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I recently participated in a debate with Chris Date about trans stuff. The debate topic was a bit of a mouthful: “The terms 'man' and 'woman' are references to mature human males and females, respectively, rather than categories of gender as a sociocultural construct.” Chris was on the affirmative, I was on the negative. With light edits, what I have produced below is my opening statement from that debate. Hope you enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtwv-S8JNuc
Let me first tell you what I think the terms man and woman refer to. There are a series of traits typically possessed by and associated with biological females. Not all women share all of these traits but having them is correlated with being female. These traits include:
Possessing secondary sex characteristics.
Using she her pronouns to describe oneself.
Having long hair.
Various personality differences. For instance, men tend to be more interested in things and women tend to be more interested in people on average. Women tend to be more nurturing and caring.
Painting one’s nails.
Having a high voice.
Being born female.
And so on. In short, these feminine traits are what determine whether when you interact with a person, you think of them as a woman. Intuitively it’s easy to think of, say, Blaire White as a woman, even though she has small gametes. This is because she has a significant number of feminine traits. The same points apply, in reverse, to the word man it refers to people with a significant number of masculine traits.
Let me first tell you what I think the terms man and woman refer to. There are a series of traits typically possessed by and associated with biological females. Not all women share all of these traits but having them is correlated with being female. These traits include:
Possessing secondary sex characteristics.
Using she her pronouns to describe oneself.
Having long hair.
Various personality differences. For instance, men tend to be more interested in things and women tend to be more interested in people on average. Women tend to be more nurturing and caring.
Painting one’s nails.
Having a high voice.
Being born female.
And so on. In short, these feminine traits are what determine whether when you interact with a person, you think of them as a woman. Intuitively it’s easy to think of, say, Blaire White as a woman, even though she has small gametes. This is because she has a significant number of feminine traits. The same points apply, in reverse, to the word man it refers to people with a significant number of masculine traits.
