* exact type of AGP and whether you remember it in childhood make a difference in how obvious the right answer is
* ppl have heard a strawman of the theory, not read "Becoming What We Love"; innoculated against smart version of theory
+the selection effect and the incentives are dual: ppl who notice AGP don't transition, people who transition convince selves AGP doesn't matter
+
type of dysphoria also matters
two fictional case studies: one with childhood AGP and interpersonal fantasy, another like me (Ranma 1/2, transformation fantasies, sex differences denial, encountering AGP first)
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+Title: Changes
+Date: 2020-01-01
+Category: fiction
+Tags: cathartic
+Status: draft
+
+"Mark, you look ... different," Alexa says.
+
+"Oh, I'm experimenting with a nonstandard hormone balance! It's kind of like being transgender, but without the part where you delusionally claim to be a woman," I say.
+
+"What?"
+
+"I said, 'It's kind of like being transgender, but less socially-disruptive.' Why, what did you think I said?"
Tags: two-type taxonomy
Status: draft
-I had occasion to sing a little song at a party recently, whereupon a trans woman who was present—let's call her "Karen"—immediately asked if I was gay. (I'm not.) When talking with her later, mentioning that our mutual friend had been trying to convince me that I was trans (which kind of backfired, incidentally, but that's another story), she stressed that anyone who sung like me had to be either gay or a trans woman.
+I had occasion to sing a little song at a party recently, whereupon a trans woman who was present—let's call her "Deborah"—immediately asked if I was gay. (I'm not.) When talking with her later, mentioning that our mutual friend had been trying to convince me that I was trans (which kind of backfired, incidentally, but that's another story), she stressed that anyone who sung like me had to be either gay or a trans woman.
-Later, another friend who had been present for the latter exchange and I agreed that this was bizarre—like, that's not what those words mean! Gay men are men who are attracted to men; trans women were males who decided to transition. I'm a man who's attracted to women
+Later, another friend who had been present for the latter exchange and I agreed that this was bizarre—like, that's not what those words mean! Gay men are men who are attracted to men; trans women were males who decided to transition. I'm a man who's attracted to women, which is not either of those things! Deciding that I must be one of those things based on how I sing is wholly unwarranted!
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-But _we were wrong_ and _Karen was right_. People on the androphilic MtF spectrum tend to have naturally feminine vocal mannerisms; people on the autogynephilic spectrum have a natrual incentive to fake it. (And I _do_ fake it.) With neither the inclination nor the incentive, normal straight men _don't sing like me_, and Karen was _exactly right_ to pick up on this, even
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+But _we were wrong_ and _Deborah was right_. People on the androphilic MtF spectrum tend to have naturally feminine vocal mannerisms; people on the autogynephilic spectrum have a natural incentive to fake it. (And I _do_ fake it.) With neither the inclination nor the incentive, normal straight men _don't sing like me_, and Deborah was _exactly right_ to pick up on this, even if I think her ontology is ultimately flawed.
If someone says of me, "Taylor Saotome-Westlake? Oh, he's a _man_, you know what _they're_ like," I would be offended—I mean, I would if I still believed that getting offended ever helps with anything. (It _never helps_.) I'm _not_ like typical men, I _don't like_ typical men, and I don't want to be confused with them.
-But if someone says, "Taylor Saotome-Westlake? Oh, he's one of those IQ 130, mid-to-low [Conscientiousness and Agreeableness, high Openness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits), left-libertarian autogynephilic American Ashkenazi male computer programmers; you know what _they're_ like," my response is to nod and say, "Yeah, pretty much."
+But if someone says, "Taylor Saotome-Westlake? Oh, he's one of those IQ 130, [mid-to-low Conscientiousness and Agreeableness, high Openness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits), left-libertarian American Jewish atheist autogynephilic male computer programmers; you know what _they're_ like," my response is to nod and say, "Yeah, pretty much." I'm not _exactly_ like the others, but I don't mind being confused with them.
Tags: discourse
Status: draft
-People who are concerned with social justice
+People who are concerned with social justice tend to be rightfully skeptical when a straight white (er, white-passing?—I guess this pseudonym suggests the character to whom this blog should be imputed likely has recent Japanese ancestry, even if the physical human writing it in the real world doesn't necessarily) man complains about victimhood identity politics. That's why, when the topic is misogyny or racism, I generally _shut up_—even if I might _think_ I have something to say about the dangers of the culture of the political left socializing people to think of themselves as helpless victims of a kyriarchical society, I also realize that I don't have standing to speak on this issue. I'm not a woman or a racial minority; I don't have their lived experience; I don't know what it's like to face the challenges they face.
+But when the designated victim group is _straight boys who wish they were girls_, then suddenly _I have standing_. Girl, do I have standing! And I will put an _end_ to this _toxic bullshit_.
-straight white (er, white-passing?—I guess this pseudonym suggests the character to whom this blog should be imputed likely has recent Japanese ancestry, even if the physical human writing it doesn't necessarily)
-
-But when the designated victim group is _straight boys who wish they were girls_, then _I have standing_. Girl, do I have standing! And I will put an _end_ to this _toxic bullshit_.
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-(critique of https://medium.com/@jencoates/i-am-a-transwoman-i-am-in-the-closet-i-am-not-coming-out-4c2dd1907e42#.5dlc2qog6)
+(critique of https://medium.com/@jencoates/i-am-a-transwoman-i-am-in-the-closet-i-am-not-coming-out-4c2dd1907e42#.5dlc2qog6
God, I hope it's just a coincidence that Steven Goldberg gets the fact/value thing right and everyone else gets it wrong
horror story about trans activists being pro-porn, &c. indicating how aliens would analyze them as a subtype of males
Engineering possibilities (Anne Lawrence identitfy early)
+rachet effect (http://transblog.grieve-smith.com/the-slippery-slope/) (I can't imagine self with short hair)
criticism—
Yes, the Only Real Trans Woman Is a Transitioned Trans Woman (critique of https://medium.com/@jencoates/i-am-a-transwoman-i-am-in-the-closet-i-am-not-coming-out-4c2dd1907e42#.5dlc2qog6)
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