look for this as a solution to their problems.
“It’s all about aesthetics” – Rent Boy Renton
They really have a short term view. Their view of women (and the advantages some women get in our modern western society) is so distorted that they don’t realise the consequences of their actions a decade or two down the line.
There’s a line in the film Gregory’s Girl: “In another million years there will be no men, no women. There’ll just be people. Just a whole world of w@nkers”.
Interestingly consistent theme in Scottish films….
Interestingly consistent theme in Scottish films….
“It’s all about aesthetics” – Rent Boy Renton
They really have a short term view. Their view of women (and the advantages some women get in our modern western society) is so distorted that they don’t realise the consequences of their actions a decade or two down the line.
There’s a line in the film Gregory’s Girl: “In another million years there will be no men, no women. There’ll just be people. Just a whole world of w@nkers”.
Can’t help but think of “Trainspotting”, and Renton’s comment (which I’m probably misquoting, but the gist of it is):
“…there won’t be any men or women, there’ll just be w**kers”.
Surprisingly prescient, now I reconsider it. I don’t see the appeal but apparently (disturbingly), some do. Their worlds must be pretty messed up, to look for this as a solution to their problems.
Is it ignorance or arrogance that makes people think they can improve on millions of years of evolution? Or is it a reluctance to make the effort to push the boundaries of what evolution has enabled them to do with the brains and bodies they were born with.
I actually find it rather refreshing. They are not pretending there’s any meaningful reason for it other than their want. Like hair implant or pennis enlargement. It’s not improving anything, but the consumer gets to feel better about himself, while someone makes money out of it.
I suppose the big problem is that men and women are normally identified by the clothes we wear. If everyone wore whatever they liked we would just accept a person for what they presented themselves to be.
Harry
I think you’ll find most people find it very easy to identify a man in a dress.
I think you’ll find most people find it very easy to identify a m an in a dress.
Trust me, you can tell a man from a woman without looking at the clothes they’re wearing. The actual big problem is women are still the second sex. We’re paid less over our lifetimes, have lower earning potential, are murdered by men at a rate of almost two a week and endlessly abused, harassed and assaulted. If men start “identifying” as women they keep their male privilege, if women identify as men they don’t gain it although they might be harassed a little less. Doubling down on Gender stereotypes like this is undoing at least a century of women’s rights activism. You can be a man and wear a dress. That does not make you a woman no more than wearing trousers makes me a man.
Men are 80% of suicides, 92% of workplace deaths, 75% of the homeless, and probably the only sex that contributes more in taxes than it takes out in benefits.
Women earn less because they work less hard compared to men (Men work more hours per week than than women on average), women also pick easier jobs (nursing) rather than harder work (petroleum drilling), likewise women prefer people jobs like secretarial work, this is all evident in the gender “neutral” land of Sweden. The more economic freedom women have, the more they act like traditional women, go figure.
Most violent deaths are men, Women have no violent cause of death in their top 10 causes of death according to the CDC.
Western Women are the most privileged group in the history of the world.
Yes, raising the human race is notoriously easy.
Men are also overrepresented in the areas of violent crime, should we brag about that,too?
Women are risk- averse out of biological necessity- we are also beaten, abused, and killed by our partners. In fact, women are more likely to be murdered by men that supposedly love us than anyone else. The same can’t be said for male victims of murder – who (just like women) are far more likely to be killed by…ba dum tiss….other men.
You bemoan the “state of men,” yet women are working harder than their male counterparts now more than ever. A
Women barely do any “raising” of the himan race any more. Big Daddy Government does.
Feminists only ever focus on predominantly male evil, like violence. They never focus on predominantly female evil, like manipulation. Murder is rare in our society, and in statistical terms, murder sof women by men are miniscule in scale.
The culture depsises men and glorifies women as the elites wanted this after WW2. F to M transitioners frequently state how much less the world cares about them once they are seen as men. The transmaxxers are just gaming a biased system.
Women barely do any “raising” of the himan race any more. Big Daddy Government does.
Feminists only ever focus on predominantly male evil, like violence. They never focus on predominantly female evil, like manipulation. Murder is rare in our society, and in statistical terms, murder sof women by men are miniscule in scale.
The culture depsises men and glorifies women as the elites wanted this after WW2. F to M transitioners frequently state how much less the world cares about them once they are seen as men. The transmaxxers are just gaming a biased system.
Yes, raising the human race is notoriously easy.
Men are also overrepresented in the areas of violent crime, should we brag about that,too?
Women are risk- averse out of biological necessity- we are also beaten, abused, and killed by our partners. In fact, women are more likely to be murdered by men that supposedly love us than anyone else. The same can’t be said for male victims of murder – who (just like women) are far more likely to be killed by…ba dum tiss….other men.
You bemoan the “state of men,” yet women are working harder than their male counterparts now more than ever. A
These are men with means to transition and who probably are already active in IT or tech, so their earning power won’t go down.
Female cleaners could transition, with state aid, and could maybe get state education on top, to get higher paying jobs. Although, they would be in the low paying incel position, then, probably.
Best then, to just fund your lifestyle with Only Fans.
In the end, we won’t have ambulance drivers or nurses, so, whatever way you get ahead, get far enough ahead thwart you have your own surgical facility and REALLY well paid doctor and nurse on call. Society ain’t going to have essential workers, when the boys want to w**k their multiple orgasms, and bio women turn to Only Fans.
