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working for the knife (neuroscience & sociology & global health @ h*rv*rd ‘25). so-called “free thinker.”

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please ignore everything i say on this app i am using it as a coping mechanism

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@HappyCh89079710 @DreamersName @locr1ann @bimbotheory fair enough, my take is definitely more grounded in abstract analysis than concrete interactions with the community. still, i don’t think they’re harming anyone with whatever exploration they’re engaging in

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@HappyCh89079710 @DreamersName @locr1ann @bimbotheory yeah, but my point is gender as it exists as a societal construct is nothing but a set of personality traits (not that it should be). these people, even if many are kids, are realizing that and embracing the idea that gender can be whatever the fuck they want bc it’s not real

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@HappyCh89079710 @DreamersName @locr1ann @bimbotheory i don’t claim to know about xenogenders very deeply but perhaps it says something about how gender is really a social construct that is essentially made up of a set of personality traits?

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@BoomSlayah @rpg_haven @ishmael_king @DefiantWorld the “i don’t mean to be that guy” about something pedantic to blatant racism pipeline strikes again

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no one asked but i think my take on astrology is that obviously it is not real but the world is scary and sometimes people need to cling onto something to believe in

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@computer_gay ok so it’s significant because it doesn’t make sense. i just thought there was something else lmao

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@computer_gay im so genuinely confused as to why this or the original interview clip is at all significant please explain???😭

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@thysoloist @meaning_enjoyer @nosilverv all those assumptions are based in behavioral evo theory, not the human constructs of gender & culture. this oversimplification & unquestioning of the gendered sexual selection divide, while somewhat true biologically-speaking, is huge right wing fodder for all kinds of misogyny.

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@thysoloist @meaning_enjoyer @nosilverv (in that we are essentializing complex human conditions into simple biological explanations based in general behavioral evolution) — in this study, what proves that women engage in this behavior FOR sexual selection, and what proves that men don’t engage in similar behaviors?

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@thysoloist @meaning_enjoyer @nosilverv could that be part of this subtlety lean you’re talking about, or am i just not in the weeds of the gender studies literature? would appreciate any examples, for context i searched google scholar, elsevier, & my university’s database for “male intrasexual competition in humans”

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@thysoloist @meaning_enjoyer @nosilverv thanks for the info! i’m not in the field, so i wouldn’t want to make any assertions. on a cursory search i see most discussions of male intrasexual competition from a behavioral evolution / ethnology perspective (i.e. based in animal behavior, not humans) 1/

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@nextokens @9chabard @animalologist @FeralPHunter idk dude, i think women need abortions everywhere. & the precedent of legal control over health care affects access to all care in a country where women’s health care (not just reproductive) has always been fragile

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@cunha_tristan @Paracelsus1092 ty for providing nuance 😵‍💫 i can see how things like reactions to food, fears, etc. might be influenced by signaling patterns specific to the donor organ (maybe something like an increased heart rate or different liver metabolism) but this framing seems sensationalist

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@nextokens @9chabard @animalologist @FeralPHunter your last two effects aren’t necessarily true (especially with online interactions which haven’t been as studied) & in general also have broad mental & physical health implications for women. also massive, very obvious political-legal landscape changes limiting women’s personhood

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@carsbigasbars @Admiral_cmonke @FeralPHunter idk bro, do they separate men and women into different rooms and tell the men “don’t do this” and the women “here’s how to protect yourselves” ?? not really. both of those aspects are there, & they’re inherently gendered because of the prevalence of specific types of assault.

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@meaning_enjoyer @nosilverv right, like take three seconds to ask yourself why we aren’t studying intrasexual competition among men (& if we are i would love to see it)

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