[QUOTE=MGibson]
It was meant to be patronizing. I’m not a big fan of sexually segregated academic institutions.
Marc
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Not enough Girls Gone Wild at Barnard for ya?
[QUOTE=mswas]
It’s moot in this instance as the person was transferred to Colombia, which is more appropriate. Now with his newfound male identity, he can make fun of ‘Barnyard’ Girls like everyone else.
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I’m not sure whether to respond with, “Si, si, let’s eat chalupas and make fun of barnyard students!” or with cries plaintively
Hmm. I suppose I’ve done both!
[QUOTE=Leaper]
Hmm. The discussion of genetics and such has made me think of the soul thread and the point of view of atheists. Since many (if not most) don’t believe in a soul, how do they look at the whole “supposed to be/not supposed to be” and “X trapped in a Y’s body” thing?
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I like how this subject can expand into metaphysics. The way I understand it, Cartesian mind/body dualism needs to be thrown out. What we call consciousness is a quality inherent in the organization of the human body, particularly the nervous system. “Soul” and “body” are thus two aspects of a unitary phenomenon. In the case of transsexualism, I find the sexual dimorphism in the brain which correlates with transsexualism to be persuasive for locating the seat of gender identity in the brain.
My rejection of Cartesian dualism is not a new idea:
“Man has no Body distinct from his Soul for that call’d Body is a portion of Soul discern’d by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age.”
–William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell