From: Zack M. Davis Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 06:22:16 +0000 (-0800) Subject: check in X-Git-Url: http://534655.efjtl6rk.asia/source?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3a2918901d96829becffafbf76512636c73f37d0;p=Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git check in (Re the blogroll drop: why do Blogger blogs get deleted sometimes? If you made a sexology blog good enough that I wanted to blogroll it, why wouldn't you just leave it up? Or was this Google being evil?) --- diff --git a/content/drafts/if-clarity-seems-like-death-to-them.md b/content/drafts/if-clarity-seems-like-death-to-them.md index 675266f..e7b4c78 100644 --- a/content/drafts/if-clarity-seems-like-death-to-them.md +++ b/content/drafts/if-clarity-seems-like-death-to-them.md @@ -583,13 +583,9 @@ My response (more vehemently when thinking on it a few hours later) was that thi ------ -On 10 February 2020, Scott Alexander published ["Autogenderphilia Is Common and Not Especially Related to Transgender"](https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/02/10/autogenderphilia-is-common-and-not-especially-related-to-transgender/), an analysis of the results of the autogynephilia/autoandrophilia questions on the recent _Slate Star Codex_ survey. +On 10 February 2020, Scott Alexander published ["Autogenderphilia Is Common and Not Especially Related to Transgender"](https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/02/10/autogenderphilia-is-common-and-not-especially-related-to-transgender/), an analysis of the results of the autogynephilia/autoandrophilia questions on the recent _Slate Star Codex_ survey. Based on eyeballing the survey data, Alexander proposed "if you identify as a gender, and you're attracted to that gender, it's a natural leap to be attracted to yourself being that gender" as a "very boring" theory. -I appreciated the endeavor of getting real data, but I was deeply unimpressed with Alexander's analysis for reasons that I found difficult to write up in a timely manner. Three and a half years later, I eventually got around to [polishing my draft and throwing it up as a standalone post](/2023/Dec/reply-to-scott-alexander-on-autogenderphilia/). - -Based on eyeballing the survey data, Alexander proposes "if you identify as a gender, and you're attracted to that gender, it's a natural leap to be attracted to yourself being that gender" as a "very boring" theory. - -I can see how it looks like a natural leap if you're verbally reasoning about "gender", but on my worldview, a hypothesis that puts "gay people (cis and trans)" in the antecedent is not boring and takes on a big complexity penalty, because that group is heterogenous with respect to the underlying mechanisms of sexuality. I already don't have much use for "if you are a sex, and you're attracted to that sex" as a category of analytical interest, because I think gay men and lesbians are different things that need to be studied separately. Given that, "if you identify as a gender, and you're attracted to that gender" (with respect to "gender", not sex) comes off even worse: it's grouping together lesbians, and gay men, and heterosexual males with a female gender identity, and heterosexual females with a male gender identity. What causal mechanism could that correspond to? +I appreciated the endeavor of getting real data, but I was deeply unimpressed with Alexander's analysis for reasons that I found difficult to write up in a timely manner; I've only just now gotten around to [polishing my draft and throwing it up as a standalone post](/2023/Dec/reply-to-scott-alexander-on-autogenderphilia/). Briefly, I can see how it looks like a natural leap if you're verbally reasoning about "gender", but on my worldview, a hypothesis that puts "gay people (cis and trans)" in the antecedent is not boring and takes on a big complexity penalty, because that group is heterogenous with respect