@NeilThin / Neil Thin #transphobia twitter.com

"Born in the wrong body". Almost no-one said this before 2000. The belief may often be compelling, but the phrase doesn't absolve us of the duty to think things through.

When an influential phrase is as recent as this, shouldn't we all be curious, and want to raise questions?
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Why is the body suddenly unreliable, and the mind reliable?

Why is it suddenly young women who disbelieve and renounce their sex, whereas previously it was mainly men?

Why, so soon after same-sex attraction became ok, were so many people suddenly dismissing it as irrelevant?

Why, so soon after women’s sports were developed, were so many people hell-bent on wrecking them by allowing males to compete as women?

Why, so soon after most educated people had learned to doubt the reality or relevance of something as fanciful and vague as the soul, did "soul" beliefs enjoy a sudden renaissance in the form of “true (gendered) self” ideology?

If people were confident in their "born in the wrong body" belief, would they require everyone else to publicly affirm their belief?

If we really want a happier world, in which fewer people suffer from obsessive distrust or dislike of their own bodies, shouldn't we be challenging rather than affirming people's bodily self-loathing?

These are just questions. If you read them as attacks, you might want to ask yourself if this might be paranoia, and if so where it comes from.

There are plenty more psychological, sociological, linguistic, and political questions we should be asking.

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