+need to work in—
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+* my quip about men who love what we _wish_ women were
+* address the "Puerto Rican women don't have exactly the same distribution as women as a whole" argument
+* link "Blegg Mode" somewhere
+* restrooms as safe spaces quote (if I can get permission)
+* link Ozy on "We don't have a sex gap"
+* call out the mendacity of "assigned at birth"
+* link track post
+* this a question of what social norms we want to negotiate
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+As a rationalist, I want to protect people's freedom to describe the world as it
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+I don't _know_ what the optimal set of social norms around transitioning should be.
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+the _idiot sophistry_ of, "Women are people who identify as women _by definition_ and definitions can't be wrong; look, Scott Alexander said so."
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+We're _smarter_ than this.
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+[Emperor Norton]
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+and no one is allowed to talk about the social problems because we're not supposed to use the phrase "actual women" to avoid hurting anyone's feelings ... this is CRAZY! I don't know what the right solution is! But the status quo is CRAZY. We're smarter than this!
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+This is a question about what sort of social norms we want to establish, and different choices of social norms have different costs and benefits! In a world where trans isn't a thing, the standard is, "Pass as a natal woman, or be regarded as a man pretending to be a woman." This isn't good for autogynephilic transsexuals! Later, the standard became, "If if looks like you're sincerely trying to pass as a natal woman, we'll model you that way, even if you don't quite pass." This is a better deal for autogynephilic transsexuals!
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