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Who is most emotional? (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Do you feel one group is more emotional? And is the belief that women are more emotional spread by men?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I am in no way a biological essentialist and am using simpler terms people are more familiar with to make my point.

I find it rather insulting that you would come to this conclusion after I readily explained how little our biology determines our identity, and how it can quite literally be changed through hormones, specifically:

End of my last comment:

... all it takes is those hormones, and your physical biology will change with them.... our bodies have the flexibility to easily become the other gender...

How could that possibly come across as Terfy?

We are literally agreeing with each other about the trans experience too:

... what happened for us was not the hormones that made us less angry etc but more acceptance and understanding from both others and ourselves. We can still be very angry... but it is much less likely now...

That is, you admit there has been a change in the frequency of your anger after transitioning, correct?

To be very clear: I'm not at all doubting the roles that acceptance, understanding, a good partner, therapists, and more have in regulating our emotions, or the extreme effort you have put into doing the same for yourself.

I'm simply saying: it is possible these hormones also contribute to our emotional state, specifically amplifying the emotions you already have as a person - rather than not affecting our emotional state at all as concluded by the books you mention.

Books, specifically, that actual Terfs OFTEN misquote to jump to a black and white conclusion about gender and hormones.

https://trans-express.lgbt/post/185913420710/on-how-terfs-misrepresent-science-and-feminism

Bookmark this article and refer to it the next time a TERF stars using... Cordelia Fine... to invalidate trans people.

Which is, admittedly, what I felt you were doing in your first comment. Specifically, in how you implied there's no grey area left in science that's still determining the influences our hormones have over our emotions.

Which, as of 2024, is starting to look unquestionably real:

https://www.broadwayclinic.com/article/how-are-mind-hormones-linked-to-emotional-shifts

Hormonal fluctuations significantly influence mood, particularly with reproductive hormones at various life stages. Recognizing these patterns can be the first step toward managing mood more effectively.

Which is exactly what I've previously stated.

I have several people in my life that have likewise transitioned. I even know of someone that was born intersex, and transitioned to female in their late 20's.

Conversations with them have been enlightening, as most agree that hormones are at least a PART of the reason they too felt better about their emotional states after transitioning. To quote one in particular, "Anger juice (T) is no longer the only fuel this body takes."