I agree with some of your points, I think that overall attitude is clearly one of misandry which is not helpful.
Men are in deed much more violent, and always have been, and there is a gender bias in this violence, it is against other men. Around 70% of all murder victims are men. While violence against women I find particularly disgusting, in our society it is safer to be a woman.
Most men I know are wired to protect woman, even strangers, for important women in their life (mother, partner, daughter…) most would give their life without second thought.
Yes, there are gender injustices, lack of opportunity etc., but not everything is in favour of men.
Remember that in this society of ours men are three times more likely to find life so unbearable that they commit suicide.
Dirty & dangerous jobs are overwhelmingly men’s territory, as is homelessness etc.
I think we need more empathy for each other, there is no world which is good for men if women are not able to be safe and achieve all there potential, same is true the other way around.
Men are 80% of suicides, 92% of workplace deaths, 75% of the homeless, and probably the only sex that contributes more in taxes than it takes out in benefits.
Women earn less because they work less hard compared to men (Men work more hours per week than than women on average), women also pick easier jobs (nursing) rather than harder work (petroleum drilling), likewise women prefer people jobs like secretarial work, this is all evident in the gender “neutral” land of Sweden. The more economic freedom women have, the more they act like traditional women, go figure.
Most violent deaths are men, Women have no violent cause of death in their top 10 causes of death according to the CDC.
Western Women are the most privileged group in the history of the world.
These are men with means to transition and who probably are already active in IT or tech, so their earning power won’t go down.
Female cleaners could transition, with state aid, and could maybe get state education on top, to get higher paying jobs. Although, they would be in the low paying incel position, then, probably.
Best then, to just fund your lifestyle with Only Fans.
In the end, we won’t have ambulance drivers or nurses, so, whatever way you get ahead, get far enough ahead thwart you have your own surgical facility and REALLY well paid doctor and nurse on call. Society ain’t going to have essential workers, when the boys want to w**k their multiple orgasms, and bio women turn to Only Fans.
I agree with some of your points, I think that overall attitude is clearly one of misandry which is not helpful.
Men are in deed much more violent, and always have been, and there is a gender bias in this violence, it is against other men. Around 70% of all murder victims are men. While violence against women I find particularly disgusting, in our society it is safer to be a woman.
Most men I know are wired to protect woman, even strangers, for important women in their life (mother, partner, daughter…) most would give their life without second thought.
Yes, there are gender injustices, lack of opportunity etc., but not everything is in favour of men.
Remember that in this society of ours men are three times more likely to find life so unbearable that they commit suicide.
Dirty & dangerous jobs are overwhelmingly men’s territory, as is homelessness etc.
I think we need more empathy for each other, there is no world which is good for men if women are not able to be safe and achieve all there potential, same is true the other way around.
I think you’ll find most people find it very easy to identify a man in a dress.
I think you’ll find most people find it very easy to identify a m an in a dress.
Trust me, you can tell a man from a woman without looking at the clothes they’re wearing. The actual big problem is women are still the second sex. We’re paid less over our lifetimes, have lower earning potential, are murdered by men at a rate of almost two a week and endlessly abused, harassed and assaulted. If men start “identifying” as women they keep their male privilege, if women identify as men they don’t gain it although they might be harassed a little less. Doubling down on Gender stereotypes like this is undoing at least a century of women’s rights activism. You can be a man and wear a dress. That does not make you a woman no more than wearing trousers makes me a man.
I wouldn’t call it refreshing but I agree that it’s the next step in the relentless self-improvement/reinvent yourself industry. Changing sex can be added to what’s on offer. The change doesn’t have to be permanent. Lots of people present themselves as girls some days and boys on others.
I like Mary’s writing a lot but sometimes she overthinks things and I wonder if getting out and about with the ordinary folk would give her a different perspective? It’s not always about something deep and meaningful. People can be pretty shallow.
I suppose the big problem is that men and women are normally identified by the clothes we wear. If everyone wore whatever they liked we would just accept a person for what they presented themselves to be.
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I wouldn’t call it refreshing but I agree that it’s the next step in the relentless self-improvement/reinvent yourself industry. Changing sex can be added to what’s on offer. The change doesn’t have to be permanent. Lots of people present themselves as girls some days and boys on others.
I like Mary’s writing a lot but sometimes she overthinks things and I wonder if getting out and about with the ordinary folk would give her a different perspective? It’s not always about something deep and meaningful. People can be pretty shallow.
I actually find it rather refreshing. They are not pretending there’s any meaningful reason for it other than their want. Like hair implant or pennis enlargement. It’s not improving anything, but the consumer gets to feel better about himself, while someone makes money out of it.
Is it ignorance or arrogance that makes people think they can improve on millions of years of evolution? Or is it a reluctance to make the effort to push the boundaries of what evolution has enabled them to do with the brains and bodies they were born with.
This is the absolute nub of the ‘trans’ debate. If it’s all about ‘feelings’ & endorsing, affirming & validating those ‘feelings’, then who’s to say whether someone is faking a ‘feeling’ about anything at all? A psychologist’s job used to be to investigate those feelings to discover what might lie behind them, especially if a patient seemed about to harm themselves (self-mutilation is now the go-to with breasts being hacked off – but penises mysteriously remaining in situ – can anyone delve into this particular fetish please?)
