Fidei Defensor Posted December 29, 2009 Posted December 29, 2009 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='29 December 2009 - 02:49 PM' timestamp='1262119771' post='2027281'] There are genuine physiological differences between humans to start with, we are on a continuum, not a straight dichotomy. [/quote] If this is true then we should abandon such black and white labeling of people and their conditions.
King's Rook's Pawn Posted December 30, 2009 Author Posted December 30, 2009 [quote name='fidei defensor' date='29 December 2009 - 04:53 PM' timestamp='1262120039' post='2027282'] If this is true then we should abandon such black and white labeling of people and their conditions. [/quote] Perhaps we should. Have you seen the work of Thomas Szasz of the antipsychiatry movement? And there's no such thing as a "male" mind or a "female" mind as far as I can see. No one detected them. Male and female are biological categories.
cmotherofpirl Posted December 30, 2009 Posted December 30, 2009 [quote name='fidei defensor' date='29 December 2009 - 04:53 PM' timestamp='1262120039' post='2027282'] If this is true then we should abandon such black and white labeling of people and their conditions. [/quote] I think one of the problems is the false notions that anything is 100% this or that, biology does have shades of grey.
Fidei Defensor Posted December 30, 2009 Posted December 30, 2009 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='30 December 2009 - 09:32 AM' timestamp='1262187179' post='2027506'] I think one of the problems is the false notions that anything is 100% this or that, biology does have shades of grey. [/quote] I agree. Categories have their usefulness, but truthfully, no one can fit into a category or label.
cmotherofpirl Posted December 30, 2009 Posted December 30, 2009 [quote name='fidei defensor' date='30 December 2009 - 01:36 PM' timestamp='1262194564' post='2027530'] I agree. Categories have their usefulness, but truthfully, no one can fit into a category or label. [/quote] Agreed. It is a convenience, not a destiny.
King's Rook's Pawn Posted December 31, 2009 Author Posted December 31, 2009 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='30 December 2009 - 11:32 AM' timestamp='1262187179' post='2027506'] I think one of the problems is the false notions that anything is 100% this or that, biology does have shades of grey. [/quote] Is this not an argument against cutting yourself up to fit a category, rather than an argument for it?
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