I read some of your previous posts on this topic, and this was by far the clearest one. I finally know what your position is![1] And I think it’s correct. Thanks for spending the time and effort to argue for the truth, even in a hostile environment. I think it’s an important question that due to being politicized has become very hard to think about.
Also, though it was very long, I liked learning about your story and found it enjoyable to read.
Of course, this is a niche topic—if you’re not a male with this psychological condition, or a woman who doesn’t want to share female-only spaces with them, you probably have no reason to care—but there are a lot of males with this psychological condition around here! If this whole “rationality” subculture isn’t completely fake, then we should be interested in getting the correct answers in public for ourselves.
(It later turned out that this whole “rationality” subculture is completely fake, but I didn’t realize this at the time.)
Well, I’m a man without this psychological condition that is part of this rationality subculture, and I have been interested in this question and the correct answer to it for the last few years[2], and I have recently found Phil Phil Illy on a podcast, and began to read his book when it came out. I’m one counter-example, I’m sure there are more (look at the positive reception this post is getting even though it’s extremely long!). So, sure, this ‘Rationality Subculture’ has shortcomings, and sometimes it fails, but It’s not just fake.
I took this as confirmation of my expectation that alleged “autogynephilia” in women is mostly not a thing—that normal women appreciating their own bodies is a qualitatively distinct phenomenon. When she didn’t know what I was talking about, my friend mentioned that she also fantasized about being a hot girl. After I went into more detail (and linked the TVTropes page), she said she didn’t understand why anyone would want boobs.
Once, when I talked to a female friend of mine, the conversation steered into whether I would want to have boobs, I was perplexed by her even suggesting the idea that I might want boobs, as they seemed incredibly uncomfortable. But she liked having boobs so much that she said that I’d die to have boobs. So I gather from that that there are women who appreciate their bodies to that extent.
I read some of your previous posts on this topic, and this was by far the clearest one. I finally know what your position is![1] And I think it’s correct. Thanks for spending the time and effort to argue for the truth, even in a hostile environment. I think it’s an important question that due to being politicized has become very hard to think about.
Also, though it was very long, I liked learning about your story and found it enjoyable to read.
Well, I’m a man without this psychological condition that is part of this rationality subculture, and I have been interested in this question and the correct answer to it for the last few years[2], and I have recently found Phil Phil Illy on a podcast, and began to read his book when it came out. I’m one counter-example, I’m sure there are more (look at the positive reception this post is getting even though it’s extremely long!). So, sure, this ‘Rationality Subculture’ has shortcomings, and sometimes it fails, but It’s not just fake.
Once, when I talked to a female friend of mine, the conversation steered into whether I would want to have boobs, I was perplexed by her even suggesting the idea that I might want boobs, as they seemed incredibly uncomfortable. But she liked having boobs so much that she said that I’d die to have boobs. So I gather from that that there are women who appreciate their bodies to that extent.
It’s entirely possible you have written your position clearly before and I just missed it.
Admittedly, not enough to do a proactive deep dive research project. More like waiting for clues to come to me and then follow them.