Discussion: Do you consider "transracial" a real term? - Page 12

Ressti

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Originally posted by Flare

No, "Gender" is a social construct. "Gender roles" are also a social construct. The whole concept of Gender is just like Race, society made. What you actually mean is "Sex" is not a social construct and biological feature. #TheMoreYouLearn

Source: (http://www.medicaldaily.com/what-dif...licated-271389) + Sociology 101 this semester (I got an A).

No, that's not what I mean. That's what you think I mean because you've been reading one too many think pieces.

Gender is not a social construct, because certain behaviors and ways of thinking are connected to sex. They're inherent. And this is true for other animals as well, not just humans. And i'm not talking about wearing dresses and wearing make up, because i'm North African and i've seen my fair share of men wearing "dresses". I'm talking about our base masculine and feminine traits. That is what a transgender is tapping into.

Let me quote a lil something from wikipedia

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There are studies concerning women who have a condition called congenital adrenal hyperplasia, which leads to the overproduction of the masculine sex hormone, androgen. These women usually have ordinary female appearances (though nearly all girls with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) have corrective surgery performed on their genitals). However, despite taking hormone-balancing medication given to them at birth, these females are statistically more likely to be interested in activities traditionally linked to males than female activities. Psychology professor and CAH researcher Dr. Sheri Berenbaum attributes these differences to an exposure of higher levels of male sex hormones in utero.

manwhore

if a person wants to be black, i think its beautiful.. people do the most.. who cares.. she's beautiful that she's opening herself this way.. noone needs to understand this but her

Priyanka Chopra

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Originally posted by beautiful player

To answer your question, yes they are Caucasian.

You need to show me evidence that Central/Western/South Asians are not Caucasian, gurl! It is an agreed fact amongst anthropologists. Pictures that require me to judge the shape of their eyes or color of their skin are not evidence. Pictures of people with East Asia ancestry but who live in Central Asia also do not qualify.

Maybe this chart will help you understand a bit better.

No, they are not.

I already showed you evidence! The Indian and Kazakh women I posted are NOT East Asians who emigrated to Central Asia and South Asia. The Kazakh woman is typical for her nationality and the Indian is typical of Northeast India. Neither are Caucasians no matter how much you try to claim otherwise! Do you want me to get skull x-rays of them for you to examine so you can continue pretending you have background in Anthropology?

And not you using a picture posted on Deviant Art used as your evidence.

Try reading something like ACADEMIC JOURNALS from REPUTABLE institutions like Oxford! I already linked you to one, but you clearly haven't read it yet so here it is again and two more!

http://m.mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/10/2417.full
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...02929707640956
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/14...comms5689.html

Come back to me when you've read them all! Good luck, sweetie!

beautiful player

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Originally posted by Priyanka Chopra

No, they are not.

I already showed you evidence! The Indian and Kazakh women I posted are NOT East Asians who emigrated to Central Asia and South Asia. The Kazakh woman is typical for her nationality and the Indian is typical of Northeast India. Neither are Caucasians no matter how much you try to claim otherwise! Do you want me to get skull x-rays of them for you to examine so you can continue pretending you have background in Anthropology?

And not you using a picture posted on Deviant Art used as your evidence.

Try reading something like ACADEMIC JOURNALS from REPUTABLE institutions like Oxford! I already linked you to one, but you clearly haven't read it yet so here it is again and two more!

http://m.mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/10/2417.full
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...02929707640956
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/14...comms5689.html

Come back to me when you've read them all! Good luck, sweetie!

Why do you keep referring back to Austronesian populations in South-East Asia? This is not relevant at all. Gurl

I'm done here.

NX127

Well apparently it exists, so who am I not to consider it a real term?

As long as those people are not hurting me or anyone around them, I have to respect whatever they choose to do with their lives, and consider them equal to me.

BGXKB

Um...
No...
I would pmsl if someone seriously said "I may look white, but on the inside I am a black man"

Oh, and then people would start saying things like "oh, I have a lot of Asian qualities, but I don't think I'm transracial"

Praise Mariallah

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Originally posted by Ressti

You can be born a man with feminine qualities and you can be born a woman with masculine qualities.

What/who determines what's a "feminine" quality and what's a "masculine" quality?

BLaCKPoWeR

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Originally posted by Praise Mariallah

What/who determines what's a "feminine" quality and what's a "masculine" quality?

Girl obviously

TrashyNavy

no that's stupid. Race is a social construct so if someone thought they were "transracial" that would mean that they just want to act how they perceive the race to be which usually involves stereotypes

Ressti

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Originally posted by Praise Mariallah

What/who determines what's a "feminine" quality and what's a "masculine" quality?

Your hormones which influence our behavior. Gender is about behavior.

Matters of the Brain: Why Men and Women Are So Different

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Across age groups, species and nations, males tend to be better at various spatial skills. For example, male dominance in rotating an object in their minds, a quite large difference that has been reliably found for the last 35 years, has recently been documented in infants as young as 3 months old. Similarly, on average, males across cultures and species are better at judging angle orientation and navigating by cardinal direction.

Females, on the other hand, tend to have more verbal fluency and greater memory for objects — that is, "they are better at remembering where things are," Halpern said during her talk. Women and females from other species are more likely to navigate by using landmarks than cardinal direction.

Why women see differently from the way men see? A review of sex differences in cognition and sports

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The differences of learning and memory between males and females have been well documented and confirmed by both human and animal studies. The sex differences in cognition started from early stage of neuronal development and last through entire lifespan. The major biological basis of the gender-dependent cognitive activity includes two major components: sex hormone and sex-related characteristics, such as sex-determining region of the Y chromosome (SRY) protein. However, the knowledge of how much biology of sex contributes to normal cognitive function and elite athletes in various sports are still pretty limited. In this review, we will be focusing on sex differences in spatial learning and memory – especially the role of male- and female-type cognitive behaviors in sports.

Praise Mariallah

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Originally posted by Ressti

Your hormones [/URL]

So, that's why those who identify as transgender will take hormones.

Priyanka Chopra

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Originally posted by beautiful player

Why do you keep referring back to Austronesian populations in South-East Asia? This is not relevant at all. Gurl

I'm done here.

You were done a long time ago when you claimed that South Asians and Central Asians are Caucasian.

If you actually read those three journals [which you obviously didn't], you'd notice the parts about the migration of Austronesian people into South Asia as well. They were the natives of the area before native Caucasians from Central Asia migrated into South Asia. And for the last time, Central Asians are mixed with Mongol ancestry thanks to Genghis Khan's invasion and settlement. They are not Caucasian anymore.

Stop pretending you're educated! You probably think that Borat looks like a real Central Asian.