KATHERINE LOUISE WALKER PHD Date received: 10/05/2016 04:07 PMPrintPrintDeleteDelete Subject: RE: Moser 2009 is mendacious bullshit, pt. 1 Message body: It was not my intention to be condescending, Zack, nor is it part of my" usual script" to do so. I don't believe I have a "usual script". What I was trying to communicate is that I believe that Blanchard's taxonomy is correct for you and fits your experience well. However, I think that your experience is not all that common in the Trans community and so your are getting a lot of resistance. It is no more correct for others to try and define your experience than it is for you to to think that those who feel differently are delusional. There is room for a variety of ways in which those who are not cisgender experience their gender identity and sexuality. I believe that is EXACTLY what the book you sent me proposes. Katherine Message body: From: DAVIS,ZACHARY Sent: 10/5/2016 2:11 PM PDT To: KATHERINE LOUISE WALKER PHD Subject: RE: Moser 2009 is mendacious bullshit, pt. 1 > I agree with you entirely I'm not sure you do! I know condescending to patients is part of your usual script, but I hope I've shown that I'm smarter than that. This solipsistic culture of "it is only YOUR truth that matters" is _exactly_ what I'm objecting to! People can have false beliefs about themselves! As a psychologist, you shouldn't be encouraging people's delusions; you should be using your decades of study and experience to help people understand the actual psychological facts of the matter so that they can make intelligent choices about their own lives! If you think the Blanchard taxonony is _false_, you should _tell_ me that I'm wrong and that it's false and why! ----- Message ----- From: KATHERINE LOUISE WALKER PHD Sent: 10/5/2016 1:17 PM PDT To: Zachary Davis Subject: RE: Moser 2009 is mendacious bullshit, pt. 1 I agree with you entirely, both about your frustration with people wanting to dictate to you what you are and how you feel, and with the importance of your being emotionally stable prior to starting hormones. Please explain to those who argue with you that it is only YOUR truth that matter when it comes to you, your body and what makes you feel whole. No one else has the right to dictate this. Katherine ----- Message ----- From: DAVIS,ZACHARY Sent: 10/5/2016 12:56 PM PDT To: KATHERINE LOUISE WALKER PHD Subject: Moser 2009 is mendacious bullshit, pt. 1 my next appt with Mr. Geer is tomorrow and I'm pretty excited but I also continue to be pretty upset because it continues to feel like the entire world has been systematically lying to me about the true nature of the beautiful feeling at the center of my life, where I agree that everyone should get their preferred body mods and pronouns, but most people seem to go further than this and insist that everyone has to pretend that gynephilic trans women are women and it's just SO OBVIOUSLY NOT TRUUUUUUUUUUUE and I think males with late-onset gender dysphoria could make better decisions about what to do with our lives if we weren't trapped in a cultural equilibrium that mandates that everyone SYSTEMATICALLY LIE about what we actually are (men who love women and want to become what they love) and this frustration has kind of been affecting my work and social life, which is bad because I need to be in a good and stable and safe state before I start tinkering with my biochemistry [It was $40, but] ---- 09/14/2016 08:26 AMPrintPrintDeleteDelete Subject: RE: gift Message body: Zack, I am not allowed to accept gifts with a monetary value over $25 (corporate compliance regulation). That being said, if the book you have in mind still qualifies, the ANT office address is fine. Katherine Message body: From: DAVIS,ZACHARY Sent: 9/13/2016 3:31 PM PDT To: KATHERINE LOUISE WALKER PHD Subject: gift Dear Dr. Walker: I would like to give you a book as a gift. Can you accept packages c/o the Antioch office, or some other address? I remain, Faithfully yours, Zack M. Davis