But psychiatrists & therapists may soon be out of a work. The patient is now the Physician & the Physician will heal himself (herself? themself? itself?) by making the corporeal fit the fantasy. Never mind the nonsensical idea that a child can self-diagnose with any accuracy a pathological condition that may or may not exist. This is now an out & out battle between voices & whoever shouts loudest wins.
It is the most unnerving dive into woo and cultism I’ve ever witnessed.
This is the absolute nub of the ‘trans’ debate. If it’s all about ‘feelings’ & endorsing, affirming & validating those ‘feelings’, then who’s to say whether someone is faking a ‘feeling’ about anything at all? A psychologist’s job used to be to investigate those feelings to discover what might lie behind them, especially if a patient seemed about to harm themselves (self-mutilation is now the go-to with breasts being hacked off – but penises mysteriously remaining in situ – can anyone delve into this particular fetish please?)
But psychiatrists & therapists may soon be out of a work. The patient is now the Physician & the Physician will heal himself (herself? themself? itself?) by making the corporeal fit the fantasy. Never mind the nonsensical idea that a child can self-diagnose with any accuracy a pathological condition that may or may not exist. This is now an out & out battle between voices & whoever shouts loudest wins.
It is the most unnerving dive into woo and cultism I’ve ever witnessed.
Judging from many of their photos, there seems to be a widespread desire to look like a 1960s housewife or typing pool secretary.
Yes – none of them want to look like Ellen DeGeneres.
Yes – none of them want to look like Ellen DeGeneres.
Judging from many of their photos, there seems to be a widespread desire to look like a 1960s housewife or typing pool secretary.
The opposite type of transition (female to male) shed’s quite a bit of light on the headline question.
There’s several youtubes & other reports out there where a former lass tells how society becomes more hostile & gives them much less +ve attention once they start presenting as male. So backing up the Incel’s own diagnoses that contemporary life is near unbearably harsh for a low status male.
Which is not to argue for any simplistic alt right narrative that society has became excessively biased in favour of women at the expense of men. The worrying fact that female to male transitions have recently caught up with MtF transitions in terms of frequency does indeed support the idea of of subtle forms of misogyny making some young women uncomfortable with their own womanhood.
Not sure if you read these comments Mary, but your fellow unherd write Naama Kates has done a podcast on Transmaxing. She’s a big fan of yours! The pod backs up some of what you say, such as a former incel pivoting from alt-rightish to progressive views after they trans. PS very few incels actually support transmaxing right now, but yeah perhaps that will change.
There was a video I saw of a F to M person who was a bit shocked that when he was attacked by another male in a subway station no one intervened to help. Women generally are unaware of the threat of violence that men have to deal with from other men – particularly when they are younger. There are pros and cons to being either sex – western women have just been programmed to believe they are the worlds great victims.
That’s a very good point- there are pros and cons to being either sex! The grass is greener…
The cons for western men seem to be “unbearable hell” (75% of homeless, 80% of suicides, 92% of workplace deaths, bias against fathers in custody, getting 60% longer sentences than women for the same crime, etc.)
The cons to women seem to be the air conditioning being set too low, and “Waaah the men want rights!”
The cons for western men seem to be “unbearable hell” (75% of homeless, 80% of suicides, 92% of workplace deaths, bias against fathers in custody, getting 60% longer sentences than women for the same crime, etc.)
The cons to women seem to be the air conditioning being set too low, and “Waaah the men want rights!”
Yup, young men more likely to die from male to male violence; but there is still a huge risk risk of women of any age dying from male violence – 2 per week in the U.K. over the last 10 years.
Women are the safest group in the history of the human race and always have been within the civilized western world.
That is ridiculous.
That is ridiculous.
2 a week (which I suspect is a generous rounding-up) is statistically irrelevant.
Women are the safest group in the history of the human race and always have been within the civilized western world.
2 a week (which I suspect is a generous rounding-up) is statistically irrelevant.
That’s a very good point- there are pros and cons to being either sex! The grass is greener…
Yup, young men more likely to die from male to male violence; but there is still a huge risk risk of women of any age dying from male violence – 2 per week in the U.K. over the last 10 years.
There was a video I saw of a F to M person who was a bit shocked that when he was attacked by another male in a subway station no one intervened to help. Women generally are unaware of the threat of violence that men have to deal with from other men – particularly when they are younger. There are pros and cons to being either sex – western women have just been programmed to believe they are the worlds great victims.
The opposite type of transition (female to male) shed’s quite a bit of light on the headline question.
There’s several youtubes & other reports out there where a former lass tells how society becomes more hostile & gives them much less +ve attention once they start presenting as male. So backing up the Incel’s own diagnoses that contemporary life is near unbearably harsh for a low status male.
Which is not to argue for any simplistic alt right narrative that society has became excessively biased in favour of women at the expense of men. The worrying fact that female to male transitions have recently caught up with MtF transitions in terms of frequency does indeed support the idea of of subtle forms of misogyny making some young women uncomfortable with their own womanhood.
Not sure if you read these comments Mary, but your fellow unherd write Naama Kates has done a podcast on Transmaxing. She’s a big fan of yours! The pod backs up some of what you say, such as a former incel pivoting from alt-rightish to progressive views after they trans. PS very few incels actually support transmaxing right now, but yeah perhaps that will change.
