Experiments are supposed to be carefully designed. Hypotheses are supposed to be tested ethically. The doctors I worked alongside at the Transgender Center said frequently about the treatment of our patients: “We are building the plane while we are flying it.” No one should be a passenger on that kind of aircraft.
Late to the party, so no one is going to read this comment, but I can't help but wonder how much the explosion in Trans stuff is related to changing gender roles generally. We used to have fairly clearly separated roles, clothing styles, etc and I wonder if we just lack an adequate framework for sorting that out properly and it helps nudge some vulnerable individuals down odd pathways in unfortunate ways.
I'm really not expecting progress. That suggests improvement and it's nigh impossible to even have a meaningful discussion about anything having to do with sex or gender without it going sideways.
My magic 8 ball does not predict good things here.
In my experience, it takes at least a few days before a popular HN story fully burns out. There is a huge peak of activity in the first few hours, and then a looooong period of simmering. I've seen up/downvotes for comments days after I wrote them.
Besides, there is empirical evidence that at least 1 person read this comment ;-)
Late to the party, so no one is going to read this comment, but I can't help but wonder how much the explosion in Trans stuff is related to changing gender roles generally. We used to have fairly clearly separated roles, clothing styles, etc and I wonder if we just lack an adequate framework for sorting that out properly and it helps nudge some vulnerable individuals down odd pathways in unfortunate ways.