Thursday, October 26, 2006
Brave New World
I've always been sceptical of things like sex-change operations. I mean just how is it possible to say that someone born one gender is in fact a different gender? Let's face it if someone is born and they appear different by some arbitrary standard which someone has set as the "norm" how do we know it's soemhow wrong as opposed to merely evolution at work.
If years ago we'd blindly stuck to some recognised norm then today, we'd still be monkeys in the trees.
My view has always been OK let people do what they want, so if someone wants to have a "gender reassignment" fine provided they are compus mentis and they pay for it, however we should not pretend it's somehow about a medical condition or treatment. Modern society makes it harder to form lasting relationships, the ease with which divorce is available undermines the security of any marriage which in turn affects all relationships. Given this, it's not surprising that some people have problems, if you've got problems them you might seek advice and some people will go to so called professionals such as doctors.
The Times tells us here and here about a Dr Reid who has it seems been advising his patients to have "gender reassignment". He is now up before the GMC, one patient has said: "I find life very difficult because I don’t want to be female any longer. I am not gay and I will never be able to have a full relationship with a female again, and I don’t want a relationship with a male.
I get very confused whenever it comes to even simple things such as choosing which conveniences to use. It is very hard."
How can this be? Surely he was suffering from a recognised medical condition, he was surely really a female, "gender reassignment" could only have improved things. The fact that this sort of thing happens shows us firstly (which we already knew) that people are susceptible to stupid things especially at low points in their lives (when else will you go and see a psychiatrist?). Secondly it casts doubt on whether there can be any medical condition involved at all. What of successful "gender reassignment"? Well could it not just be that other things in people's lives got better anyway and they've attributed it to the "gender reassignment" when in fact their lives would have improved anyway?
My view is that "gender reassignment" is really about controlling people, by attempting to ensure that there are no certainties in life socialist forces (if I may paraphrase my little Toni) attempt to establish control over individuals and over families. If you cannot be certain about what gender you are, something which you are clearly born with then how can you be certain of anything at all. George Orwell didn't consider the potential of "gender reassignment" when writing 1984 otherwise no doubt Julia would have ended up becoming a man, and not just for the present but for the past as well. Just as in 1984 insidious forces ensured there were no certainties in life in order to ensure control, today liberal socialist forces attempt to ensure the same thing to achieve the same ends.
If years ago we'd blindly stuck to some recognised norm then today, we'd still be monkeys in the trees.
My view has always been OK let people do what they want, so if someone wants to have a "gender reassignment" fine provided they are compus mentis and they pay for it, however we should not pretend it's somehow about a medical condition or treatment. Modern society makes it harder to form lasting relationships, the ease with which divorce is available undermines the security of any marriage which in turn affects all relationships. Given this, it's not surprising that some people have problems, if you've got problems them you might seek advice and some people will go to so called professionals such as doctors.
The Times tells us here and here about a Dr Reid who has it seems been advising his patients to have "gender reassignment". He is now up before the GMC, one patient has said: "I find life very difficult because I don’t want to be female any longer. I am not gay and I will never be able to have a full relationship with a female again, and I don’t want a relationship with a male.
I get very confused whenever it comes to even simple things such as choosing which conveniences to use. It is very hard."
How can this be? Surely he was suffering from a recognised medical condition, he was surely really a female, "gender reassignment" could only have improved things. The fact that this sort of thing happens shows us firstly (which we already knew) that people are susceptible to stupid things especially at low points in their lives (when else will you go and see a psychiatrist?). Secondly it casts doubt on whether there can be any medical condition involved at all. What of successful "gender reassignment"? Well could it not just be that other things in people's lives got better anyway and they've attributed it to the "gender reassignment" when in fact their lives would have improved anyway?
My view is that "gender reassignment" is really about controlling people, by attempting to ensure that there are no certainties in life socialist forces (if I may paraphrase my little Toni) attempt to establish control over individuals and over families. If you cannot be certain about what gender you are, something which you are clearly born with then how can you be certain of anything at all. George Orwell didn't consider the potential of "gender reassignment" when writing 1984 otherwise no doubt Julia would have ended up becoming a man, and not just for the present but for the past as well. Just as in 1984 insidious forces ensured there were no certainties in life in order to ensure control, today liberal socialist forces attempt to ensure the same thing to achieve the same ends.
Tags: socialism, control, freedom
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.
