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- How exactly does gender work? It's not just about our chromosomes, says biologist Karissa Sanbonmatsu. In a visionary talk, she shares new discoveries from epigenetics, the emerging study of how DNA activity can permanently change based on social factors like trauma or diet. Learn how life experiences shape the way genes are expressed -- and what that means for our understanding of gender.
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I really would have liked to have heard more about the gender/brain differences, differences in development etc. This seemed too scattered and "fluffy".
Yup, am not having much luck finding sources on that.
The fact they are trying to conflate gender with biology...while for years the same people screamed gender is a social construct.
Sorry, the pissing on my leg and telling me it's raining modern approach to science gets me really annoyed.
@@hunterG60k Check the footnote at the TEDTalk
Check the footnotes at the TEDTalk
Because that's what pseudo science is... scattered and fluffy.
Regardless of gender, this life is for loving, sharing, learning, smiling, caring, forgiving, laughing, hugging, helping, dancing, wondering, healing, and even more loving. I choose to live life this way
You're an amazing human. I'm happy you are alive right now. Thank you.
@@fred7883 Says the person denying biology
And it's also for telling the truth.
Why can’t there be a classification for transgender women and men of their own? If my daughter wanted to transition, I would support her and address her however she decides. But I see this more as addressing a social construct of fitting in one way or the other. It clearly is not one way or the other. My Concern is that the dialogue is attempting to fit a square peg into a round hole, and undermining woman’s reproductive health. We have different reproductive organs and biological responses and needs because of that. I think males and transgender also have a different set of medical needs pertaining to their sexual biology as too. This need to fit in and be accepted socially under this context, is dangerously stepping into genetic modification territory or creating an ambivalence towards the reality of female specific medical,
as well as mental health that is inclusive to all genders.
Right. Even God /Jesus says above all else treat others how you want to be. To not judge and yo simply speak the truth.
Yet most excluding people are religious and doing the opposite.
"At work I wear a rainbow bracelet. Sometimes it raises eyebrows but it also raises awareness." This is so true! I love the way she worded it... 💚💚💚💚
This is my second favorite ted talk of ALL time. And I binge watched like all of them during 2020😅
Karissa Sanbonmatsu, thank you for your knowledge, your intelligence, your humor, your compassion and your strength of character. I'm glad I found your TedTalk. You are beautiful, through and through!
If it's true as one transgender writer stated that :
"gender assignment is based on an (false) assumption
that someone’s genitals
match their gender.
However, gender isn’t about someone’s anatomy,
it is about who they know them self to be. "
Then how can someone "transition" to a gender they already are?
Unless, transitioning means changing the appearance of anatomy and intermittently overriding biochemistry with injections.
In that case, why would someone change their anatomy when
"gender isn't about someone's anatomy,
(genitals matching gender in the binary view)
it is about whom they know
themself to be metaphysically."
Changing the appearance of anatomy is
giving in / conforming,
to the binary viewpoint, (since "anatomy does not correlate to gender")
Changing / injecting hormones is giving in / conforming to the binary viewpoint as well.
Depression often occurs when the individual looks back and realizes that they went to all that effort and surgical pain to accomplish nothing but conforming to the non-trans viewpoint that anatomy does (need to) correlate to gender. They are now marching to the beat of the enemies' bigoted and transphobic erroneous viewpoint.
This is great information to know. I support many transgender friends. It really isn't easy. I commend the speaker for her bravery to stand up and be heard. I'm interested in hearing more about the science part. Thank you for sharing this personal information. Have a nice day 🌼🌸🌻💐
Yo! Allies are awesome; keep it up. :)
(And have a nice day too.)
In a sense, it's easy (in at least three or four countries), with regards to rights and so on. It's beomcing much 'better' to be gay, black and female, or transgender than the rest of us in a number of nations. In many states in the US, for example, transgender people have more rights and even opportunities due to 'equal outcome' agendas than I do as a white, straight, male in England. More so since I just lived in an extremely Muslim city and had fewer rights than they did according to the local governing body. Of course, they still have a harder life than I do from the average member of the populace (judgment and such). However, moving into the 2020s in West Europe, Aussieland, and North America, I would not call it bravery at all since there will be little fear or risk, so, there is nothing to be brave about.
