Trans Days…

Thinking about transgender becoming much more common today. Iris suggests that it might be ‘contagious’ in some way. Personally I’d say a more like explanation would be similar to the I crease of divorce rates back in the 70’s. At that time women were becoming financially capable of supporting themselves in significantly large numbers than previously, so they had the option of leaving crappy marriages without becoming destitute. Perhaps there are more trans people because becoming openly trans is no longer signing oneself up to be viewed as a wacko freak so more people are willing to take the risk because the reward of living an authentic life outweigh the risk that everyone they encounter will be a trans hater.

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Originally Posted by jp1

Perhaps there are more trans people because becoming openly trans is no longer signing oneself up to be viewed as a wacko freak so more people are willing to take the risk because the reward of living an authentic life outweigh the risk that everyone they encounter will be a trans hater.

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Left-handedness took a similar path:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ndedness-1.png

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Originally Posted by jp1

Thinking about transgender becoming much more common today. Iris suggests that it might be ‘contagious’ in some way. Personally I’d say a more like explanation would be similar to the I crease of divorce rates back in the 70’s. At that time women were becoming financially capable of supporting themselves in significantly large numbers than previously, so they had the option of leaving crappy marriages without becoming destitute. Perhaps there are more trans people because becoming openly trans is no longer signing oneself up to be viewed as a wacko freak so more people are willing to take the risk because the reward of living an authentic life outweigh the risk that everyone they encounter will be a trans hater.

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That's a good analogy. My mother's divorce in the 60s definitely consigned her to the minority of the Poor & Single Mothers Excommunicated from Church and Much of Society

Personal freedom can be contagious.

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Originally Posted by catherine

That's a good analogy. My mother's divorce in the 60s definitely consigned her to the minority of the Poor & Single Mothers Excommunicated from Church and Much of Society

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When my mother was getting divorced, she had difficulty obtaining bank accounts, credit cards, and a mortgage without a male sponsor.

The Equal Credit Opportunity Act was only passed in 1974.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mon...lled-testimony

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Originally Posted by bae

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mon...lled-testimony

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When are republicans going to learn that silencing their political opponents is a really really ugly look thatis not popular with a majority of Americans? I guess at least these folks aren’t as overtly racist as the Tennessee jokers. But still.

Recently the Texas agriculture commissioner ordered employees to wear clothes “consistent with their biological gender.” I guess that's called a dress code but seems over the top.

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When are republicans going to learn that silencing their political opponents is a really really ugly look thatis not popular with a majority of Americans? I guess at least these folks aren’t as overtly racist as the Tennessee jokers. But still.

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They might learn when trans activists stop shouting down what they consider “hate speech” in the public square, a type of discourse familiar to Ms. Zephyr.

And I wish you were right, that Americans DID abhor it. We are seeing far too much of it and I think it’s shocking and I do not see much protest. A bunch of sheeple we are.

For the record, the single quote attributed to her in the Fox article about “blood on your hands “just seems hyperboyle to me and not excessive or worthy of banning. But the article did say there was a lot of disruption from her earlier. She is a brand new legislator, so maybe she thinks shouting silly things during session is somehow her job.

It’s weird iris. You were all in favor of shouty behavior when it was the state of the union speech…