Smith’s Transgender Delusion

[natina]

Smith’s Transgender Delusion

The women’s college unwittingly undermines the 'transgender moment.'

For the better part of a year, Smith College has been telegraphing that it would soon accept transgender student applications. On Monday, the women’s college flung open the curtain on its new admissions policy. And whether it realizes it or not, Smith has inadvertently done a great deal of damage to the idea of transgenderism. Indeed, Smith’s new official transgender policy suggests that, at least in some cases, the “trans” idea is merely make-believe.

Smith begins by insisting that it is still a women’s college and arguing that its new admissions standards do not change this character, but merely reaffirms the mission “in light of society’s evolving understanding of female identity.” The school then goes on to issue three separate directives about transgender persons:
(1) The college says that beginning this year, “Applicants who were assigned male at birth but identify as women are eligible for admission.” This suggests that Smith takes the idea of trans identity seriously—which is to say, that a man with male chromosomes and male physiology who says he is a woman is, in fact, a woman. If you take this position as a matter of principle, it means that one’s gender identity is an immutable, though internal, truth. This truth isn’t based on science or DNA, but one’s belief. Under this worldview, a person truly is whatever sex they say they are. Which is fair enough.
(2) Smith doubles down on this idea of the reality of transgenderism by saying that it will not accept trans females—that is, women who say they are men: “Smith does not accept applications from men. Those assigned female at birth but who now identify as male are not eligible for admission.”


https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs...on_939935.html

[KellyKlaymour]

The college says that beginning this year, “Applicants who were assigned male at birth but identify as women are eligible for admission.”

“Smith does not accept applications from men. Those assigned female at birth but who now identify as male are not eligible for admission.”

So what's the problem exactly?

Sounds like they're open to accepting women (cis and trans) into their womens' college, but not men (cis and trans)?

[ilovelamp]

So what's the problem exactly?

Sounds like they're open to accepting women (cis and trans) into their womens' college, but not men (cis and trans)?

The point the article is attempting to make is directed at the section after that which you quoted, which essentially says cis women who later come out as trans men will still be allowed to attend the university, thus confirming that a change in gender must merely be a "delusion."

But the reality is that the article is going through a lot of trouble to try and indicate that a more flexible expulsion policy (they won't kick people out whom they've already admitted), is the same thing as saying gender identity is immutable.

[KellyKlaymour]

I think you're grasping at thin air here honestly.

If a [now ftm, male identified] student has already been going to this school, nearing graduation, and is comfortable themselves as well as the staff and student populous - so what? You'd rather Smith kick him to the curb?

It's great that they're accepting trans women in now, that should be celebrated - not picked apart for pettiness.

[ilovelamp]

I agree with you. I was criticizing the article for being petty.

[KellyKlaymour]

I agree with you. I was criticizing the article for being petty.

Apologies, I thought you were siding with it lol. Glad we're on the same page

[christianxxx]

I thought this was Buddy Wood's new movie starring 3 ball Smith lol