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Malaga Airport at 35

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RoyalCorgi · 14/10/2024 09:50

I wanted to give this thread the correct title, and then remembered it's a term we're not allowed to use on Mumsnet.

A trans woman academic called Anne Lawrence has written an article about a certain three-letter acronym.

https://annelawrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/autogynephilia-at-35.pdf

What's interesting about this article is that Lawrence freely admits that Malaga Airport exists and that is the underlying motivation for much male-to-female transition. Lawrence notes that many "trans positive" people furiously deny that the three-letter acronym exists.

Lawrence naturally also attacks feminists who disapprove of Malaga Airport.

I wonder if this open admission about the existence of the three-letter acronym might backfire. It certainly doesn't fit nicely with the heartrending "trapped in the wrong body" narrative used to win over the general public.

I am mildly amused by the fact that Lawrence's three references all refer to work by Lawrence. It seems appropriate under the circumstances.

https://annelawrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/autogynephilia-at-35.pdf

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RoyalCorgi · 14/10/2024 11:03

Bannedontherun · 14/10/2024 10:55

According to Blanchard this condition is the underlying source of gender dysphoria, within the heterosexual cohort.

He also seems to misunderstand ROGD, and who it applies to.

Yes, that was a strange part of the article. When we talk about ROGD we're talking almost exclusively about teenage girls who suddenly believe they're boys. I imagine that is a cohort that Lawrence isn't the slightest bit interested in.

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Bannedontherun · 14/10/2024 10:55

According to Blanchard this condition is the underlying source of gender dysphoria, within the heterosexual cohort.

He also seems to misunderstand ROGD, and who it applies to.

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RoyalCorgi · 14/10/2024 10:50

There's a strong element of "saying the quiet part out loud", isn't there? I wonder if all the people who are stalwart supporters of trans people on the basis that they are the most oppressed group ever would feel so comfortable if they knew that the motivation for many is being sexually aroused by the thought of themselves as a woman.

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StrongFemaleCharacter · 14/10/2024 10:42

Bring it out into the open as a sexuality. Let people see what it really is about.

Toseland · 14/10/2024 10:22

I won't write what I posted on Ovarit about this article as I probably can't say it on here.
But this bit "...essentially harmless sexual orientation..."
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They can't even see all the women and children who have been harmed, myself included.
These men are truly disgusting and to think of all the people and huge corporations supporting these men over and above women and children - it's shocking.

StillAtTheRestaurant · 14/10/2024 10:18

Poor Malaga Airport will be very confused when they get their Google alerts!

Bannedontherun · 14/10/2024 10:16

He also argues that it is a sexuality which should be accepted in society as normal as homosexuality.

He thinks it should be taught in schools, and the condition should be justification for puberty blockers etc in adolescents.

And that those with the condition who “misbehave” in women’s spaces should be given therapy.

not sure how society in general can accommodate a sexuality that only exists in someone’s head.

off article to say the very least.