From 7aa6e2d845929d6fff1d460b79e430643b95542c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake" Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 00:20:15 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] drafting "Lesser Known Demand Curves" --- content/drafts/lesser-known-demand-curves.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/drafts/lesser-known-demand-curves.md diff --git a/content/drafts/lesser-known-demand-curves.md b/content/drafts/lesser-known-demand-curves.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e3642bb --- /dev/null +++ b/content/drafts/lesser-known-demand-curves.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Title: Lesser-Known Demand Curves +Date: 2020-01-01 +Category: commentary +Tags: epistemology, Julia Serano +Status: draft + +In chapter 5 ("Blind Spots: On Subconscious Sex and Gender Entitlement") of her _Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity_, Julia Serano argues that both trans and non-trans people's gender sentiments are rooted in _subconscious sex_, "a deep-rooted understanding of what sex their bodies should be." She writes: + +> Many cissexual people seem to have a hard time accepting the idea that they too have a subconscious sex [...] I do believe that it is possible for cissexuals to catch a glimpse of their subconscious sex. When I do presentations on trans issues, I try to accomplish this by asking the audience a question: "If I offered you ten million dollars under the condition that you live as the other sex for the rest of your life, would you take me up on the offer?" **While there is often some wiseass in the audience who will say "Yes,"** the vast majority of people shake their heads to indicate "No." + +(Emphasis mine.) + +My question: why does Serano so blithely assume that _Yes_ respondents are just being wiseasses? + +It's [not that self-reports must necessarily be interpreted literally](/2016/Sep/psychology-is-about-invalidating-peoples-identities/), nor that wiseasses don't exist, nor even that wiseass-Yeses are likely to be rarer than genuine-Yeses. + +Rather, speaking as someone who has gender problems and is [interested in doing _something_ about them](/output/tag/not-a-transition/) while also having strong reservations about what actually-transitioning would do to my health and social life, I'm wary that conceptions of transness that model it as an atomic quality intrinsic to a person (gender identity, subconscious sex, _&c._) tend to + + + +maybe she has further evidence + +ponytail is a tell + + +It's common to conceive of transness (gender identity, subconscious sex, _&c._) as a quality intrinsic to a person, that exists whether or not + +https://thingofthings.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/1327/ \ No newline at end of file -- 2.17.1