..and the topic becomes even more complex when we get into to what extent society ought to recognize and accommodate differences.
It's not complex at all. There is already a legal machinery in place for how we accomadate differences. It's called obeying the law. The rest is tribal garnish.
The terms and phrases you use are quite loaded in presenting differences as negative and that acknowledging such differences is to 'inflict' them upon, and 'mentally enslave', those to whom they don't apply.
Those terms are only contreversial to those propagate the notion that it's okay to compell a person to accept the material reality of something that is observably false.
..and "the whole movement" can't be characterized in the manner you present, given that there is substantial variation within it. Also, doesn't autogenophilia essentially reduce identity to feelings of sexual arousal? That is rather limiting...and AFAIK, research in that domain doesn't suggest that concept explains all trans reality, but I am certainly not well versed on that topic (or trans topics in general). I would say that many suggest that identity begins to develop well before 'arousal' comes into play, so I'm not sure how useful it could be if someone where to try to use it to explain all trans reality.
You misunderstand me: I'm asserting that the enitre movement is based on a false premise. I can prove that a dude isn't a chick, and can never be a chick. What the "movement" is saying is the opposite.
There is no middle ground to 2+2=4
You are correct in the sense that autogenphilia, pedophilia, depression, psychosis, autism are also some of the issues that are co-morbid with people who suffer from dysphoria. But the way in which society acts to tackle the differences and troubles that anorexics face doesn't take precedence over your objective material reality. That would be insane if it did. We treat anorexics as best we can. We never enable them because it will be harmful to them. as harmful as giving a child puberty blockers or exposing them to gender theory.
Some of this goes well beyond the topic at hand though...the question is to what extent we might acknowledge and accommodate trans 'realities' as a society instead of just laughing at or dismissing them (and the broader topic of how we 'value' certain realities over others, or how we assign positive, neutral, and negative value to differences).
Morgan Ogre is trans activist in my country. This dude had a rape crisis centre for actual woman defunded because they wouldn't allow men inside them with the women who had been raped. The he went on twitter and gloated about it. This dude has held political office, and his actions were allowed and even lauded by the provincial governent.
The extent that we are forced to acknowledge and enable the delusion of a trans person has already been codifed into our society.
I also wonder why so many people only look at the fringe/extreme end of any movement instead of taking a closer look at the topic to flesh out the substance from the rhetoric and the people who 'go too far'. It might be easy to roll our if someone stands up in a huge meeting and freaks out because gender-neutral pronouns are not being used or who thinks everyone should use pronouns in their profiles or email signatures...THAT amounts to the 'inflicting' and 'mentally enslaving' onto others that you caution against. But that is looking at the extreme end and doesn't really account for why would be overtly mocking those who choose to do those things or explain why someone doesn't choose to try to understand the issue instead of laughing at it and labelling it 'stupid'. There is a middle ground.
Because the whole issue is an extreme issue. A trans teacher trying to tell my niece that she might be a dude would be a HUGE issue for me, my niece.... and consequently that trans teacher. A trans person not revealing he's a dude to me if I was going to have sex with them would be a serious problem for me, and
most especially for that transperson.
Being compelled to acknowledge another persons material reality is an immensity. If you don't believe me then try making a muslim eat pork ribs during Ramadan. Go explain to a child who hates vegatables that it's candy. Go scream at a lesbian who refuses to entertain the idea of having sex with a mediocre dude in a dress- cause he's a lesbian right?
As said before I've talked to a few transpeople. I play their likkle passion play and even use their pronouns. However no amount of twaddle can convince me that I'm talking to a woman when it's really a man. My senses scream what that person is to me. I can choose to be polite, the same way I can be polite to someone who is mentally retarded. Still doesn't mean I'm gonna eat poo because he said it's chocolate.
There is no issue to be understood here except that no person should be compelled to tiptoe around how another persons dyphoria manifests itself, nor should anyone be forced to show any reverence or deference to the cosplay of a mediocre male.