@@TheClassicWorld As much as the government's make efforts to give trans people better opportunities, this hasn'tj given them nearly an equal playing field.
The murder rate of trans people, particularly trans women and even moreso for black transwomen is increasing from the shockingly high rate it already was.
It comes across that way in the media that minorities are "getting it better" but much of it is merely efforts to improve things as it's so challenging for most of us in minorities, or its tokenism to give the illusion of equality.
I recommend having a look at interviews with trans people by valid, major sources, many will tell you of the hardships they endure.
@@TheClassicWorld I'm sorry to hear about your challenges with where you live. All should be treated equally!
In terms of transgender people, unfortunately their rights are often up for scrutiny, where I live in Australia, much of the members in government are denying the scientific evidence and current laws in place for trans people and are threatening in one of their own words to "destroy the lives of transgender people"
This is no one fault but those saying it, but just wanted to share this to spread awareness of the hardships many are facing that the media doesn't often cover. And sadly, this is partially due to many not understanding transgender people and the science behind it and find it difficult to accept.
Again, this is not about you at all, just sharing how many are not willing to accept trans people
Didn’t hear any specific scientific evidence. Is this still being worked on?
Thank you so much for this talk. You are brilliant, brave, beautiful and a total inspiration! :) Thank you for expanding our understandings of humanity
I hope you're not looking for suicide. Well, be yourself whatever it means, you're not just a woman or man you're a human.
Gender is psychological not biological period. It really is that simple.
I guess doctors are now learning pseudo-science then ??
are those two things really separate?
Very very clever way to break this down . Obviously only tid bits on the top of this ice Berg, but that's exactly how people learn, now you're curiosity's peeked! Down the rabbit hole you go!! 😊
That was his intention, to brain wash you
A transgender woman struggling to define the biological markers for gender, you say?
TED heavily edits comments left on their website. I'm wondering if they allow contrary points of view at their YT videos.
They do, because it's TH-cam policy they have to respect. Otherwise they would delete these comments as well. They are very intolerant and do heavy censorship. The same people who claim they are open and "liberal". As most of liberals, they are actually dictators, but pretend to be nice until they gain power.
@@cinegraphics Its not about censorship.
@@atthehops if deleting comments that do not agree with their ideology is not censorship than what is it...and what IS censorship then? The definition of censorship is: the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security. NOTE: politically unacceptable. Then again the definition of woman is quite simply: adult human female so what do I know.
she's very very wrong about how memory works in the brain
and also that all of the cells of the body are broken down and then remade - neurons break down but are not remade. You have the maximum number of neurons AT BIRTH. Memory centers in the brain do produce some new neurons throughout life, but less than 0.1% of your total neurons are new/post birth.
Such a great TedTalk! Thank you so much for sharing!
I love this episode. Thank you!
I need to know what nail polish is! 😍
Fantastic. I, too, am transgender. This talk is well spoken and well presented. Yoda would breath a sigh of contentment.
Let me ask you a question: Do you feel that you were born with a disorder?
join the 41% please
OK, you have the right to defend your thesis and so on, mentioning scientific data. TOTALLY respectful. But please, take into account that the same "science", repeated here, also might bring opposite conclusion . IN FACT , scientific data, concepts and standards chosen here supported as a whole, a minoritary point of view according to the scientific community because based in relativism and inconclusive statements. For instance, is there a chromossome dIfferent than X AND Y ? This is not prejudice, it s asimple analysys and has to do with semiotics neologism , genetics and biology. OF course, this comment has also nothing to do with prejudice. It´s simply logical. Wish you all the best and God bless you. GREETINGS FROM BRASIL.
Isn't that the reason why people repeat the whole process? You can't just do 1 single experiment and develop a proper theory
"Asking what it means to be a Woman, isn't really the right Question"
That is literally the question I was hoping you could Prove.
So, science does not show there are Man Brains and Lady Brains then?
I feel like this talk is like answering an exam question with all the information you know without answering the question. If there are no biological men and women why do we have different genitalia? Why are biological females powered by estrogen and men by testosterone? I empathise with this woman's journey but still the questions remain unanswered?
