2018/03/05/Sex Change Physically Impossible Psychosocially Unhelpful and Philosophically Misguided

• when: 2018/03/05
• author: Ryan T. Anderson
• source: Public Discourse
• topics: sex reassignment surgery/misrepresentation transgenderness/myths 2004/07/30/Sex changes are not effective
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• link: https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2018/03/21151/
• title: Sex Change: Physically Impossible, Psychosocially Unhelpful, and Philosophically Misguided
• summary: "Modern medicine can’t reassign sex physically, and attempting to do so doesn’t produce good outcomes psychosocially. Here is the evidence." Article presents evidence to the contrary, ignores it, and repeatedly concludes that selected ideologues are prima facie correct.

Myths

This article promotes the following myths:

• Humans cannot change sex
• SRS does not work

Argument

1. "The sex of an organism is defined and identified by the way in which it (he or she) is organized for sexual reproduction."
2. "So an organism’s sex [...] is identified by its organization for sexually reproductive acts." (reiteration of point #1)
3. "Sex as a status – male or female – is a recognition of the organization of a body that can engage in sex as an act."
   • This is a naked assertion, and is false.
4. "The conceptual distinction between male and female based on reproductive organization provides the only coherent way to classify the two sexes."
   • This is a reiteration of point #3, which is false.
5. "Apart from that, all we have are stereotypes."
   • This is also false, and flies in the face of several decades of evidence.

Cites

• 2004/07/30/Sex changes are not effective: another misleading article with an outright lie for a title