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Transgendered. Insane or Misunderstood?

I personally feel transgender individuals are...


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Also, something to consider. Just because someone is deceptive in one aspect of their life, does not mean, conclusively, that they will be deceptive in another. Should a person who is a diligent, responsible, productive, and valued worker be fired because they cheat on their spouse?
 
One of my professors is a transsexual.

What?? That can't be!
Jallman just posted statistics which allege that 100% of transexuals are homeless, unemployed, and on welfare, and only 5% of them have high school diplomas.
:roll:
 
A transsexual should not be eliminated from these jobs just because of their situation. This condemns them before they are found guilty. If, of course they are found to act out illegally or in ways that could harm their job choice, consequences should be levied...as they would if anyone had these issues.

This is precisely the point I was trying to address. By saying that transsexuals are not fit to have certain jobs is borderline discrimination.
 
A conversation I'm having in the education forum has spawned an interesting question. How do you view transgendered people? Now, this isn't asking how society should treat them only how you personally view them.

With complete apathy.
 
Um... I'm gonna have to call bull**** on those stats.
Who among us has not had a transexual neighbor, classmate, or coworker?

*raises hand*

Is knowing a transsexual actually a common thing in larger cities? :confused:
 
*raises hand*

Is knowing a transsexual actually a common thing in larger cities? :confused:


In Chicago and Tucson, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting one.
 
*raises hand*

Is knowing a transsexual actually a common thing in larger cities? :confused:

I'm inclined to say yes, if that city is LA.

I've met transsexuals in some of my classes, as classmates, as speakers for my classes, and as a professor. I've also had a co-worker who is a transsexual. All in LA. Granted, you'd find just about anything in LA. ;)
 
Um... I'm gonna have to call bull**** on those stats.
Who among us has not had a transexual neighbor, classmate, or coworker?

*raises hand*

Is knowing a transsexual actually a common thing in larger cities? :confused:

I, too, have never met one. Estimates on the prevalence of transsexuals varies amongst cited sources from 1:1500 to 1:100000. Most place the figures at 1:10000 sexually reassigned males and 1:30000 sexually reassigned females.
 
Care to elaborate?


Sure. I don't CARE if someone is transgendered, transsexual, in drag, sex-changed, metrosexual, homosexual, bisexual, straight, polygamist, or if they get all weird with barnyard animals.

So long as all humans involved are consenting adults, who gives a damn? This is America, you have the GOD-GIVEN RIGHT to get your monkey on in whatever strange and depraved manner you see fit.

Having someone tell me they're really a guy under those boobs, or that they are gay, or whatever, is like telling me they're left handed. I honestly couldn't care less. I see some sick **** at work every day, so I tend to not give a damn about the harmless stuff.
 
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Um... I'm gonna have to call bull**** on those stats.
Who among us has not had a transexual neighbor, classmate, or coworker?

Me. Well not to my knowledge.

Paul.
 
*raises hand*

Is knowing a transsexual actually a common thing in larger cities? :confused:

There are hundreds in my city.
I suppose they cluster in certain places: New Orleans, Austin, Berkeley, San Francisco... probably New York, Chicago, LA.
 
I'm sick of personal attacks from you.
I have reported your post, and suggested to the administrative team that some effort be made to address your baiting and your lack of substantial contribution to any discussion, ever.

I'm not sure why you're here, why you'd think that this is a reasonable expenditure of your time; hanging around an internet forum where your only contribution is "I just don't know what to say", or "Pathetic, isn't it?"

I cannot fathom how utterly bereft of meaning your life must be, to consider this sort of low-key trolling a valid use of two and a half years of your life.
It's unbelievable that you've been here since March of 2006 and have yet to contribute anything of value to these boards.

I would seriously suggest that the administrators examine the entire body of your contributions to this forum, and contemplate whether or not your so-called "input" is something that we actually need here at DP forum.
That's quite amazing coming from you.
 
That's quite amazing coming from you.

I believe you were asked to stay on topic.

This is a worthwhile topic of discussion.
Perhaps you have some thoughts or feelings on the matter of transexualism that you'd like to share with the rest of us?
 
Depends on the definition of transgendered. I've seen some fairly loose definitions that would include a wide variety of folks. I'm sure some of them are nutty as all hell. Others probably fair pretty well in the world. A gay guy who dresses up as a woman and sings disco ditties occasionally at a club for fun isn't necessarily mentally unstable. Then there are those rare folks who you can't even tell if they're a man or a woman and yet they seem completely oblivious to any sort of gender issue in regards to themselves.

So who knows?

I'd have to evaluate them individually to come to any conclusion with merit. I don't imagine they're some homogenized group.

Plus I can't relate, at all. So how the hell could I ever even pretend to know what's going on in their head and how mentally stable or unstable they are?
 
Although once they start chopping off their bits then I start getting all judgmental and thinking they're bat**** insane.

But I think that about women who have themselves cut open to insert flotation devices as well.
 
In my city, a pre-op/ post-hormone transgendered man (with breast implants) ran for mayor in 2000.
In 2004, he and another transexual individual (post-op) ran against one another for mayor.

I'm not saying either one of them came close to winning. But they did better than one might expect.
 
Although once they start chopping off their bits then I start getting all judgmental and thinking they're bat**** insane.

But I think that about women who have themselves cut open to insert flotation devices as well.

Exactly. An obsession to mutilate one's genitalia to make it fit some pretend perception of oneself is an obvious mental disturbance.
 
Half the men on MTV in the 80's looked transgendered. Then there's also that weird period in history when all them men seemingly wore elaborate wigs complete with bows and what not.
 
Exactly. An obsession to mutilate one's genitalia to make it fit some pretend perception of oneself is an obvious mental disturbance.

Again, you could have chosen better words here, Jallman.

Transsexuals do not have an "obsession" to "mutilate" their genitalia, and it most certainly isn't "some pretend perception of oneself." This last quote just explains to everyone how you misunderstand Gender Identity Disorder (whether purposefully or not, I'll let you be the judge). It isn't a pretend notion.
 
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Again, you could have chosen better words here, Jallman.

Transsexuals do not have an "obsession" to "mutilate" their genitalia, and it most certainly isn't "some pretend perception of oneself." This last quote just explains to everyone how you misunderstand Gender Identity Disorder (whether purposefully or not, I'll let you be the judge). It isn't a pretend notion.

I chose exactly the words I intended to use because they are the words that most accurately describe the issue.

If the bits and pieces are male and the sufferer of Gender Pretend Disorder wants them to be female, it is make believe because the bits and pieces are still male until they are surgically mutilated to fit the pretend perception the sufferer of Gender Pretend Disorder has of itself.
 
Exactly a dickless man is not a woman. Big fake tits are big fake tits. Pretend was the perfect word choice.
 
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