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Author: maxhatter
Science finally supports that we are all born as blank slates and gender is merely a construct
If any of my followers believes that “brain sex” is a rigid and well defined category check this out
I actually did a study on this in my freshman year of university!
I had to give a ten minute presentation on gender and a) how it’s different from sex, and b) whether or not there’s such thing as a “male” and “female” brain.
I found COUNTLESS studies supporting the idea that the brain itself is unisex- there is very little, if any, difference between “male” and “female” brains, with one exception. I’m by no means a neuroscientist but this is what I understood from this particular article: there’s this tiny part of the hypothalamus (a small part of the brain) that has neutrons in it, and the number of neutrons varies. HOWEVER, when the brains of cis men and women and trans men and women (who had not taken hormones for years prior to the time of death) were studied, it was found that the cis men and trans men had almost identical average neutron counts, and the cis women and trans women had almost identical average neutron counts. So if you’re DMAB but realize at some point that you’re a trans woman, as far as your brain is concerned, you ARE a woman! The same goes for DFAB trans men (intersex/nonbinary individuals weren’t studied, unfortunately).
TLDR; Your brain doesn’t care what you were “born as”, only what you really are!
I’m currently reading a fantastic book that goes through and debunks old studies that “find evidence” to support gender roles. SPOILER ALERT: they were all poorly done studies and their evidence is unsupported bullshit.
a pretty good read and a good source
NEUROSCIENCE DEBUNKING GENDER ESSENTIALIST SHIT YESSS
As someone who is a few months away from a degree in psychology and biology I can tell you that hard, black-and-white binaries hardly exist in either of those sciences. Putting things into clear-cut categories is 100% a human society thing, not something that actually exists in nature or in the human brain.
@goblincourse hey
Science finally supports that we are all born as blank slates and gender is merely a construct
DO NOT LIKE THIS POST. REBLOG IT. NET NEUTRALITY
FUCK… YOU GUYS
LONG
DISTANCE
RELATIONSHIPS
(in addition to INTERNET FRIENDSHIPS, and ARTISTS, NEWS, EVERYTHINGGG ELSE THAT IS ESSENTIAL AND WHY WE NEED NET NEUTRALITY)
WE FUCKING RELY ON OUR TECH. OUR *FREE* TECH. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH INTERNATIONAL CALLS ARE?! THAT’S A HELL NO. SO THAT’S WHY WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA!! WE R E L Y ON IT. TO KNOW HOW OUR PARTNER IS DOING. HOW THEIR FAMILY IS DOING. TO KEEP UP OUR RELATIONSHIP. AND FOR MULTIPLE YEARS!!!
If this goes through, I won’t be able to talk to my partner. Actually, make that a WE won’t be able to talk our partners unless you’re rich. Fuck that shit. Call your congresspeople.
And job applications, too. A lot of big employers have web applications only and twitter feeds.
JOB APPLICATIONS. HOLY SHIT.
This makes me furious.
Science finally supports that we are all born as blank slates and gender is merely a construct
If any of my followers believes that “brain sex” is a rigid and well defined category check this out
I actually did a study on this in my freshman year of university!
I had to give a ten minute presentation on gender and a) how it’s different from sex, and b) whether or not there’s such thing as a “male” and “female” brain.
I found COUNTLESS studies supporting the idea that the brain itself is unisex- there is very little, if any, difference between “male” and “female” brains, with one exception. I’m by no means a neuroscientist but this is what I understood from this particular article: there’s this tiny part of the hypothalamus (a small part of the brain) that has neutrons in it, and the number of neutrons varies. HOWEVER, when the brains of cis men and women and trans men and women (who had not taken hormones for years prior to the time of death) were studied, it was found that the cis men and trans men had almost identical average neutron counts, and the cis women and trans women had almost identical average neutron counts. So if you’re DMAB but realize at some point that you’re a trans woman, as far as your brain is concerned, you ARE a woman! The same goes for DFAB trans men (intersex/nonbinary individuals weren’t studied, unfortunately).
TLDR; Your brain doesn’t care what you were “born as”, only what you really are!
I’m currently reading a fantastic book that goes through and debunks old studies that “find evidence” to support gender roles. SPOILER ALERT: they were all poorly done studies and their evidence is unsupported bullshit.
a pretty good read and a good source
NEUROSCIENCE DEBUNKING GENDER ESSENTIALIST SHIT YESSS
As someone who is a few months away from a degree in psychology and biology I can tell you that hard, black-and-white binaries hardly exist in either of those sciences. Putting things into clear-cut categories is 100% a human society thing, not something that actually exists in nature or in the human brain.
@goblincourse hey
Science finally supports that we are all born as blank slates and gender is merely a construct
The funniest homophobic notion out there is the whole, “you’re just a lesbian because you can’t get a man” thing. Like, do you have any idea how easy it is to get a man? It takes a smartphone and ten minutes of time while trying to get a girlfriend is like trying to win the lottery with a single ticket you found on the sidewalk.
And you and the lottery ticket are both too scared to make the first move so actually you just walk past it wistfully.
soft girls, who look at girls through their bangs, then quickly turn away to hide their blush.
stern girls, who dart looks at girls from across the room, piqued with interest but never approach.
bold girls, who flash radiant smiles at other girls on the street, eyes brimming with warmth and kindness.
quiet girls, pretending to look past other girls towards in the coffee shop, silently observing the poetry of their movements from the corner of their eyes.
psychology-studyofthesoul-blog:
We are what we eat. So yung mga mahilig kumain ng crackers, Alam!
(Galing ito sa facebook)Interesting. I never heard of this, but interesting.
MIGHT AS WELL GET RID OF YOUR WIFI AND INTERENT NOW MY FRIENDS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE NOBODY ON HERE CARES THAT ITS,LIKELY,THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOSE,NET NEUTRALITY….IF YOU,DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT IS…WELL…YOUR GONNA MISS IT WHEN ITS,GONE…AND I SUGGEST YOU WRITE AND CALL YOUR SENATORS OR WHO EVER THE HELL PEOPLE IN POWER GET, TO VOTE ON IT AND THEY WILL DISMISS YOU IF YOU DONT PROVIDE A NEW POINT,OF VIEW OR,NEW INFORMATION…ALSO VERISON IS A HUGE SUPPORTER OF REPEALING NET NEUTRALITY…SO INSTEAD OF SITTING ON YOUR,BUTTS AND LETTING IT HAPPEN..DO,SOMETHING LIKE ALL THE MILLENIALS MY,AGE ARE,DOING TO STOP IT…THEY DONT WANT THERE VOICES TO BE SILENCED…BECAUSE LIKE ON TUMBLR NOW THAT VERISON OWNS…SO MANY,POSTS ARE BEING DELETED BY,TUMBLR,TO STOP THE FLOW,OF,INFORMATION AND ITS TERRIBLE…SO IF YOU,WANT TO AFFORD WIFI AND SEE,STUFF FREELY ON THE,INTERNET AND NOT GET CHARGED MONEY OUT YOUR ASS….CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES…
Also fuck you verison…delete my,account of,you want ill,just make,another one and,keep posting this over and over and sending it to people…because how the hell do,you,think,what your,doing is right???? Its all,kinds of wrong you,assholes
This is something for any of my American followers to be aware of. Post taken from a post on #imgur
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