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I'm finally going to write an overview of the whole trans cult/ideology because I'm tired of otherwise seemingly intelligent and well meaning people arguing with me about it.

Could you all send me your best deep dives into the topic of transgenderism, both pro and con?

Best? How about worst? Here's a weirdo on X claiming that Google was to online trans social contagion what the Wuhan Institute was to covid. The account has been banned, so all I have is this screenshot and a link to Ogi Ogas' Google Tech Talk, A Billion Wicked Thoughts:

And what we found from our research is that there are four parts of the body that men are interested in universally, in every country we looked at including preliterate, unwired countries as well. Four body parts that all heterosexual men are interested in — it's breasts, butts, feet, and the fourth body part was a big surprise to us, something we completely didn't anticipate. It turns out that the fourth body part that heretosexual men are very interested in looking at is the penis.

Ogi then talks about "shemale porn" (as well as Edward Cullen; remember, this is 2011) as an "erotical illusion":

An erotical illusion combines different sexual cues in new combinations to trick out the sexual brain. So let me talk about shemale porn. Again, this is very popular among heterosexual men; gay men are not interested in shemale porn. This was a surprise, when we went into this we had no idea that shemale porn was going to be so popular. Obviously this is something that men aren't comfortable talking about but the data is quite overwhelming about that this is universally popular, immensely popular. So why are straight men so interested in shemale porn?

I don't know if it's as clear a smoking gun as the departed poaster says, but the talk is certainly interesting, and I could imagine impressionable young men rewiring themselves if they jerked it to enough shemale porn during their formative years. Ogi also talks about paranormal romance as a way for authors to manipulate the cues that trigger female erotical illusions in new ways. Someone should do an effortpost on the line from paranormal romance to romantasy and the women that wirehead themselves on it ("we saw many women in their mid to late 40s who are just absolutely sexually obsessed with Edward Cullen"), but I'll stay on today's topic.

It's probably also worth trying to untangle why, despite all the rhetoric around passing, some trans-identifying men seem to put effort into specifically not passing, despite claiming the exact opposite. If you're that worried about passing, a trans pride flag on your laptop or a trans tattoo is really not going to make it easier. The only thing I can think of is that for this class of trans-identifying man, it's less about passing as a woman and more about forcing other people to interact with him as a woman.

Also don't forget the things that Strangio said to SCOTUS during Skrmetti: it's been known for some time that "there is no evidence to support the idea that medical transition reduces adolescent suicide rates".

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Best? How about worst? Here's a weirdo on X claiming that Google was to online trans social contagion what the Wuhan Institute was to covid.

What's supposed to be so schizo about that? The idea that companies with such a massive reach wouldn't conduct bizarre social experiments is the one that strikes me as implausible.

Also in a similar vein, pornhub was/is also pushing men in that direction

I think the idea is plausible, I just also think that my screenshot of half a twitter thread and one old tech talk is not the strongest evidence in favor of it.

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