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[–] [email protected] 134 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (14 children)

Note how they always enshrine gender in biology, but then make all kinds of non-biological statements about what gender is.

"XX is woman"/"Large gametes is woman"/"can conceive is woman"

And then they'll say

"Women aren't as aggressive", "women are more emotional", "women like being in the home more", "those are women's clothes", etc.

The only reason it's so important for it to be biological is because of how it punishes gender non-conformity and makes the lives of trans people hell. Like it isn't ideologically consistent and they know that. They just don't care. If it was just about genitals or chromosomes, then why is it that gender dictates all these social things about us? The only reason to root gender in how you were born is to ensure gender roles are as rigid and immutable as possible.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 3 days ago (2 children)

how it punishes ~~gender~~ non-conformity

Fit the mold or die. Always the same.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 3 days ago (6 children)

To be fair, a Person with a PhD still can have Dunning-Kruger on other subjects.

Ben Carson is a great Neurosurgeon, but dumbass on politics.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 days ago (16 children)

I think a lot of these XX XY "only two genders" people aren't just dunning Kruger, they're transphobic idiots with an agenda. So even if they had the science and knowledge it wouldn't matter because they're pushing their hateful stupid agenda, facts and logic be damned. They don't care, they just want to rationalize hating us trans people because we make them uncomfy.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The phrase is funny but you wouldn't catch me dead wearing a logical fallacy

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can I interest you in a logical phallus?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Wouldn't that be a logic probe?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (12 children)

Critically thinking now, how strong is the evidence here?

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Wait until they learn about XXY, XYY, and XO individuals.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There hugs AND kisses people?

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Yeah but science can be proven wrong an change over time, while my beliefs and biases are forever!"

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 3 days ago (3 children)

While this is very funny, and definitely representative of a sort of ignorance/arrogance commonly found in ideologues - I recently learned that most people talking about the effect have, in fact, been Dunning-Krugering themselves.

Insightful video on the topic.

What most people expect the effect to look like:

What the actual results were:

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

One time a woman told me that my lack of a second X Chromosome meant I would "always be a man"

So I gaslit her into thinking her husband had klinefelters.

I hate how Republicans think transphobia is science

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Can I get a T shirt that says “I have Dunning-Krueger and your Phd looks cute”? I just have a lot of BS to share and I don’t want to be sorry about it.

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