"Born in the wrong body"- well, that body is male, so it doesn't belong in places designated for female bodies. Brain scans - same thing: that brain is part of a male body that doesn't belong in female spaces, etc. Even if the argument is that he's had "bottom surgery" he's still a male, regardless of what's been added or removed from his male body, and male bodies don't belong in spaces designated for females.
I'm confused about your epistemological position given your MA in Depth Psychology which focuses on "knowledge-making traditions of... the arts, and the humanities can inform and nourish every type of creative endeavor, including those dedicated to social justice... communal healing" and promotes "transdisciplinarity [as] radically inclusive and non-hierarchical; this allows us to approach marginalized ways of knowing".
I looked at some of your workshops that focus on trusting your "inner knowing" but then you're also saying to trust in "reality" and "the facts"? Are you for subjectivism or positivism then? Do you believe that knowledge comes from within or that there is a one-to-one objective reality that apparently you are the privileged arbriter of.
So everyone else BUT trans folks should trust their inner knowing and not question the "facts" of what their genitals say about their human experience. I wonder to what extent your genitals and breasts (of which I assume you have) play into how you experience the world and express yourself in it. If you lost your breasts, had surgery on your genitalia, didn't go on HRT when you hit menopause would you still be a woman?
My guess is you have not actually explored the lives of transgender folks on a human level. You have no interest in social justice, communal healing, or understanding marginalized ways of knowing. If you really wanted to understand the full depth of human psychology, you would seek experiences outside of your own. Your message is coming from a place of fear of the unknown which could be solved by listening to trans people's stories.
"Born in the wrong body"- well, that body is male, so it doesn't belong in places designated for female bodies. Brain scans - same thing: that brain is part of a male body that doesn't belong in female spaces, etc. Even if the argument is that he's had "bottom surgery" he's still a male, regardless of what's been added or removed from his male body, and male bodies don't belong in spaces designated for females.
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I'm confused about your epistemological position given your MA in Depth Psychology which focuses on "knowledge-making traditions of... the arts, and the humanities can inform and nourish every type of creative endeavor, including those dedicated to social justice... communal healing" and promotes "transdisciplinarity [as] radically inclusive and non-hierarchical; this allows us to approach marginalized ways of knowing".
I looked at some of your workshops that focus on trusting your "inner knowing" but then you're also saying to trust in "reality" and "the facts"? Are you for subjectivism or positivism then? Do you believe that knowledge comes from within or that there is a one-to-one objective reality that apparently you are the privileged arbriter of.
So everyone else BUT trans folks should trust their inner knowing and not question the "facts" of what their genitals say about their human experience. I wonder to what extent your genitals and breasts (of which I assume you have) play into how you experience the world and express yourself in it. If you lost your breasts, had surgery on your genitalia, didn't go on HRT when you hit menopause would you still be a woman?
My guess is you have not actually explored the lives of transgender folks on a human level. You have no interest in social justice, communal healing, or understanding marginalized ways of knowing. If you really wanted to understand the full depth of human psychology, you would seek experiences outside of your own. Your message is coming from a place of fear of the unknown which could be solved by listening to trans people's stories.
https://www.pacifica.edu/about-pacifica/what-is-depth-psychology/