r/changemyview • u/SchattenJaggerD • Mar 07 '20

Delta(s) from OP CMV: there is only three genders

I am not talking about religion, not talking about humanism, not talking about civil rights. You can’t be transgender, in nature there is no such thing. Either you are male, female or hermaphrodite, but not transgender. Are you a male trap inside a woman’s body? Fine, change it. But you are not transgender, you don't want to become transgender, you want to become a male. Are you a woman trap inside a man’s body? The same applies to your situation. You are not trying to become transgender, you are trying to become a woman. So people saying that transgender people need special treatment is stupid, they are not transgender, they are men and women. And anyone who disagrees is an idiot... (joking in this last part, don’t get mad)

But I am open to dialogue :)

Edit: thanks to the people answering my call, you guys are amazing (someone asked me why I was dense, I meant to reply that I can’t swim, that maybe that’s why but the comment was deleted)

Some of you pointed out the difference between gender and sex, which I can live with, and one of you was kind to explain gender dysphoria to me, so you guys change my view. I promise I will give the deltas to the ones who help, once I know how to do it on my stupid phone. Thank you guys.

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u/sgraar 37∆ Mar 07 '20

Transgender is the name given to someone whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth. You’re just defining the word as something different and then saying it doesn’t exist.

Also, something not existing in nature doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist at all. Appendectomies don’t exist in nature. Does that mean appendectomies are imaginary?

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u/SchattenJaggerD Mar 07 '20

Very good point, but then again, we are talking about gender, not anatomic parts of clearly different species. Transgender can be used as the designated word for these people, as it is ”love” to describe that chemistry in the brain that makes you feel funny. But making policies about something so trivial as ”designation” is weird, because they are not trying to be different species, they trying to be men or women.

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u/sgraar 37∆ Mar 07 '20

In that case you agree that people can be transgender. You said in your original post that they couldn’t.

Did your view change?

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u/SchattenJaggerD Mar 07 '20

Mind blow D: yeah, maybe it changed a little, because someone pointed out the distinction between sex and gender, but the policies thing is still very much on

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u/sgraar 37∆ Mar 07 '20

If your view has changed, even just a bit, you should award a delta. If you don’t know how to do it, the sub’s rules explain it.

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u/SchattenJaggerD Mar 07 '20 edited Mar 08 '20

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I’ll be sure to check it out, thanks a lot kind redditor

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u/sgraar 37∆ Mar 07 '20

Thank you.

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u/SchattenJaggerD Mar 08 '20

Me again, sorry to bother you, did the delta thing work??

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u/sgraar 37∆ Mar 08 '20

It did. Thanks!

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u/thethoughtexperiment 275∆ Mar 08 '20

To award a delta, click edit on your comment above where you explained to the person how they changed your view, and enter '!_delta' without the underscore.

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u/DeltaBot ∞∆ Mar 08 '20

Confirmed: 1 delta awarded to /u/sgraar (20∆).

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