One word on trans ness: Supercharged Narcicism. “Look at me” syndrome beautifully framed by walliams and lucas in their great thought essay “little Britain” Every kind of human identity disorder laid out before you… Meanwhile normal is not a thing anymore… try harder, give me a disorder, make me different. Truth is stranger than fiction though. Historically from the teds to the punks this was easy, then the space became muddy, and now we have every kind of ‘alternative’ that is possible to imagine and many that are not. True fact: at my daughter’s 6th form there are a group who identify as animals: the furries. They have their food served in bowls by the oh so sympathetic deans and wear furry tails. Oh yes, we are sick. Luckily my daughter and friends laugh, but maybe they are extreme right wingers now? I am going to identify as a “meldrew” and no regrets. Bring on armageddon. Me? An ex communist and green, now reduced to reactionary babblings (thank you Unherd btw)
And now Little Britain is banned – what a surprise, the mocking of the narcissists.
And now Little Britain is banned – what a surprise, the mocking of the narcissists.
One word on trans ness: Supercharged Narcicism. “Look at me” syndrome beautifully framed by walliams and lucas in their great thought essay “little Britain” Every kind of human identity disorder laid out before you… Meanwhile normal is not a thing anymore… try harder, give me a disorder, make me different. Truth is stranger than fiction though. Historically from the teds to the punks this was easy, then the space became muddy, and now we have every kind of ‘alternative’ that is possible to imagine and many that are not. True fact: at my daughter’s 6th form there are a group who identify as animals: the furries. They have their food served in bowls by the oh so sympathetic deans and wear furry tails. Oh yes, we are sick. Luckily my daughter and friends laugh, but maybe they are extreme right wingers now? I am going to identify as a “meldrew” and no regrets. Bring on armageddon. Me? An ex communist and green, now reduced to reactionary babblings (thank you Unherd btw)
Further proof that once liberated from the burden of giving life to new humans, the female identity (will the term “gender” gradually pass into irrelevance?) increasingly appears to be a preferable route in life for young biological males. Free oneself from the stigma of “male toxicity,” be celebrated for embracing your inner goddess and emulating the increasing pantheon of heroines breaking through glass ceilings to stick it to the Patriarchy. And the thrill of presumed sexual desirability – online atleast. One wonders why any young male at this point would even choose male identity.
“Further proof that once liberated from the burden of giving life to new humans, the female identity (will the term “gender” gradually pass into irrelevance?) increasingly appears to be a preferable route in life for young biological males.”
That is such an interesting comment. Being male is just too tough for them and being female so much easier. I’m going to think about that.
Almost a no-brainer: preferential hiring by public and private sectors, women-only election lists, favorable child custody bias, the right to single mother taxpayer support, and the right to withdraw sexual consent in hindsight.
And then there’s military conscription, still men-only in most countries, and the cause off literally millions of young men’s deaths in horrific circumstances, including the UK in the 20th century. If reinstated, look for an increase in “female identities.”
Almost a no-brainer: preferential hiring by public and private sectors, women-only election lists, favorable child custody bias, the right to single mother taxpayer support, and the right to withdraw sexual consent in hindsight.
And then there’s military conscription, still men-only in most countries, and the cause off literally millions of young men’s deaths in horrific circumstances, including the UK in the 20th century. If reinstated, look for an increase in “female identities.”
“Further proof that once liberated from the burden of giving life to new humans, the female identity (will the term “gender” gradually pass into irrelevance?) increasingly appears to be a preferable route in life for young biological males.”
That is such an interesting comment. Being male is just too tough for them and being female so much easier. I’m going to think about that.
Further proof that once liberated from the burden of giving life to new humans, the female identity (will the term “gender” gradually pass into irrelevance?) increasingly appears to be a preferable route in life for young biological males. Free oneself from the stigma of “male toxicity,” be celebrated for embracing your inner goddess and emulating the increasing pantheon of heroines breaking through glass ceilings to stick it to the Patriarchy. And the thrill of presumed sexual desirability – online atleast. One wonders why any young male at this point would even choose male identity.
Interesting, three great phrases Mary used sum it up I think, ‘technology is the ideology’, ‘meat suit’ and ‘because you can’
Interesting, three great phrases Mary used sum it up I think, ‘technology is the ideology’, ‘meat suit’ and ‘because you can’
Non binary seems to be heading in the same direction if Sam Smith and Father Bingo is anything to go by. Once it meant not conforming to gender stereotypes and now it seems to be non conforming to style, taste and common decency.
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/yorkshire-non-binary-priest-bingo-25873680
https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/sam-smith-body-confidence-animal-print-bikini-bottoms-b1049557.html
Non binary seems to be heading in the same direction if Sam Smith and Father Bingo is anything to go by. Once it meant not conforming to gender stereotypes and now it seems to be non conforming to style, taste and common decency.
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/yorkshire-non-binary-priest-bingo-25873680
https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/sam-smith-body-confidence-animal-print-bikini-bottoms-b1049557.html
In the graphic novel series, “Saga”, by Brian K. Vaughan, there is a sex planet where literally any depravity that can be imagined is indulged. Little did I know that the books’ unnamed planet was called Earth.
Ha. No need to invent a new planet as this was already tried in places such as Sodom, Rome, and Corinth of the ancient world.
Ha. No need to invent a new planet as this was already tried in places such as Sodom, Rome, and Corinth of the ancient world.
In the graphic novel series, “Saga”, by Brian K. Vaughan, there is a sex planet where literally any depravity that can be imagined is indulged. Little did I know that the books’ unnamed planet was called Earth.
