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@Thought Art I was not saying that female who shave are pedophiles, nor was I saying that pedophiles are bad. But being unable to see women with facial hair as women sounds to me like some form of normalized pedophilia in our culture. Hairless women in terms of humans are I think an invention of the modern times, how would the came women shave themselves? They have existed for more years than us, so technically humans should be used to this, as stage orange often argues with other things (that suit their ideology). I agree that this idea is artificial, because it is definitely not natural.

@hamedsf Are you saying that a woman I would not marry is not a woman? @vladorion What about a moustache? Or the thing in the video?

@vladorion So many women have it as they age. It is super common, but they shave it.

@PurpleTree I am not assuming you are talking about romantic interactions, so I will try to provide a different perspective. I have definitely felt this fear, especially recently. As I aged, I realized I am growing in size, I can seem very serious and even scary. This usually fades when a person gets to know me more, but still, I do not assume people perceive me as friendly and chill straightaway. I guess it is not a big problem, but maybe you care about other people's comfort. You might fall into the trap of overthinking this. I think it will always inevitably keep happening, even if you try very hard, but you can certainly make progress by trying to see the world through the other person's eyes.

@hamedsf As women age, it becomes clear to them that they too have facial hair. This idea that women never should have facial hair is kinda like... pedophilic? I don't know. Imagining these girls who are teenagers and adults as having to be perfectly shaved, small, cute faces... Only kids are like that. Even though this idea is unnatural, it is normalized by our culture and therefore also perceived as natural.

@hamedsf Nah man, you just generalized your limited experience to all of people who look like you and now you are justifying it further by not thinking about your epistemic bias.

@hamedsf Sleeping is not about attaining knowledge. Epistemology is about knowledge, not sleeping.

@Tboy would they have issues with that?

@Sigitas You mean moderation? What do you mean by what you wrote?

@Loba That sounds interesting, good luck in finding the truth.

@Loba Thanks. Do you think masculine/feminine are necessarily the starting/ending points for all genders, or are they just as basic as others?

If you want to improve the forum, make high quality posts.

@puporing I understand what you mean, good point!

Hello everyone, I just wanted to share this here, because I am so excited. When I came back home from India for Christmas, my younger brother told me it is about time we buy our parents something for Christmas. I asked myself what kind of Christmas gift can we buy to increase their awareness about politics. I asked my brother when we were in a bookstore, why dont we buy them a book about LGBTQIA identities? He agreed and we found an amazing collection of short stories about homosexuality, bisexuality, binary and nonbinary transgender, and even aromantic and asexual people by 11 Czech authors called "Všechny barvy duhy", which means "All Colors of the Rainbow". Even before I went back to India, we all read one of the stories about a girl who went on a "date" with a 50 years old guy who later showed up to be her mum. This was before we went to sleep, it was a really nice experience to read something like that before sleep as a family for bonding. However, after I left, my mum, who is a Czech and German teacher, told me, that she taught her class this short story and that they really liked it. Some of the students reached out to her and asked where they could buy the book. I think including queer literature can help people question and find their authentic self. I am really proud of my mum for doing this, the Czech education system and basically most of the education systems are rather conservative and they do not use literature to advocate for conscious politics and local political problems this way. I thought this would be an interesting post to show how Christmas gifts can create positive impact on the world and how one can be an active citizen and a political activist even through a 9-5 job. Let me know what you think about this, share your similar stories and communicate with your families and friends about how they could implement this lesson in their career life and family life.

@Abdelghafar I am glad you differentiate between asexuality and mental illness. I don't know why would it be any issue that you do not currently want to be in a relationship. It is fine, you mentioned you do not have issues attracting women, I do not know about men. I guess you are not repressed in your sexuality either, you do not seem like it. Why would you spend more time here? Do not feel pressured by this community or Leo. Listen to yourself, reclaim your own authority. But hating people could be an issue, talk to someone about that.

What about intersex and nonbinary? Do they have their own energy or whatever?

What if you tell them you are looking for a partner, is that what you are doing?

@Johnny Galt That's interesting, I kinda get you now. Where is the spectrum on the yin yang? I understand there is like the duality and both poles have some part inside them from the other pole, but is that really a spectrum?

Please don't use spiritual symbols and ancient texts and religions and whatever else to justify your biased binary views. Transphobia is against guidelines and denying somebody's true identity can be really harmful to them. You are not being liars or bullshitters for accepting that gender is a spectrum rather than a yin yang.

Watch your own bias, making something easier does not mean it is true. That is an epistemic mistake. If a trans man/woman does not express their authentic self, of course it will make their dating life easier. Dating as cis is easier than dating while trans. But they are living in a lie. (unless they are not expressing it out of fear of being killed or hurt, which is understandable.)

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I second that at 16 you lack a lot of wisdom. And I am speaking from a place of being 18 and I still think in just two years, you are missing so much wisdom. I agree, sometimes old people like Nahm can be stubborn, but trust me on this.

@Jon_Bundesen Have you heard about UWC?

If you wanna refine your values, perhaps you could look for some high school programme that would give you scholarship and allow you to travel abroad? That's what I did in 11th grade and I do not regret it, it really shaped my view and changed my life choices.

The party is over, no more justifying racism here.