to the underlying mechanisms of sexuality. I already don't have much use for "if you are a sex, and you're attracted to that sex" as a category of analytical interest, because I think gay men and lesbians are different things that need to be studied separately. Given that, "if you identify as a gender, and you're attracted to that gender" (with respect to "gender", not sex) comes off even worse: it's grouping together lesbians, and gay men, and heterosexual males with a female gender identity, and heterosexual females with a male gender identity. What causal mechanism could that correspond to? (I do like the [hypernym](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponymy_and_hypernymy) _autogenderphilia_.) diff --git a/content/images/heart_free_speech_stickers.jpg b/content/images/heart_free_speech_stickers.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7305da2 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/heart_free_speech_stickers.jpg differ diff --git a/notes/memoir-sections.md b/notes/memoir-sections.md index 2a09e35..c72a40f 100644 --- a/notes/memoir-sections.md +++ b/notes/memoir-sections.md @@ -12,16 +12,16 @@ time-sensitive globals TODOs— ✓ rephrase "everyone-yelling operation" in pt. 5 ✓ clear with Michael/Ben/Jessica ✓ Kelsey won't elaborate on statutes of limitations -- clear with Steven -- consult Anna -- finish and ship "Hrunkner Unnerby" +✓ clear with Steven ✓ revise gender section +✓ finish and ship "Hrunkner Unnerby" -_ revise FTX footnote +- consult Anna +- revise FTX footnote +- consult Said _ finish and ship "Reply to Scott on Autogenderphilia" -- consult Said _ clear with Ray _ clear with Ruby diff --git a/notes/memoir_wordcounts.csv b/notes/memoir_wordcounts.csv index 2eb2bc2..12bc606 100644 --- a/notes/memoir_wordcounts.csv +++ b/notes/memoir_wordcounts.csv @@ -591,4 +591,18 @@ 11/28/2023,119015,404 11/29/2023,119213,198 11/30/2023,119213,0 -12/01/2023,, \ No newline at end of file +12/01/2023,119213,0 +12/02/2023,119213,0 +12/03/2023,119213,0 +12/04/2023,119213,0 +12/05/2023,119213,0 +12/06/2023,119213,0 +12/07/2023,119213,0 +12/08/2023,119213,0 +12/09/2023,119213,0 +12/10/2023,119213,0 +12/11/2023,119251,38 +12/12/2023,119251,0 +12/13/2023,119710,459 +12/14/2023,119707,-3 +12/15/2023,, diff --git a/notes/notes.txt b/notes/notes.txt index 2ea7409..00c8adc 100644 --- a/notes/notes.txt +++ b/notes/notes.txt @@ -3367,3 +3367,7 @@ https://archive.ph/6Y2wO https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/kq8CZzcPKQtCzbGxg/quinn-s-shortform?commentId=ByARjQ72pNfvzRoLQ https://www.reddit.com/r/honesttransgender/comments/17tetu5/im_trans_and_i_transitioned_because_seeing_myself/ + +https://ovarit.com/o/Books/519555/even-trashy-old-novels-knew-the-truth-about-agp + +https://quillette.com/2023/12/14/misunderstanding-the-fertility-crisis/ diff --git a/notes/tech_tasks.txt b/notes/tech_tasks.txt index f43f3c0..e8702da 100644 --- a/notes/tech_tasks.txt +++ b/notes/tech_tasks.txt @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +relative URLs = False (but not broken) make Markdown native footnote CSS match the plugin-based footnotes undo the Slate Starchive links roll my own pingbacks? (I didn't like the Pelican plugin) http://blog.mlindgren.ca/entry/2015/01/17/how-to-manually-send-a-pingback/ diff --git a/pelicanconf.py b/pelicanconf.py index 417e4c0..466b595 100644 --- a/pelicanconf.py +++ b/pelicanconf.py @@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ LINKS = ( ('Culturally Bound Gender', "https://culturallyboundgender.wordpress.com/"), ('The Trans Widow', "http://thetranswidow.com/"), ('Sex and Gender: A Beginner\'s Guide', "https://sexandgenderintro.com/"), - ('Female Sexual Inversion', "https://femalesexualinversion.blogspot.com/"), ('Kathleen Stock', "https://kathleenstock.substack.com/"), ('Pasha\'s Office ', "https://pashasoffice.blogspot.com/"), ('Ținând de Mâinii Strigoii-lor', "https://strigoi.substack.com/"),