“Some report making up stories of gender dysphoria for medical professionals, while others then self-induce gender dysphoria by watching ‘sissy hypno’ — a type of video in which hypnotic (and sometimes also pornographic) stimuli are combined with messages encouraging the male viewer to embrace feminine looks or behaviour. ”
This sounds like conversion therapy.
“Some report making up stories of gender dysphoria for medical professionals, while others then self-induce gender dysphoria by watching ‘sissy hypno’ — a type of video in which hypnotic (and sometimes also pornographic) stimuli are combined with messages encouraging the male viewer to embrace feminine looks or behaviour. ”
This sounds like conversion therapy.
Thank you, Mary Harrington and Unherd for another brilliant topic and discussion. I’ve not found such a sound, exploratory community anywhere else.
Thank you, Mary Harrington and Unherd for another brilliant topic and discussion. I’ve not found such a sound, exploratory community anywhere else.
I’m not sure what I think here except that this is possibly only a story at all because of the political dimension.
“Once self is thus dissociated from body, there’s no obvious reason not to treat that ‘meat suit’ as an instrument to be optimised, whether via hormones, surgery or other interventions, in pursuit of greater happiness — and again the story matters less than the fact you’re simply doing it because you can. ”
There’s the final paragraph, and if it had appeared in a junk science magazine instead, it would be a pretty unremarkable point to make about the future within the context of the other ambitions for techno-augmentation of the human race. Or maybe it’s just that because I’m a libertarian, the trans debate for me has never been about how other people choose to live, but merely the demands that such choices might impose upon everyone else.
If there is a future in which humans can change sex or indeed invent new flavours of hermaphroditic hybrids and then change on a whim into those, that’s fine as long as it makes them happy and it doesn’t cost anyone else anything. We are however very far away from that sort of future and we’re getting further away from it even as technology advances, because the politics of radical transgender rights is expressly intended to confiscate freedom of conscience from everyone else on the matter.
That aside, there’s one further thing to say about incels going trans, and it’s simply surely that they improve their chances of getting laid? The trans-identity affords access to a layer of youth society which treats it at a premium, so there’s the slim prospect of pulling an idealistic lefty straight girl (though I must confess I’m not sure how I’d estimate their chances). They also might think that by converting to the appearance of womanhood, pulling a lesbian is on the cards, which sounds mad except that apparently lesbians are reporting these days pressure to accept the advances of men identifying as women. Perhaps this incel conversion thing explains why it’s happening – though that doens’t change the fact that I’m firmly on the side of lesbians retaining their right to say no without having to explain themselves, no matter who does the asking.
It occurs to me that these incels are nothing. They exist without any real agency. Drifting into the guise of a girl is so easy because the life of a girl looks so easy. You just drift around, smiling and cooing and everyone likes you and you’re something without even trying.
“there’s one further thing to say about incels going trans, and it’s simply surely that they improve their chances of getting laid?”
My assumption was that if they have a ‘J Arthur’ then at least a girl did it for them.
To be honest though, the headline is pretty misleading.
It occurs to me that these incels are nothing. They exist without any real agency. Drifting into the guise of a girl is so easy because the life of a girl looks so easy. You just drift around, smiling and cooing and everyone likes you and you’re something without even trying.
“there’s one further thing to say about incels going trans, and it’s simply surely that they improve their chances of getting laid?”
My assumption was that if they have a ‘J Arthur’ then at least a girl did it for them.
To be honest though, the headline is pretty misleading.
I’m not sure what I think here except that this is possibly only a story at all because of the political dimension.
“Once self is thus dissociated from body, there’s no obvious reason not to treat that ‘meat suit’ as an instrument to be optimised, whether via hormones, surgery or other interventions, in pursuit of greater happiness — and again the story matters less than the fact you’re simply doing it because you can. ”
There’s the final paragraph, and if it had appeared in a junk science magazine instead, it would be a pretty unremarkable point to make about the future within the context of the other ambitions for techno-augmentation of the human race. Or maybe it’s just that because I’m a libertarian, the trans debate for me has never been about how other people choose to live, but merely the demands that such choices might impose upon everyone else.
If there is a future in which humans can change sex or indeed invent new flavours of hermaphroditic hybrids and then change on a whim into those, that’s fine as long as it makes them happy and it doesn’t cost anyone else anything. We are however very far away from that sort of future and we’re getting further away from it even as technology advances, because the politics of radical transgender rights is expressly intended to confiscate freedom of conscience from everyone else on the matter.
That aside, there’s one further thing to say about incels going trans, and it’s simply surely that they improve their chances of getting laid? The trans-identity affords access to a layer of youth society which treats it at a premium, so there’s the slim prospect of pulling an idealistic lefty straight girl (though I must confess I’m not sure how I’d estimate their chances). They also might think that by converting to the appearance of womanhood, pulling a lesbian is on the cards, which sounds mad except that apparently lesbians are reporting these days pressure to accept the advances of men identifying as women. Perhaps this incel conversion thing explains why it’s happening – though that doens’t change the fact that I’m firmly on the side of lesbians retaining their right to say no without having to explain themselves, no matter who does the asking.
I guess, these days, life’s better as a girl. Wait a minute! The life of a girl, but the brain of a man. Sign me up.
Maybe it is just me, Brett, but that sounds slightly creepy. Particularly if you consider what goes on inside the head of most young men. ( I used to be one).
