cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/258745

There are a lot of self proclaimed ML’s online who have mostly agreeable politics but are also very socially reactionary. They often post something decent like ‘NATO provoked the conflict in Ukraine’ and at the end randomly say ‘this is similar to when liberals pretend trans identities are valid’ they talk about trans identities as part of western societal decay etc. (One thing I have noticed is that they praise tomboys but condemn trans women or even cis men in dresses). How does one expose their lack of materialism around this issue? I honestly think some could be swayed.

  • RedFields
    111·
    2 years ago

    For those who are marxists you can pull out the scientific papers that show that trans identities are valid. I forget the names of these papers, but from memory the papers conclude that trans men/women have similar(Its actually complex, but for now this should do) brain patterns as non-trans men/women. I apologize for not having them on hand. If i can find them i will link them in another comment later today

    • RedFields
      7·
      2 years ago

      So I found a general overview condescending the past 25 years of research as of 2020(2 years ago) its this one https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/nf-2020-0007/html The research is not conclusive, but there is a trend to what I said prior. I do apologize for my wording in the previous comment it was written during a lunch break. This paper is free for the public and can be downloaded as a pdf. I would advise you to read through the whole thing and take some notes. Considering it was published in 2020 it is possible that new studies have come out supporting one hypothesis or the other. There is the problem of just not enough research being done, but again there is a trend among the research to show that transgender people exist. This paper cites the studies I was remembering so look through them to see what they actually say as well. Sorry for the ramble comrades I hope this helps in some way.