The basis for my position is biology 101. There are three genders, male, female and an extremely rare one, hermaphrodite. Many frog species are hermaphrotides and can switch genders depending on population needs to balance male and female population sizes. Human hermaphrodites are so rare that they are considered a statistical irrelevancy, and I know of none who reproduces.
I met a hermaphrodite once, a man employed by my father. The man was hermit-like and shunned all human contact. My father treated him as any other person and gave him a job requiring no human contact. I was only about ten when I met him, but he seemed to be a decent human being.
These 3 gentlemen were thoughtful and seemingly sincere. All were articulate, in particular the guy in the yellow pink Floyd shirt. Impressive (all 3 of them) at such a young age.
First: I wish you had asked if there were only two sexes, not genders. Unless, of course, you really wanted to know about genders, but usually these people think there are many many genders. A dive into the question of sex would question their belief in biology. Not that they'd answer anyway.
Second: what this really reminded me of was a radio documentary I did for WBAI in NY in 1971, where I interviewed a group of teenage Jesus Freaks in suburban New York. Every time I asked them a question that was even slightly difficult or challenging, they answered with scripture. They were trained to think in only one way, with only one set of rote answers. So eerily similar to the kids you were trying to converse with.
The show is archived at the Pacifica Archives, look for Jesus Freaks as a search title.
Thanks for doing this. It's really important, and so disturbing.
The experiment wasn't really about genders (or sexes); the statement/question just needed to be provocative in order to see willingness to discuss vs dismiss.
It's more like a side note because so many people confuse sex and gender. Not saying Peter does. The students probably don't know the difference, or care. They are just so darn easy to provoke.
I could barely watch. Just hung in waiting for you to tell them what complete asses they were. I think one managed to put “intersectionality, gender justice and critical theory” all in one sentence.
As a psychologist the really scary part is these are social workers who are ( or will be) licenses to work with clients in “therapy”.
Further to my comment on your earlier video, this seemed like a really constructive, thought-provoking discussion. It’s too bad the others hijacked it. While they should certainly have been able to talk, they should also have respected the right to do so of other people who have different perspectives.
Thank you again for what you’re doing. I hope others in academia will be inspired by your work and follow suit.
"Gender" is sex role. There are only two SEXES. No one changes sex; changing one's sex role requires no surgery or wrong-sex hormones. So much so wrong.
The basis for my position is biology 101. There are three genders, male, female and an extremely rare one, hermaphrodite. Many frog species are hermaphrotides and can switch genders depending on population needs to balance male and female population sizes. Human hermaphrodites are so rare that they are considered a statistical irrelevancy, and I know of none who reproduces.
I met a hermaphrodite once, a man employed by my father. The man was hermit-like and shunned all human contact. My father treated him as any other person and gave him a job requiring no human contact. I was only about ten when I met him, but he seemed to be a decent human being.
I believe we are in what a friend used to call violent agreement.
These 3 gentlemen were thoughtful and seemingly sincere. All were articulate, in particular the guy in the yellow pink Floyd shirt. Impressive (all 3 of them) at such a young age.
This was so good, and so depressing.
First: I wish you had asked if there were only two sexes, not genders. Unless, of course, you really wanted to know about genders, but usually these people think there are many many genders. A dive into the question of sex would question their belief in biology. Not that they'd answer anyway.
Second: what this really reminded me of was a radio documentary I did for WBAI in NY in 1971, where I interviewed a group of teenage Jesus Freaks in suburban New York. Every time I asked them a question that was even slightly difficult or challenging, they answered with scripture. They were trained to think in only one way, with only one set of rote answers. So eerily similar to the kids you were trying to converse with.
The show is archived at the Pacifica Archives, look for Jesus Freaks as a search title.
Thanks for doing this. It's really important, and so disturbing.
The experiment wasn't really about genders (or sexes); the statement/question just needed to be provocative in order to see willingness to discuss vs dismiss.
I get that.
It's more like a side note because so many people confuse sex and gender. Not saying Peter does. The students probably don't know the difference, or care. They are just so darn easy to provoke.
I could barely watch. Just hung in waiting for you to tell them what complete asses they were. I think one managed to put “intersectionality, gender justice and critical theory” all in one sentence.
As a psychologist the really scary part is these are social workers who are ( or will be) licenses to work with clients in “therapy”.
Further to my comment on your earlier video, this seemed like a really constructive, thought-provoking discussion. It’s too bad the others hijacked it. While they should certainly have been able to talk, they should also have respected the right to do so of other people who have different perspectives.
Thank you again for what you’re doing. I hope others in academia will be inspired by your work and follow suit.
"Gender" is sex role. There are only two SEXES. No one changes sex; changing one's sex role requires no surgery or wrong-sex hormones. So much so wrong.