Yes, I have to admit it’s a very dangerous combination.
But you’d have a blast trying!
now cut that out!
now cut that out!
But you’d have a blast trying!
And this type of trans may explain the demand from trans activists to remove the ‘cotton ceiling’ – another creepy phrase with cotton referring to womens knickers, and the purpose being to convince lesbian women to have sex with men who claim to be women.
Cant help thinking this is just an old fashioned male goal to ‘straighten out’ the lesbians with a good ‘stag’.
“the ‘cotton ceiling’”
At this rate I’m going to be illiterate by 2024.
“the ‘cotton ceiling’”
At this rate I’m going to be illiterate by 2024.
Yes, I have to admit it’s a very dangerous combination.
And this type of trans may explain the demand from trans activists to remove the ‘cotton ceiling’ – another creepy phrase with cotton referring to womens knickers, and the purpose being to convince lesbian women to have sex with men who claim to be women.
Cant help thinking this is just an old fashioned male goal to ‘straighten out’ the lesbians with a good ‘stag’.
Maybe it is just me, Brett, but that sounds slightly creepy. Particularly if you consider what goes on inside the head of most young men. ( I used to be one).
I guess, these days, life’s better as a girl. Wait a minute! The life of a girl, but the brain of a man. Sign me up.
If we live in a time of liquid modernity, as Zygmunt Bauman memorably phrased it, then today’s celebration of transgenderism should come as no surprise. A liquid protean self, always changing on personal whim, becomes the epitome of the post-modern self, the atomized conformism of people stripped from any foundations. And this, of course, leads to a series of one-upmanship. So now we see a growing number of trans activists claiming to secretly be animals such as wolves. And today’s trans fixation is reflected in the tales of those getting plastic surgery to look like Kim Kardashian, a space alien, the human Barbie (and Ken) doll and so forth (Google all for verification.) This is the restlessness of the perpetually dissatisfied consumer…
So true. A generation raised as consumers not even comprehending that it’s not a natural state.
So true. A generation raised as consumers not even comprehending that it’s not a natural state.
If we live in a time of liquid modernity, as Zygmunt Bauman memorably phrased it, then today’s celebration of transgenderism should come as no surprise. A liquid protean self, always changing on personal whim, becomes the epitome of the post-modern self, the atomized conformism of people stripped from any foundations. And this, of course, leads to a series of one-upmanship. So now we see a growing number of trans activists claiming to secretly be animals such as wolves. And today’s trans fixation is reflected in the tales of those getting plastic surgery to look like Kim Kardashian, a space alien, the human Barbie (and Ken) doll and so forth (Google all for verification.) This is the restlessness of the perpetually dissatisfied consumer…
they are not turning themselves into anything other than butchered versions of who they are. there is no such thing as transition.
they are not turning themselves into anything other than butchered versions of who they are. there is no such thing as transition.
Right now the whole Trans movement is built on the shoulders of the prior civil rights movement. Which itself was built on common Western Christian right/wrong standards. Yet, those old objective standards on which the subjective movement was based are themselves disappearing, even shunned. So, what does the next generation (if there is one) do after this, when there is no more common/objective “common ground” standards to borrow from?
This is why top-down-authoritarianism is the only option, and they know it. That and the Metaverse really is the only option. The question is, will it be leftist and Marxist, or right-wing and fascist? They already have the Western shock troops in the BLM/Antifa style waiting to be activated to assure that it goes in the leftist direction.
Don’t count out the fascists. In the US there are 20 million assault rifles in private hands. One assumes 95% of those are right leaning to outright fascists. Antifa and BLM would be no match.
Don’t count out the fascists. In the US there are 20 million assault rifles in private hands. One assumes 95% of those are right leaning to outright fascists. Antifa and BLM would be no match.
Right now the whole Trans movement is built on the shoulders of the prior civil rights movement. Which itself was built on common Western Christian right/wrong standards. Yet, those old objective standards on which the subjective movement was based are themselves disappearing, even shunned. So, what does the next generation (if there is one) do after this, when there is no more common/objective “common ground” standards to borrow from?
This is why top-down-authoritarianism is the only option, and they know it. That and the Metaverse really is the only option. The question is, will it be leftist and Marxist, or right-wing and fascist? They already have the Western shock troops in the BLM/Antifa style waiting to be activated to assure that it goes in the leftist direction.
Three aspects not explored in this article:
1) The implication that in our society it is better to be a woman than a man, or at least an effeminate man
2) Despite all the propaganda, do women have a preference for masculine men over effeminate men, hence leaving effeminate men incels?
3) What is the sexuality of these incels before transitioning and after? Presumably they were heterosexual while they were male incels. Do they continue to aspire to have relationships with women or do they attempt to have relationships with heterosexual or bi men?
Three aspects not explored in this article:
1) The implication that in our society it is better to be a woman than a man, or at least an effeminate man
2) Despite all the propaganda, do women have a preference for masculine men over effeminate men, hence leaving effeminate men incels?
3) What is the sexuality of these incels before transitioning and after? Presumably they were heterosexual while they were male incels. Do they continue to aspire to have relationships with women or do they attempt to have relationships with heterosexual or bi men?
Why? Perhaps so they can get likes….and articles written about them.
Why? Perhaps so they can get likes….and articles written about them.
The early 80s were the sweet spot. Young men wore makeup when going out, and still identified as men. A guy could dress in a nurse’s uniform on Halloween, or at a weekend university hall party, and he didn’t lose his male identity. It was hot and transgressive and it was fun. It was not ideology.