That is male and female not men and women. Men and women are typically paired with these but this talk explains how they aren’t connected very much, and gender is mainly in the brain.
@@glitch7648 Yeah sounds bogus! Whilst some aspects of gender identity are socially constructed please don't insist that this follows 4 the totality of gender identity and expression. Gender is not just a performance its grounded and informed by our physical bodies, our hormones, the way our bodies change during puberty etc.
No matter what they did to their bodies…. They are still trapped in the original creation of what they are born with - very sorry for them - so trapped and confused
This is so interesting I love it! I would love to hear how gender fluid people brain develop.
A great talk.
This dude literally says nothing for 12 minutes straight
She literally explains everything, did you even watch it
@@glitch7648 yes
@@glitch7648 the gendered brain theory was debunked by lise Elliot.
“ Every one saw me as a man in a dress” mmmmmmm.... I can’t imagine why .😂
I could tell this man was a male about 0.5 seconds after i heard his voice lol
It's my natural genetic instincts, not me.
Absolutely fascinating! Bringing the science into the debate only strengthens the need to be supportive of trans & non-binary youth and reinforces the true ignorance of "anti-trans" laws that are sweeping across the Nation!
So inspiring! Thank you.
I want to be a biologist 🍁
I love this speech!
That was an incredible speech!xo
I learned more about this kind of great explanation
When I saw the thumbnail I thought it was a biological woman, but when I heard the word 'so', in the opening seconds, I thought, oh it's a transwoman
Excellent talk
Excellent talk! Kinda wish there was some info on nonbinary people and how our biology works out, but this is still really cool info.
Also, I refuse to read the comments bc I can smell the transphobia brewing as I type. :p
I love this. She reminds me of this super sweet secretary who works at my school- she calls me sweetheart and is the most wholesome person ever lol. They have the same hair, similar style, and similar face shape. They also just give off a similar vibe if that makes sense. Karissa just seems really chill and smart as hell.
I hope this helped to change the mind of some people infected with transphobia. Then again, they don't seem to believe facts- only indoctrination
Is that secretary a male?
I identify myself as an alien
Okay gleeb gloorb
Why doesn't TH-cam tag gender videos with a science page?
Because gender (which has to do with biology) is of course science?
ted is losing it man
Wow!
I have questions about birds
There are birds flying in the sky but not flapping wings
The question is why do not these birds fall?
Please post your answer to TH-cam and the web browser
Because of the shape of the wing, air takes a longer path to flow above it than below it. So it has to be distributed over a greater distance, this creates a pressure difference which pushes the wing up against gravity. There are surely other factors at play here but this is what i remember from high school.
perish
Because those are airplanes!
how does the biology of gender work for xenogenders?
iirc xenogenders are most common among neurodivergents (autistics, OCD individuals, folks with ADHD etc), who already have brains structured differently from neurotypicals
@@jackm1839 so with that, and how a lot of "alter humans" are also neurodiverse should we say being otherkin is valid?
@@kaiyodei i would say so, yeah, to a certain extent at least
Ok, but like, you’re really going to bring in an elephant, who’s more than 10 times the mass of us, and compare it to humans without regarding ratio.
Moreover brain is different from neocortex
Now a days we have to much time on our hands, so that’s why we can think about things like “I feel like a woman even though I’m a man .” Smh what this world coming to .
Why are there 2k dislikes?
Is it because she drew a few inaccurate comparisons, or do people just not like trans women?
Maybe it's because she concluded "I am a woman because I said so". I'm paraphrasing, of course
@@kindbrute4640 That's basically it. There's no scientific basis for it. Just a whole bunch of words used that have absolutely nothing to do with the matter.
A lot of issues had to be very simplified to fit into this talk, go do more research if this was interesting to you.
I haven't found any science in this ideological crap of a speech
i identify as a human, sadly.
*incel.
Me too, apparently.
Either that, or a spiritual being having a human experience, as some would say.
At the end of the day words are just sounds we make (or combinations of letters we write) to describe the world around us. We can call people who had their penis and testicles removed and silicon inserted into their chests “women,” and I’m happy to do so, but the semantics don’t change the underlying facts, for better or for worse.
