tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post3214136709645480096..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Teen wolfRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-67072125830135587162015-01-15T21:21:33.482-05:002015-01-15T21:21:33.482-05:00What about someone who suffers from species dyspho...<i>What about someone who suffers from species dysphoria. Take lycanthropy. He self-identifies as a wolf.</i><br />...or Cotard's Syndrome where the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2911387/Teenager-spent-three-years-life-thinking-DEAD-Walking-Corpse-Syndrome.html" rel="nofollow">person thinks they are already dead</a>?Fearful Syymmetryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03207055685125259186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-4180451530711688732015-01-07T20:54:12.843-05:002015-01-07T20:54:12.843-05:00"Are transgenderism and anorexia really compa..."Are transgenderism and anorexia really comparable, though? If you say you're a girl trapped in a boy's body, that is conceivably true. However, if you say you're fat when you're dangerously thin, that's clearly a delusion." <br /><br />Actually, the comparison would more like:<br /><br />i) I'm a girl trapped in a boy's body<br /><br />ii) I'm a thin girl trapped in a fat girl's body<br /><br />How is (ii) clearly delusional but (i) is not? <br /><br />Fact is, the optimal weight is far more subjective than your physical gender. <br /><br />There's no empirical evidence that the person in question is a girl trapped in a boy's body. All the empirical evidence points to a boy through-and-through. <br /><br /> "You might argue that transgenderism is also a delusion, but if you demonstrate that, there's little point for an analogy in the first place."<br /><br />i) What exactly do you think there is to demonstrate? There's a certain pervasive ambiguity or equivocation in play. Is lycanthropy a delusion? Depends on what you mean. Evidently, there really are humans who imagine they are wolves. That's a real psychological condition. But by the same token, it's a mark of mental illness. <br /><br />In other words, lycanthropes aren't lying about their self-perception. But their self-perception is a radical misperception. <br /><br />ii) In addition, how many people now claim to be transgender, not because they actually feel that way, but because it's the hip, chic new thing to be? They want to experiment. Be popular. Be the center of attention. Gain instant sympathy and status. <br /><br />iii) How many young people are sexually confused due to poor socialization? Broken homes. Blended families. Bad role models. Mixed signals from the pop culture. Peer pressure.<br /><br />iv) Finally, delusions can be acquired. Take the suppressed memories scam, where psychologists made patients believe they were victims of sexual abuse or ritual satanic abuse. <br /><br />Some people are highly suggestible. In a receptive state, it's amazing what they can be made to believe. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-67432358360284555232015-01-07T17:50:31.912-05:002015-01-07T17:50:31.912-05:00Are transgenderism and anorexia really comparable,...Are transgenderism and anorexia really comparable, though? If you say you're a girl trapped in a boy's body, that is conceivably true. However, if you say you're fat when you're dangerously thin, that's clearly a delusion. <br />You might argue that transgenderism is also a delusion, but if you demonstrate that, there's little point for an analogy in the first place.Kaffikjelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15277888246882454624noreply@blogger.com