When men started plucking their eyebrows in the 2000s, I thought that young women might as well just become lesbians, as the masculinity of men was being sold out on by men. They were unattractive.
Maybe some women get a thrill of a transitioned still being a guy? I can’t see it being a real turn on, though. The transgressive, fun male is gone, and the consumerist/ get ahead by any means necessary/angry/detached man would be in your bed—for five seconds. Yeah, I can’t see human happiness here.
Fun, transgressive males come back. Mostly, with unplucked brows, except for those who can really pull it off.
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I am so old-fashioned. I had no idea that spending hours with a curling iron made me female, and a female with superpowers, even, that would get me ahead on the job.
I always thought that male and female were elastic concepts, that every human contained multitudes and could go after whatever job they hoped for.
I also had my own mind, and didn’t feel compelled to play the games and get ahead by whatever means necessary. I felt my cynicism, but didn’t give into it.
That said, there were no gender and race quotas. We didn’t have so many ideological tests to prove our loyalty/worthiness of having a job.
The early 80s were the sweet spot. Young men wore makeup when going out, and still identified as men. A guy could dress in a nurse’s uniform on Halloween, or at a weekend university hall party, and he didn’t lose his male identity. It was hot and transgressive and it was fun. It was not ideology.
When men started plucking their eyebrows in the 2000s, I thought that young women might as well just become lesbians, as the masculinity of men was being sold out on by men. They were unattractive.
Maybe some women get a thrill of a transitioned still being a guy? I can’t see it being a real turn on, though. The transgressive, fun male is gone, and the consumerist/ get ahead by any means necessary/angry/detached man would be in your bed—for five seconds. Yeah, I can’t see human happiness here.
Fun, transgressive males come back. Mostly, with unplucked brows, except for those who can really pull it off.
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I am so old-fashioned. I had no idea that spending hours with a curling iron made me female, and a female with superpowers, even, that would get me ahead on the job.
I always thought that male and female were elastic concepts, that every human contained multitudes and could go after whatever job they hoped for.
I also had my own mind, and didn’t feel compelled to play the games and get ahead by whatever means necessary. I felt my cynicism, but didn’t give into it.
That said, there were no gender and race quotas. We didn’t have so many ideological tests to prove our loyalty/worthiness of having a job.
And in Scotland, they’ll be able to do this for a few months, get a certificate and then inhabit ‘female’ spaces all they like.. Oh boy…..
And in Scotland, they’ll be able to do this for a few months, get a certificate and then inhabit ‘female’ spaces all they like.. Oh boy…..
I am officially an unashamed reactionary.
I am officially an unashamed reactionary.
If you can’t get laid as a male change sex and be an easy girl you don’t have. Pregnancy fear like a real girl. For prisoners a female jail is safer and the girls are so horny even you get laid. One incel jailbird got 6 women pregnant
If you can’t get laid as a male change sex and be an easy girl you don’t have. Pregnancy fear like a real girl. For prisoners a female jail is safer and the girls are so horny even you get laid. One incel jailbird got 6 women pregnant
Incels deciding that they might do better at getting sex if they become female. Might work for some but still might be just as lonely given their inability to cope with society. The tranmaxx stuff was some rather odd science mumbo jumbo to justify males becoming women. Can’t see how that resolves the ability to cope but maybe the act allows them an escape.
If you read the manifesto you will see that the MtF converts don’t claim to be female.
They are just changing their appearance for the easier life afforded to females, that’s all.
If you read the manifesto you will see that the MtF converts don’t claim to be female.
They are just changing their appearance for the easier life afforded to females, that’s all.
Incels deciding that they might do better at getting sex if they become female. Might work for some but still might be just as lonely given their inability to cope with society. The tranmaxx stuff was some rather odd science mumbo jumbo to justify males becoming women. Can’t see how that resolves the ability to cope but maybe the act allows them an escape.
This is hilarious. Can’t pull as a guy become a girl lesbian with a d**k.
This is hilarious. Can’t pull as a guy become a girl lesbian with a d**k.
I read a bit of the 73 transmaxxers PDF. No way will young minds be unchanged from being exposed to this sort of thing. All of this because one won’t deal with their anger toward women, or one wants to org*sm continually in a female fashion, or just live with less sex, if they truly lack social skills. Because one’s hormones do lead one by the nose when one is young.
The stats show some of these transitioners seem to gain in happiness. For how long? I do think that they are wise to bank their sp*rm, and yet, will they have the families they want?
What of the semi-Chads, who sleep with some of these good looking transitioners? I wonder how their egos will take it? (You who have sympathy for normal heterosexual males might care.)
I suppose, some will sink and some will swim, but the transactional nature of all of this…all the energy…will this make a good life? I am stressed by reading it. Not for me, trans society. Luckily, I won’t be attracted by the good disguises of these folks. Thank God I am not done in by 20 something hormones. Although I am truly sad for young people. Avoid college. Avoid work colleagues. Find some sanity, somewhere, although I cannot point where that is. People my age and older, like Bob Dylan, are watching old British series from the 70s and 80s, but we are not trying to find partners or at the workplace. God bless you!
I read a bit of the 73 transmaxxers PDF. No way will young minds be unchanged from being exposed to this sort of thing. All of this because one won’t deal with their anger toward women, or one wants to org*sm continually in a female fashion, or just live with less sex, if they truly lack social skills. Because one’s hormones do lead one by the nose when one is young.
