Comment on Schools in England and Wales using ‘gender toolkit’ risk being sued by parents
AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 5 months agothe M or F on one’s birth certificate is not an immutable doctrine, it’s a jumping off point. it’s a starting place so you can see if you like one side before switching to the other. and it’s a starting point that works for 99% of the population. if we as a society get to the point that there is exactly zero stigma attached to deciding you like the other side, or the middle, or some other fantastical place better than the side your penis, vagina, or lack thereof put you on, then I don’t see the point in going further than that
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 5 months ago
Why are we forcing people into "sides" if we know for a fact they can be erroneous?
That creates a privileged class for who their assignment is congruent with their conception of self (cisgender people)
alongside a disprivileged out group forced to navigate transitioning out of an assignment they never should have gotten (transgender people)
I do.
AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 5 months ago
Why do programs have default settings if they’re not the ideal settings for everyone?
As I said in my previous comment, why shouldn’t the objective be to reach a point where transitioning is completely painless?
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 5 months ago
I don't think you can really compare screen resolution with the establishment of a disprivileged class that didn't exist
Why should a person need to transition? Why do cis people need or deserve the privileged status there being a default they adhere to grants them?
AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 5 months ago
I beg to differ. Screen readers aren’t enabled by default, and disabled people who need to access them often need the assistance of someone who can see the screen in order to enable them. Mainstream platforms such as Android are better about this (turning on the screen reader by holding both volume buttons down for 5 seconds), but even then people are required to know about the shortcut. I don’t think anyone would argue we should remedy this by turning the screen reader on by default, no?
I believe this answers your second point as well. You have to call children something before they’re old enough to understand what gender is. Pose the question to them at age five and whatever they tell you is their gender from there on out, but there needs to be something before then.