CannotIntoGender

I listened to the Sam Harris episode and the Contrapoints episode and I was struck by how different they were. A lot of the takes in the Harris episode seemed like they were nit picky and taking Harris in the most critical way possible, while the Contrapoints episode was fawning and gave Contra the benefit of the doubt when she made simplistic points, used irony as an excuse to avoid engaging with criticisms, and most of all they completely avoided the topic of how Contra uses irony and her dress up schtick as a way to push some really egregiously stupid straw man arguments under the guise of parody. I was really hoping to hear some analysis of this because it’s something that had stuck out

I have seen a lot of users claim the label GC without seeming to understand its generally accepted definition, including people who claimed you can't be GC without being anti-trans and people who claimed to be GC but made claims that excluded them from being GC by any generally accepted definition of the term. So, I'm curious how different users would explain what they think GC means. Thanks!

I was not sure about posting this in r/GCdebatesQT because of the current environment - at least one user was apparently banned for saying that they understood why people don't disclose that they are trans before sex.

Anyways.

I have a strong moral belief that it is important to try to understand why people do bad stuff in order to better avoid doing bad things. This is especially true when it comes to societal and social wrongs that may been seen differently in different cultures (basically what I am saying is that there is a difference between situations like lone serial killers that are clearly outside of normal human behavior and unethical, immoral, or evil acts committed by normal pe

I don't actually know how to be a mod so I've just been sending out invites to people I remember having a history of being pretty reasonable from r/GCdebatesQT

Feel free to apply.

Edit: feel free to discuss any opinions on moderation and moderators in the comments.

This sub has a history of banning non-GC posters for dubious reasons. Now we’re being told that some people are getting banned but we don’t know who or for what. This sub needs more transparency when users get banned and to have the comments and reasons for ban visible to the community.

A bit off the typical discussion but I am curious if people think it is real and what they think of those who choose to amputate limbs. Also - do you think there is any similarities to trans issues, or would it be offensive to even make a comparison? I expect some people will find the idea that they are connected insulting while others will draw parallels, and some will have sympathy for those with BID while others will have disgust. Hopefully everyone can play nice on this one; I am curious about people's thoughts!

Curious about this community’s perspective and since this sub doesn’t seem toxic the way the incel subs do I thought I’d ask.

Some QT scholars that there is no essential self and that identity is constructed by repeatedly performing actions that reinforce identity. The idea that there is no essential self is not exclusive to QT; in fact as far as I am aware it is mutually exclusive to GC, at least when it comes to internal landscape. Another philosophy that holds that there is no essential self is, from my understanding, Bhuddist thought. Some believe that overcoming the illusion of separate self can free people from suffering and reflects a more enlightened state of mind.

My little dumbass thought experiment posits that such an enlightened person, who in their day to day life does not experience a sense of separa

Edit: perceived reproductive capacity = perceived biological sex.

I've seen people argue that LGBT people are marginalized rather than oppressed because marginalization refers to being excluded from society whereas oppression involves the dominant group extracting resources from the oppressed.

Do you believe sex work/prostitution is oppressive, and do you believe that higher rates for LGBT people (particularly lower income and racial minority trans people) constitutes oppression? Do you believe that prostitution in general is or can be misogynistic and/or homophobic and/or transphobic oppression?