The stats show some of these transitioners seem to gain in happiness. For how long? I do think that they are wise to bank their sp*rm, and yet, will they have the families they want?
What of the semi-Chads, who sleep with some of these good looking transitioners? I wonder how their egos will take it? (You who have sympathy for normal heterosexual males might care.)
I suppose, some will sink and some will swim, but the transactional nature of all of this…all the energy…will this make a good life? I am stressed by reading it. Not for me, trans society. Luckily, I won’t be attracted by the good disguises of these folks. Thank God I am not done in by 20 something hormones. Although I am truly sad for young people. Avoid college. Avoid work colleagues. Find some sanity, somewhere, although I cannot point where that is. People my age and older, like Bob Dylan, are watching old British series from the 70s and 80s, but we are not trying to find partners or at the workplace. God bless you!
Most of us neither know not care what an incel is…
Most of us neither know not care what an incel is…
I’m still waiting for the trans diet: Catkins, not nuts, pollen, not grain. Surely they don’t think only humans can change sex. Cocks’ eggs and bulls’ milk next.
I’m still waiting for the trans diet: Catkins, not nuts, pollen, not grain. Surely they don’t think only humans can change sex. Cocks’ eggs and bulls’ milk next.
The elites elevated women above men as the managerial class after WW2. . In a world where men are either evil or stupid, and women are wonderful no matter what, and if you disagree you are an incel, then it is not hard to see why some incels would “become the girlfriend” they could not otherwise get. Get vilified and ridiculed as a lonely male sexual failure or be “validated” and venerated by the online Left as a transgender queen.
I don’t think people realkse how much money transgender male to female people can make online on social media. Playing computer games, livestreams, podcasts. Some even do Onlyfans on the side. Young people would love to be influencers, and being trans is a pathway to that.
There are girls at a local school near me transitioning a boy. Now, for a young teenage boy, that is five girls who would not give him the time of day otherwise. Many boys would see it as a means of just having more friends, and getting male admirers into the bargain.
The elites elevated women above men as the managerial class after WW2. . In a world where men are either evil or stupid, and women are wonderful no matter what, and if you disagree you are an incel, then it is not hard to see why some incels would “become the girlfriend” they could not otherwise get. Get vilified and ridiculed as a lonely male sexual failure or be “validated” and venerated by the online Left as a transgender queen.
I don’t think people realkse how much money transgender male to female people can make online on social media. Playing computer games, livestreams, podcasts. Some even do Onlyfans on the side. Young people would love to be influencers, and being trans is a pathway to that.
There are girls at a local school near me transitioning a boy. Now, for a young teenage boy, that is five girls who would not give him the time of day otherwise. Many boys would see it as a means of just having more friends, and getting male admirers into the bargain.
Thank you. Very educational. I really find this approach to being trans much more positive than the “race-based” victimhood story.
Thank you. Very educational. I really find this approach to being trans much more positive than the “race-based” victimhood story.
Because they hate and fear women. So do many of the people who will inevitably comment here.
Do feminists hate and fear men?
“Because they hate and fear women.”
Strong words and rather harsh for half the population. I think you may be talking about rapists who are still a tiny percentage of the population. If I try to put myself in the shoes of these young males then I think it’s more likely to be that society allows me to play with theses ideas. Just like I played with ideas about being part of a social revolution as a youth, or living on the land, or a commune, which I was allowed to do, contrary to the tough judgement many had/have of the previous generation. I don’t know how old these people are, but compared to other things going on it seems harmless. They’re not pretending to be anything, they’re actually “playing” with appearances instead of saying they’re females or denying their sex. And maybe girls might like to go out with them. Sometimes things are just fun, there’s no agenda.
Was hoping the article would say more about the MRA to TRA pipeline. Back in 2016, it seemed so farfetched that it was ridiculed by Magdalen Berns:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYjfq8AeHYo&list=PLuOlMcFZ5pbCnZCliBLDPdzzvGHPiNgYz&index=1
Do feminists hate and fear men?
“Because they hate and fear women.”
Strong words and rather harsh for half the population. I think you may be talking about rapists who are still a tiny percentage of the population. If I try to put myself in the shoes of these young males then I think it’s more likely to be that society allows me to play with theses ideas. Just like I played with ideas about being part of a social revolution as a youth, or living on the land, or a commune, which I was allowed to do, contrary to the tough judgement many had/have of the previous generation. I don’t know how old these people are, but compared to other things going on it seems harmless. They’re not pretending to be anything, they’re actually “playing” with appearances instead of saying they’re females or denying their sex. And maybe girls might like to go out with them. Sometimes things are just fun, there’s no agenda.
Was hoping the article would say more about the MRA to TRA pipeline. Back in 2016, it seemed so farfetched that it was ridiculed by Magdalen Berns:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYjfq8AeHYo&list=PLuOlMcFZ5pbCnZCliBLDPdzzvGHPiNgYz&index=1
Because they hate and fear women. So do many of the people who will inevitably comment here.
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That manifesto is a serious piece of work. Impressive.
And who cares that people want to dramatically change their appearance.
Adults get to customize their meatsuit as they see fit.
That manifesto is a serious piece of work. Impressive.
And who cares that people want to dramatically change their appearance.
Adults get to customize their meatsuit as they see fit.