Trans Athletes Should Not Compete

[@honeyedboba]

clicked on the title because i didn't know if i'd get the worst video of my life or a hidden gem. glad i got lucky, you're very respectful and genuine and all you're trying to do is have a discussion, not spread hate. btw, would love to see your videos grow and improve. video sound was a little quiet, not sure if you were aware or not and if it's something that could be fixed or not!

[@eleanorphoenix]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video:) I'm fairly new to KZbin so I'm still trying to get a hang of editing, recording and all that. Will get better eventually !

[@Aelfswythe]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts in such a well researched and respectful way! I've felt similarly to all the things you said, especially about the children undergoing surgeries at such a young age. It is so sobering and we need to listen to the experiences of those who are detransitioning because we have no other foundation of experience/wisdom to draw from to know the consequences of these kinds of modern gender choices.

[@Danimal77]

Eleanor, I applaud you for being logical and going against the current day liberal narrative and I agree with everything you said with exception to men being inferior as leaders. Women tend to be less assertive, less decisive, less aggressive, less solution oriented and more emotional than men and thus, historically is the reason why all great leaders of the past were men. That is not to say that women can't lead, but as the work force demonstrates, women who do lead encompass far more typical male personality traits to be successful in their roles as leaders/bosses.

[@eleanorphoenix]

I agree that women are usually less assertive because we are taught to be that way, however we are definitely not more emotional. Men and women feel emotion equally because we are both human. Men just tend to show their emotions in a different way, ie through aggression and violence. And I don't think men are inferior as leaders, I think men and women have different strengths that we can and should play to when we are chosen to lead. Men tend to lead with more rigor whereas women lead with compassion and empathy. We saw this very clearly during the pandemic when female-led countries outperformed male-led countries in the protection against the virus. Also, the major reason why the great leaders that we know of in history are male is because we are not often taught about the great female leaders of the past, eg Cleopatra VII, Wu Zetian, Joan of Arc, Catherine II, Eva Péron, Indira Gandhi, etc. Also, due to the patriarchal societies during history it wasn't often allowed or socially acceptable for women to be leaders.

[@Trisstunes]

Hi, I have some thoughts: puberty blockers and hrt are actually life saving, given the rate of self harm in the trans community and the documented effectiveness of gender affirming healthcare at decreasing rates of suicide in trans ppl also, puberty blockers have been proven safe for teens/kids. Puberty resumes once blockers have been stopped, and preventing the onset of the wrong puberty in trans folks can be immensely helpful in preventing serious mental health issues from dysphoria There's actually not any trans women dominating in their sports. The only story I know of is the trans boy who was made to wrestle girls in high school, which is exactly the opposite of your argument. If you've made it this far, thanks for reading. Peace from your local internet trans girl 💜

[@eleanorphoenix]

Puberty blockers have been proven to be safe to use to treat precocious puberty but the longer you use them past the age of 14 the higher the risk of several health conditions such as osteoporosis, infertility, etc. It is also a myth that puberty blockers are 100% reversible. And it is not ethically sound to allow children to make make permanent life-altering decisions. Children cannot consent to HRT or gender-affirming care in the same way that they cannot consent to sex. And considering the fact that more and more detransitioners are speaking out against gender-affirming care under the age of 18 proves just that. People are also more likely to detransition if they started transitioning during their teenage years.

[@eleanorphoenix]

And there are trans women dominating in sports: Lia Thomas is a great example

[@eleanorphoenix]

1819news.com/news/item/fda-adds-new-warning-to-commonly-used-puberty-blockers www.stopitnow.org/ohc-content/why-permission-from-a-child-or-underage-teen-doesnt-count t.co/MwXWDJZyVX These are just a couple sources I can cite, I have more if you need them

[@okaywhatevernevermind]

It takes a real woman to say trans women are not female 💜 I love your channel and I fully agree with everything you said 😊

[@CartoonsWeAre]

