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- From: w2lee@argo.acs.oakland.edu (Walter Lee)
- Subject: Re: Are TG people smarter than average?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.215331.29294@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Sender: news@vela.acs.oakland.edu (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: w2lee@argo.acs.oakland.edu
- Organization: Oakland University, Rochester, MI
- References: <SCG.92Nov14214522@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1e4qqgINNnpa@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> <SCG.92Nov15153606@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>,<1e6nq7INN5t@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> <1992Nov16.015840.23873@vela.acs.oakland.edu>,<1992Nov16.094534.1@vaxb.acs.unt.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 21:53:31 GMT
- Lines: 58
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- In article <1992Nov16.094534.1@vaxb.acs.unt.edu>, otto@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (M. Otto, "Virtual Prisoner of the VAX") writes:
- >In article <1992Nov16.015840.23873@vela.acs.oakland.edu>,
- > w2lee@argo.acs.oakland.edu (Walter Lee) writes:
- >> In article <1e6nq7INN5t@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU>,
- >> hackbod@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (Dianne Hackborn) writes:
- >>
- >>>One book that I would highly recommend for a broader view of "What
- >>>Is A Transsexual" is:
- >>>
- >>>"The Uninvited Dilemma" by Kim Elizabeth Stuart
- >>>
- >
- > [extraneous comments and publication info deleted]
- >
- >> [extraneous quote from book also deleted]
- >> Also says in there we're a very intellectually sophisticated demographic
- >> group. Comes from having a rich fantasy life, you know.
- >
- >One important thing to remember is that the transsexuals and other
- >transgendered people you hear about tend to be a self-selected group. It
- >takes a certain level of awareness and intelligence to realize that most
- >of what our society(ies) mandates about sex and gender is pure bullshit.
- >It just doesn't apply to us at all (for that matter, a significant amount
- >of it doesn't really apply to 90% of the general population, IMHO). It
- >takes no small amount of courage to come out far enough to ask for help,
- >and allow interviews and such to be published, even if done anonymously.
-
- A very important point. And sorry about the apparent elitist implications of
- what I had posted. And the fact that you mention, that TS's tend to be a
- self-selected group, is discussed at length in Stuart's book. Also the fact
- that the transition and life events connected to it _do_ claim casualties.
-
- >I often wonder about how many silent sisters (or brother F->M's) are REALLY
- >out there.
-
- Would include a large number of people who rule out action entirely on
- "feasibility" grounds. Actually for about the last 10 years the feasibility
- issue has been the _only_ cause for indecision for me. I'm still leaning
- against actively pursuing gender congruity, but I'm becoming aware that
- inaction also has its casualties.
-
- The fact that I'm pushing 30 seems to be influencing me.
-
- As well as the invention of alt.transgendered! God bless the party responsible
- for that!
-
- >*** Marge
- > __ ____ __ otto@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
- > /|/| / / / / / / A virtual prisoner of the VAX // I'm sorry; my karma
- >/ |. /_/ / / /_/ at The University of North Texas \X/ ran over your dogma
- > Denton, USA
-
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