Mikael

Philosophy, Evolutionary psychology, Politics and everything else.

[Mikael @zeElefant]

It's not about the survival of the fittest, but the cancellation of the totally maladapted. #evolution #darwin #adaption

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

You’ve asked me several questions on this thread and accused me of avoiding answering, so here goes.

I believe a woman is a human being who belongs to the sex class that produces large gametes. It’s irrelevant whether or not her gametes have ever been fertilised, whether or not she’s carried a baby to term, irrelevant if she was born with a rare difference of sexual development that makes neither of the above possible, or if she’s aged beyond being able to produce viable eggs. She is a woman and just as much a woman as the others.

I don’t believe a woman is more or less of a woman for having sex with men, women, both or not wanting sex at all. I don’t think a woman is more or less of a woman for having a buzz cut and liking suits and ties, or wearing stilettos and mini dresses, for being black, white or brown, for being six feet tall or a little person, for being kind or cruel, angry or sad, loud or retiring. She isn't more of a woman for featuring in Playboy or being a surrendered wife, nor less of a woman for designing space rockets or taking up boxing. What makes her a woman is the fact of being born in a body that, assuming nothing has gone wrong in her physical development (which, as stated above, still doesn't stop her being a woman), is geared towards producing eggs as opposed to sperm, towards bearing as opposed to begetting children, and irrespective of whether she's done either of those things, or ever wants to.

Womanhood isn't a mystical state of being, nor is it measured by how well one apes sex stereotypes. We are not the creatures either porn or the Bible tell you we are. Femaleness is not, as trans woman Andrea Chu Long wrote, ‘an open mouth, an expectant asshole, blank, blank eyes,’ nor are we God’s afterthought, sprung from Adam’s rib.

Women are provably subject to certain experiences because of our female bodies, including different forms of oppression, depending on the cultures in which we live. When trans activists say 'I thought you didn't want to be defined by your biology,' it’s a feeble and transparent attempt at linguistic sleight of hand. Women don't want to be limited, exploited, punished, or subject to other unjust treatment because of their biology, but our being female is indeed defined by our biology. It's one material fact about us, like having freckles or disliking beetroot, neither of which are representative of our entire beings, either. Women have billions of different personalities and life stories, which have nothing to do with our bodies, although we are likely to have had experiences men don't and can't, because we belong to our sex class.

Some people feel strongly that they should have been, or wish to be seen as, the sex class into which they weren't born. Gender dysphoria is a real and very painful condition and I feel nothing but sympathy for anyone who suffers from it. I want them to be free to dress and present themselves however they like and I want them to have exactly the same rights as every other citizen regarding housing, employment and personal safety. I do not, however, believe that surgeries and cross-sex hormones literally turn a person into the opposite sex, nor do I believe in the idea that each of us has a nebulous ‘gender identity’ that may or might not match our sexed bodies. I believe the ideology that preaches those tenets has caused, and continues to cause, very real harm to vulnerable people.

I am strongly against women's and girls' rights and protections being dismantled to accommodate trans-identified men, for the very simple reason that no study has ever demonstrated that trans-identified men don't have exactly the same pattern of criminality as other men, and because, however they identify, men retain their advantages of speed and strength. In other words, I think the safety and rights of girls and women are more important than those men's desire for validation.

I sincerely hope that answers your questions. You may still disagree, but as I hope this shows, I’m more than happy to have this debate.

[Mikael @zeElefant]

@kvartalet @BuschEbba @staffandopping Ingen nuvarande partiledare kommer i närheten av Ebba i konsten att prestera i intervjuer. Intelligent, vasst och förtroendeingivande. #buschforprez

[Kvartal @kvartalet]

Hur ska hon klara att lyfta sitt parti från bottenläget? Är det realistiskt med ny kärnkraft redan om elva år? Och hur är atmosfären i Tidösamarbetet efter SD-ledarens ord om ”finborgare”? KD-ledaren @BuschEbba fredagsintervjuas av @staffandopping.
https://t.co/8FepTUTSwv

[Mikael @zeElefant]

Om @moderaterna röstar igenom lagen om juridiskt könsbyte så är ni tyvärr inte valbara för mig i det kommande EU valet. Hoppas många visar sitt missnöje på liknande sätt. #bojkottamoderaterna

[Mikael @zeElefant]

@bilaaan1 Som center/höger röstande tyckte jag det var intressant att höra dig i @kvartalet och hoppas du kommer tillbaka i fler avsnitt av veckopanelen.

[Mikael @zeElefant]

@EnCarlssons @MAGISTER_TK Men varför har vi inte kylda öl på Systemet då? Måste ju vara för att skydda oss. 🤔(är inte all allvarlig.. )

[Mikael @zeElefant]

@MAGISTER_TK Kylens fel...

[Mikael @zeElefant]

@MAGISTER_TK https://t.co/PnifawWJCN

[Mikael @zeElefant]

@patriklu Självklart måste SR anmäla till Säpo om dokument som kan påverka rikets säkerhet är på drift. Inget hot mot DN utan en notifiering om dataläckage. Varför ni fultolkar detta är för mig obegripligt. Ni är ju en seriös tidning? Act it.

[Mikael @zeElefant]

@t0_bi_as Nej. Ett inte helt ovanligt sätt att få möjlighet att uppleva och bo i ett annat land efter gymnasiet. UK, US populärt bland svenskar.

[Mikael @zeElefant]

Vet inte vad BJP sagt men känner instinktivt att bilden av skrikande män i grupp får mig att sympatisera med budskapet. 🤷‍♂️

[Mikael @zeElefant]

@FMannerheim Att tala inför grupp är en egenskap som är viktig och likt praktisk idrott är allas förutsättningar olika. Väldigt få kan hoppa 2.40 men alla kan bli bättre genom övning. Bryt dock ut bedömningen ur sv och placera i ett annat eller eget ämne.

[Mikael @zeElefant]

@kvartalet Intressant paneldiskussion som oftast. Vill bara påpeka att Sam Harris podd heter Making sense. Waking up är hans meditationsapp.

[Mikael @zeElefant]

@rektor_linnea @KMPTBS Den enskilt största faktorn som påverkar betyg är gener. Addera neuropsykiatriska diagnoser (gener också iofsig) samt destruktiva uppväxtförhållanden. Skolpeng? Not so much.

[Mikael @zeElefant]

@Johannasliv Ett ickeplumpt närmande till ämnet sex är spännande tycker jag. Det är ju inte en bästa vän som sökes. Handlar inte så mycket om specifika böjelser. Mer att kolla om man har liknande energier. Men, absolut, beroende på situation och person.

[Mikael @zeElefant]

@Johannasliv Såja, såja. Finns många kvinnor som gör likadant. Och varför inte? Sex är en viktig del av ett förhållande. Lika bra att läsa av direkt om man har liknande mindset.

[Mikael @zeElefant]

@FredStalhake Kvinnan

[Mikael @zeElefant]

@KMPTBS Hahaha. Priceless.

[Mikael @zeElefant]

@Army_0f_Me @_svatantrya Ner är ner.

[Mikael @zeElefant]

@tovamaria 💔