Defining a person’s sex identity using decontextualized “facts” is unscientific and dehumanizing.
Stasis Theory: A claim of value, evaluate morals based on the use of science in present day society.
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In other words, there is no such thing as “the male brain” or “the female brain.” This is not to say that there are no observable differences. Certain brain characteristics can be sexually dimorphic: observable average differences across males and females. But like biological sex, pointing to “brain sex” as the explanation for these differences is wrong and hinders scientific research.
Genre: The author writes in a scientific commentary style. Throughout the article they are constantly not just summarizing the research, but giving commentary and critiquing scientific errors. This type of genre generally aims to challenge misinformation and persuade readers as a call to action.
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The real world consequences are stacking up: the trans military ban, bathroom bills, and removal of workplace and medical discrimination protections, a 41-51 percent suicide attempt rate and targeted fatal violence . It’s not just internet trolling anymore.
Exigence: The real world changes in policies and increase of hate crime was a primary motivator for the author writing this text. They highlight that this has been a longstanding issue with specifically the scientific community critiquing the existence of being transgender, though the "real world consequences" drove D Sun to write about this issue.
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June 13, 2019
Context: The article was written fairly recently. During a time where we continue to see lots of criticism on the the transgender community especially by those in the scientific community. This was also during a time where we saw a large amount of activist as a response to harassment from the general public. The article was written as a response to all the chaos during this time.
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the science is clear and conclusive: sex is not binary, transgender people are real. It is time that we acknowledge this.
Purpose: The author hopes to persuade readers to acknowledge the scientific evidence behind being transgender. That the false, outdated science that is often brought up shouldn't be used to justify "transphobia." To have people acknowledge transgender people are real.
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So, no matter what a pundit, politician or internet troll may say, trans people are an indispensable part of our living reality.
Audience: The intended audience is a pretty wide variety of readers. From what I could gather, by D Sun constantly challenging popular belief of those who believe trans people aren't real the intended audience is those who disagree with D Sun. However, the audience also uses advanced language and scientific terminology which targets past and present scholars in science based fields as readers.
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Contrary to popular belief, scientific research helps us better understand the unique and real transgender experience. Specifically, through three subjects: (1) genetics, (2) neurobiology and (3) endocrinology. So, hold onto your parts, whatever they may be. It’s time for “the talk.”
Subject: The article looks to challenge the popular belief that science discredits the idea of being transgender. Instead, D Sun uses recent scientific evidence to prove that trans people are real and it is not necessarily a choice.
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By Simón(e) D Sun
Author: Simón(e) D Sun is a doctoral candidate at the neuroscience institute at New York University. It's also important to note that they are a non-binary transwoman and activist, so they have first-hand experience with the topic in the article. The work was published originally in the Scientific America's former blog network. It's noted that the views written are those of the author not necessarily Scientific American as it was originally a blog post.
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