Wonderful video, and I have great respect for you! Just wanted to let you know about something. I would put certain things you said slightly differently. I would indeed call trans women female, and trans men male. What makes them different to cis men and women is the fact that their sex doesn't match their gender. And here's what I mean by "sex" and "gender". When I say "sex", I refer to the external body characteristics, and when I say "gender", I refer to what is also sometimes called "brain sex". As you said in your video, it is a very true fact that men and women have brains that are structured differently. A trans woman is someone born with a female brain, but a male external body. A trans man is vice versa, and an enban (that's a term for a non-binary person) is someone who could be born with either a male or female external body, but their brain is structured to be somewhere in-between male and female. As a result, an enban may be bigender/duosex (having dysphoria that makes them desire a mix of male and female sex characteristics) or agender/nullsex (having dysphoria that makes them desire neutral sex characteristics). According to one study, it's also possible for someone with a brain structured as bigender to experience more extreme hemispheric switching than most, thus making them involuntarily feel they're a man one moment, and a woman the next, or maybe even non-binary at times. This could perhaps make that person feel genderfluid, although genderfluidity may also be caused simply by fluctuating dysphoria. All in all, what I'm trying to say is that a lot of people conflate gender (brain sex) with gender roles, which makes them in turn say that gender is simply a social construct. Gender ROLES and the idea of a binary are indeed social constructs, but gender is an unchangeable neurological reality. Sex is currently able to be changed through medical intervention to make it align better with the person's gender. Of course, not all trans individuals are able to get medical intervention, or at least all forms of it. One may be held back by money, health conditions, personal safety from prejudiced family, fear of needles or surgery, dissatisfaction with the current quality of medical procedures, the list goes on. Just because someone can't medically transition (or even socially transition in some cases, such as due to it not being safe enough for them to come out to someone) doesn't make them any less trans. They still have the brain of what they identify as, and they desire to have a body to match it. If someone says they would never transition at all, regardless of circumstances, it unfortunately calls into question whether or not they are indeed trans. Perhaps they're instead what we call "gender non-conforming", meaning they don't follow all the social customs their culture expects of their gender. You could be called gender non-conforming, due to what you talked about in your video, about not shaving. I'm a woman who's very much a gender non-conformer! I really wish more people would treat me in the way they usually do men. It's unfair the way I'm expected to do or not do certain things simply because of what most other women tend to prefer. However, I'm more than comfortable with my female body, and don't feel transitioning would help me achieve what I want. (Before anyone gets mad at me for talking about trans stuff when I'm a cis woman, just hold up and I'll address that properly in a moment.) What I've just described is a political view known as transmedicalism. Sorry this comment was so long, but it had to be due to the shocking amount of misinformation and even disinformation being spread about the movement. Many view it as hateful, but usually only because they have an incorrect idea of what it's really all about. Many falsely believe it's anti-nonbinary, or that it claims you're not really trans if you don't transition, regardless of your circumstances. These are NOT mainstream views within the movement. They are held only by extremists, or radmeds (radical transmeds), such as the notorious Blaire White. Blaire has muddied the name of all transmeds, when really what most of them believe is simply that being transgender is based around neurology, rather than gender being purely a social construct. If it really were nothing but a social construct, having absolutely nothing to do with how the brain is physically built, I doubt the concepts of masculinity and femininity would be nearly as widespread across the entire globe as they are today. I hope all this makes sense. To sum up, if I were asked by the conservative Matt Walsh, "What is a woman?", I would answer, "Someone with a female brain, and usually also a female body, though certainly not always." When Walsh posed that question to random people on the street, many were completely stumped! If they couldn't define a woman as someone with a womb and breasts, then what indeed was a woman? This widespread lack of clarity is behind so many of today's problems revolving around trans rights. People are hesitant to let trans women enter female-only spaces, due to it seeming as if people are simply choosing to be women, when really that's far from true. Trans women are real women. It's just that they've been born with male bodies that don't match their female brains. I'm a bisexual cis woman who's deeply interested in the debate revolving around transmedicalism, as well as other forms of LGBT exclusionism. (I don't want to speak over trans people, I really don't. It's just that transmedicalism is currently not well known enough. When a significant number of trans people are on public platforms, speaking about transmedicalism, I'll shut up.) I genuinely want to make the world a better place for everyone. I don't want to hurt anyone, but sadly lots of people are impossible to not offend when trying to fight for trans rights by defining what transness is exactly. People are so desperate to be as inclusive as possible, that they're stretching LGBT terms to breaking point, making them start to lose any meaning. And they need to have clear meanings if we intend to end bigotry by informing potential bigots of the truth about minority groups. I've watched your video about why you left the "woke left". In it, you talked about how minority groups often get silenced by those who prioritise political correctness over moral correctness. A similar thing is happening here, where transmeds are being ostracised from trans spaces (usually online), and many people are too afraid to dare hear the movement out, in case they are seen as a bigot. It's reached a point where to suggest that even just one person might not belong in the trans community is automatically seen as transphobic, no questions asked. If you'd like to learn more about transmedicalism (also sometimes called the Truscum community - there's debate over whether or not this term has a different definition), I highly recommend a KZbin channel called Godless Snowshoe, as well as the r/truscum subreddit and its sister subreddits (stay away from the r/transmedical subreddit, as that's full of radmeds). It's a tricky business researching the movement, as there's so much toxic hatred towards it, so I highly recommend checking out the resources I just listed to find out what these people actually believe, rather than what they're believed to believe, if you know what I mean.

[@eleanorphoenix]

Hey! Thank you for your comment, I'll have a look into the communities and channel that you mentioned. I might even make a video about it if I find that there's useful information that needs a bigger platform. Enjoy the rest of your day!

[@CartoonsWeAre]

Wow! Thanks for such a speedy reply! And thank you also for taking an interest in what I was talking about. I admit it was a lot of information to take in. I'll definitely be checking out more of your videos!

[@contested8738]

Well explained ❤️❤️

[@eleanorphoenix]

Thank you 😊