Title: Trans Kids on the Margin, and Harms From Misleading Training Data
-Date: 2021-01-01
+Date: 2021-08-01
Category: commentary
Tags: two-type taxonomy, natalism
Status: draft
> If you love someone, tell them the truth.
>
> —Anonymous
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+### Introduction
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+### Sex, Sex Differences, Sex Roles, and the Cognitive Function of Categorization
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+### Two Possible Views on the Etiology of Gender Dysphoria in Children
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+### A "Clever Hans" Etiology?
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+#### Interlude: So what?
+
+It's possible for someone to broadly _agree_ with much of the theory above as to the _etiology_ of a child's self-reports, while still endorsing social transition. "Sure," says the adherent of this view, "I agree that if [new name] had been raised in the culture of ten years earlier, she would still be [deadname]. But that's social progress—it's _better_ that children be able to choose their gender for reasons _less extreme_ than classical EOGD—or any reason at all, even a whim. And _of course_ that [freedom will result in more trans kids than in the old culture.](/2017/Dec/lesser-known-demand-curves/) Why are you being so cisnormative?"
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+In the sections that follow, I will attempt to explain why I think some degree of cisnormativity is advisable.
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+### Harms from Illegible Miscategorization
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+### Evidence from Cloacal Exstrophy and Ablatio Penis Cases
+
+> _If you need to mail a baby but you're worried it'll die
+> Start a search and learn from others who have given it a try_
+>
+> —AVByte, ["Google Is Your Friend"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftQ6A3DKKeg)
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+### Switching Costs Are Not Obviously Trivial
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+### On the Scope and Extent of Biodeterminism
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+
+### Benediction
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