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   From: JW@jw.com   
      
   On 4/11/2023 11:07 AM, Scout wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > "Joel"  wrote in message   
   > news:rl3b3id19u6e92a9tvhbqbn9e8mfiql5bb@4ax.com...   
   >> Klaus  Schadenfreude  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> There are only two genders, and you're one or the other. You don't get   
   >>> to choose.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> No one is talking about choice, here.  It's a recognition of one's   
   >> biological, developmental trait to be trans.  Choosing is simply not   
   >> what transgender individuals do, they were assigned a particular   
   >> biological sex, but it's not in harmony with their inner makeup.   
   >   
   > IOW, they are in denial of reality. Which is also know has having   
   > serious mental illness.   
   > Now we can go into long and involved discussions about the causes,   
   > issues, etc, but in the end it reflects a fundamental inability to   
   > accept and deal with reality. Such a  person then retreats into an   
   > imaginary personality they somehow feel will help shelter then against   
   > their reality as they hide behind the mask they attempt to project to   
   > the world.   
   >   
   > Sure we can discuss this back and forth but in the end that's what it   
   > boils down to.. a rejection of reality and the construction of a false   
   > persona which they feel is better able to deal with reality as they hide   
   > from it.   
   >   
   > Their "particular biological sex", is a fact in reality. the while the   
   > "harmony of their inner makeup" is a delusion they create to hide from   
   > reality.   
   >   
   > "Denial is a type of defense mechanism that involves ignoring the   
   > reality of a situation to avoid anxiety. Defense mechanisms are   
   > strategies that people use to cope with distressing feelings. In the   
   > case of denial, it can involve not acknowledging reality or denying the   
   > consequences of that reality."   
   >   
   > "But denial can also cause problems in your life, particularly if it   
   > keeps you from addressing a problem or making a needed change. In some   
   > cases, it can prevent you from accepting help or getting the treatment   
   > that they need."   
   >   
   > https://www.verywellmind.com/denial-as-a-defense-mechanism-5114461   
   >   
   Yes.  A man who decides to "identify" as a woman hasn't transformed   
   into anything, so he isn't a a trans-woman yet alone an actual woman.   
   He is an inferior imitation of an actual woman.   
   If you want to use a prefix, he is an ersatz-woman.   
   Same with the opposite sex - a ersatz-man, not a trans-man.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)