Gender Studies - what is taught in gender studies courses?

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Re: Gender Studies - what is taught in gender studies course

Post by NineBerry » Mon Jan 08, 2018 5:07 pm

Forty Two wrote:Oh, so you called me a homophobe based on my unwillingness to accept your hypothesis without evidence.

Where is your case for the "love genes?"
There is a scientific consensus that homosexuality is something you are born with rather than something you decide on.

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Post by Forty Two » Mon Jan 08, 2018 5:13 pm

If there is a set of genes that determine if someone is homosexual, then one could look at a person's genome and know if they're homosexual. Is that possible? Please provide your link to the consensus and any other evidence.

Also, what's your definition of gender?
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Post by NineBerry » Mon Jan 08, 2018 5:42 pm

You don't understand how genes work. You cannot look at someone's genome and know exactly how they look and behave. There are most certainly genes that increase the probability that a person carrying them is homosexual. The consensus is out there. You cannot overlook it when reading on the topic in serious sources.

I have given my definition of gender before:
Gender is the social sex. It refers to the stereotypic roles/behaviours that society assigns to certain sexes.
Now I can already hear you say how can social stereotypes come from genes? But I have not said that the gender genes create genders but that they control what gender a person identifies with.
There must be some genes (Let's call them gender genes) that create a behaviour pattern of "You are male(female), go seek out what is considered male(female) behaviour and this is who you are".
Just like there are inherited behaviour patterns in many women that say "powerful men are attractive". But these patterns do now say how to recognize powerful men. The general pattern is refined by what the individual learns from society.

So, young girls like pink ponies. Do they like pink ponies because there biology tells them to? Hardy possible, there are no pink ponies in nature. So, girls are obviously influenced by society that says that it is correct for girls to like pink ponies.

But how do girls know that they are girls? Either they do only know they are girls because society tells them that they are girls or there is some behavioural pattern that makes them willingly assume the role that society associates with being a girl.

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Post by Forty Two » Mon Jan 08, 2018 5:55 pm

NineBerry wrote:You don't understand how genes work. You cannot look at someone's genome and know exactly how they look and behave.
That's what I'm saying. But, you can look at their genome and see what color eyes they have.
NineBerry wrote: There are most certainly genes that increase the probability that a person carrying them is homosexual. The consensus is out there. You cannot overlook it when reading on the topic in serious sources.
Citation needed.

NineBerry wrote: I have given my definition of gender before:
Gender is the social sex. It refers to the stereotypic roles/behaviours that society assigns to certain sexes.
Now I can already hear you say how can social stereotypes come from genes? But I have not said that the gender genes create genders but that they control what gender a person identifies with.
Citation needed.
NineBerry wrote:
There must be some genes (Let's call them gender genes) that create a behaviour pattern of "You are male(female), go seek out what is considered male(female) behaviour and this is who you are".
Just like there are inherited behaviour patterns in many women that say "powerful men are attractive". But these patterns do now say how to recognize powerful men. The general pattern is refined by what the individual learns from society.
Yet, in some cultures, what people find attractive differs markedly. Are fat women attractive to men? Is that genetic? What do women in a culture find attractive? Is it genetic, or is it something else?

I'm open to your gene-theory and your "scientific consensus." ONly,you've not cited to it, or linked, or anything. Other than your own speculation, do you have any sources of any kind for the proposition you are advancing?
NineBerry wrote:
So, young girls like pink ponies. Do they like pink ponies because there biology tells them to? Hardy possible, there are no pink ponies in nature. So, girls are obviously influenced by society that says that it is correct for girls to like pink ponies.
O.k., that's nice. So, identifying as someone who adheres to the social construct that says girls like pink ponies is not a genetic thing.
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But how do girls know that they are girls? Either they do only know they are girls because society tells them that they are girls or there is some behavioural pattern that makes them willingly assume the role that society associates with being a girl.
How do they, indeed? That's the question. Maybe they don't. Maybe if you raised a girl to call herself a boy, she'd do that until she was old enough to look around and see that other humans with her features call themselves girls.

There may be a behavioral pattern that makes them willingly assume the role that society associates with being a girl (assuming there is a thing called society that can make associations - I mean, people make associations - society is just a group of individuals). But, nevertheless, following your premise, that behavioral pattern need not be genetic. What's your evidence or citation for your assertion that girls know they're girls because of some gene or set of genes which makes them identify as whatever society associates with girls?
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Re: Gender Studies - what is taught in gender studies course

Post by JimC » Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:54 pm

NineBerry wrote:
Forty Two wrote:Oh, so you called me a homophobe based on my unwillingness to accept your hypothesis without evidence.

Where is your case for the "love genes?"
There is a scientific consensus that homosexuality is something you are born with rather than something you decide on.
Gene variation is one likely component to this, but so are in utero influences. A recent study suggested that male foetuses generate antibodies in the mother's bloodstream, which can accumulate and affect the biological status of subsequent babies. This is only one possible mechanism. There seems little doubt that the broad scientific consensus is that sexual orientation has a large biological component, whether genetic or influences during pregnancy, but as with all such factors, it is not set in stone, but susceptible to some modification via socialisation.
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Re: Gender Studies - what is taught in gender studies course

Post by Cunt » Tue Mar 09, 2021 8:12 pm

JimC wrote:
Thu Oct 06, 2016 9:53 pm
However, as I've already said, it seems pretty clear that, within such courses, they are anything but welcoming to a diversity of views. Their particular method of analysis is one among many social theories, but it seems that, within their domain, it is Holy Writ, not to be viewed with appropriate rational skepticism. Academic marxists of the past had a rather similar bent...
It seems relentless.

I for one find it difficult in real life to talk clumsily about the subjects attaching themselves to the gender studies core. Oh, and believe it or not, I find it difficult to avoid clumsy talk at all. :)

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It is actually quite easy. A woman has at least one X chromosome.
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Joe wrote:
Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:22 pm
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The 'Walsh Question' 'What Is A Woman?' I'll put an answer here when someone posts one that is clear and comprehensible, by apostates to the Faith.

Update: I've been offered one!
rainbow wrote:
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It is actually quite easy. A woman has at least one X chromosome.
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Re: Gender Studies - what is taught in gender studies courses?

Post by JimC » Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:58 pm

Is there a secret agenda in a gender studies course?
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Re: Gender Studies - what is taught in gender studies courses?

Post by Cunt » Tue Mar 09, 2021 11:30 pm

JimC wrote:
Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:58 pm
Is there a secret agenda in a gender studies course?
Well, I've heard that they are 'anything but welcoming to a diversity of views'.


Not exactly a secret agenda.
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Joe wrote:
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The 'Walsh Question' 'What Is A Woman?' I'll put an answer here when someone posts one that is clear and comprehensible, by apostates to the Faith.

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rainbow wrote:
Mon Nov 06, 2023 9:23 pm
It is actually quite easy. A woman has at least one X chromosome.
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Post by rainbow » Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:19 pm

Cunt wrote:
Tue Mar 09, 2021 11:30 pm
JimC wrote:
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Is there a secret agenda in a gender studies course?
Well, I've heard that they are 'anything but welcoming to a diversity of views'.
How ignorant. :smug:

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Isn't this something worth studying?
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