Mat Ayan

I seek understanding of all the silly things that make us human. PhD candidate in engineering. Truth above ideals (Well, I try).

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

I have a new theory on the origin of an individual's sexuality:

Rather than merely correlating with the male- or female-typical behaviours influenced by (a lack of) prenatal androgenisation of the brain, I'd say the male- or female-typical sexuality is itself influenced by them.

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

I might well be speaking out of my blowhole here, but proposition:

The extent of a person's bisexuality is correlated with the vacillation of their desires and identity.

They don't know what sort of person they are, or what they want from others.

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

@profjmb Someone else had actually made that typo a week or so before him, and he found it funny in the comments, so he stole it. 100% deliberate.

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

@autogampegg Who is to say that an AGP's gynephilia has the same flavour as that of a typical heterosexual man?

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

@Rohanburdened @Mareeswj No, in the second study, they neglect to mention sexual orientation, very annoying. But they do mention that most of those living as women were married and were well-adapted and compliant with their social sex, so I'm going by likelihood. But no way to say of course.

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

@Rohanburdened @Mareeswj I will say that a small majority of people with 17ßHSD3 seem to tend to retain female social sex, especially if castrated before puberty.

And those who stick to female social sex seem majorly androphilic.

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[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

In this way, it's similar to religion.

Rites, rituals, and beliefs that were supposed to aid hygiene, community, or resilience in a given context became mistaken for the ideal themselves and became religion.

A windmill comes to supply not ground flour, but divine providence.

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

Too often a context-driven pragmatic solution towards an ideal becomes mistaken for the ideal itself.

Transition was supposed to be a pragmatic solution towards self-fulfillment in societies hostile to gender non-conformity. Now transition is seen as the ultimate ideal itself.

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

@Rohanburdened Probably the theory would have predictions for younger sisters too, but honestly I have very little knowledge of and empathy with younger or even older sisters in families, I can't say with any certainty one way or another how it would go.

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

@Rohanburdened But the trend might be reversing in the West now from what I read, so maybe future datasets will show different magnitudes in effect. I think the older datasets would still reflect more patriarchal families though.

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

@Rohanburdened Daughters are expected to preserve the integrity of the family in more oblique ways -- in Indian families, by becoming a good wife in another household, and I guess in the West, by being respectable and sweet and taking care of family members.

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

@Rohanburdened I would think so, especially in the older datasets. Very few cultures out there that aren't patrilineal. Do you see it another way?

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

@Rohanburdened Is it unexpected? How so?

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

@Rohanburdened However, you could certainly argue that in more egalitarian cultures, both sons and daughters share similar roles, and in such cultures, even older sisters could free later-born males. I'd wanna research these attitudes first though before making claims on older sisters.

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

@Rohanburdened Sons vs daughters occupy distinct roles in families in most cultures, with sons expected to carry forward the ideal of the family while daughters are sent off to another family.

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

@Rohanburdened @BlanchardPhD *to be clear, the "eldest son" role is key for the original hypothesis, and the "eldest brother" role reinforces the "eldest son" role in the extended hypothesis

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

@Rohanburdened @BlanchardPhD I should make it clear that it's the "eldest son" role, rather than the "eldest brother" role, that is key here. The pressure to conform to the family ideal should be present on the focal son -- most often the eldest or only son -- independent of there being younger siblings.

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

@Rohanburdened They remain a separate team to be used at leisure.

Christians and Muslims especially cite their holy books as reason to put them in completely separate teams. Therefore, these animals are not deserving of moral consideration.

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

All morality ultimately boils down to:

1. What teams are there?

2. Which teams am I on?

3. The Golden Rule: Do unto others on my team as I would have done unto me.

And even the things one would like done unto oneself tend to be prescribed by the teams one is on.

[Mat Ayan @ViJonjo]

@Rohanburdened Also since other humans do the same, it's affirming to their human team membership.

They know very little about cows and pigs and chickens, or how they are treated, and so do not give themselves the chance to identify with them and make them part of their team.