I identify as a T-rex.
[Off-topic] That Yoda impression was near to perfect.
Niklas R. Time ?
@@armanimichele1846 10:47
Interesting stuff on how the DNA forms 'knots' when trauma happens so your body stops being able to produce the stress-reducing cells as much. I've never heard that and would love to know more!
Me, too! Leaving a comment to be notified when some amazing person comes along to make our day...
There are lots of TED Talks about the brain. :) Not sure whether any others touch on this one specific aspect, but you can certainly learn lots of fascinating things about the brain if you sift through TED Talks.
Also me, I had been searching for that type of information
This is really interesting to me too. Like how do the cells later learn to deal with the stress so the trauma becomes less of an issue in the mind and can be more of a background thought that's filed neatly away?
Very curious.
It's directly related to gene expression. Your cells roll up DNA around cylinders called nucleosomes. When the cell needs to make a protein (aka, the signal for stress hormones to be created and released), it uses a couple enzymes (like a helping hand) to unwind that part of the DNA from the nucleosome so it can be read and translated. It's super cool that we now know that our brains will repress transcription/translation of these molecules as a result of trauma.
Y'all just see the word "gender" and dislike huh.
Gunnar Molstad actually, it was the info provided by the she-male on stage
@@LennyBruiser she's a woman not a she-male
@@fabianshedenhelm2986 she's a male. But, being male doesnt matter.
@@LennyBruiser because it went against your opinion? Or maybe that there is biological evidence that trans people do indeed exist
Some One Jesus, another TH-cam bot.
First of all, why is she talking about genetics if she studied physics is beyond me. I know that study of structural biology is aided by techniques such as x-ray diffractometry and NMR but not all scientist can talk about anything they feel like, especially if they need to spread scientific knowledge.
The patchy pattern that she described in calico cats happens only in genetic females, meaning XX sexual chromosomes: that's because during embryogenesis in biologic females each cell decides which one of the 2 X chromosomes to inactivate since they cannot be both on and the one that is inactivated form those "knots" or Barr body.
So I'm sorry but I don't believe that differetial activation of female and male genes in her brain and her genitals, atleast, not in this sense. It is true that genital apparatus and nervous system derives from different cell line or germ layers, mesoderm and ectoderm respectively, so if there is a biological reason for gender dysphoria (or whatever you wanna call it) linked to embryo formation is probably there.
But maybe It's beacuse I'm Italian
So gender is social construct, right? And brain development of females and males is different, so what the brain structure has to do with social construct?
I'm actually looking for the answer, if you know it then please respond
There is no difference in the brain. This talk is bs. The difference in the size of regions in the male and female brains in minimal. There is much more diversity within one gender’s brains, than there is a difference between the two genders’ brains. There is an average, and that average is slightly different for men and women, but barely so. Using brain differences to determine gender would be like using hair color to determine gender, since women are slightly more likely to be blond than men. It doesn’t make any sense to do, because the difference is so small.
the simple answer is that there is actually debate about this within pro trans groups and the ones saying it is at least partly biological are right. that said, gender roles aswell as the cultural construct of gender are social cosntruct but they are built on top of a biological identity
Gender is partly social and partly biological. You can view the gender construct as a formulated 5 step manual to behave and perform which aligns with your biological instincts.
Does anyone have any science to explain things such as nonbinary?
That's what I want to know
Using science to categorise human beings doesn't have a great history of wholesome consequences....
There's no such thing.
@@dontnoablelike any diagnosis ever?
At this point, I click Ted videos on gender/race/politics just to see the like to dislike ratio hahaha
Same here. Ted Talks should just rename themselves to "Trans people trying to justify and normalize themselves to others by conflating things inappropriately and contradicting their own narratives from 5-10 years ago."
This isn't science.
Stakeaphobic Z
Yeah but see, I don’t even have that much of an axe to grind. It’s more like having to hear about how we’re all bad and everyone needs to bend the knee.
@@manifestgtr new science and showing empathy and tolerance is not "bending a knee."
This is the dumbest way to form an opinion about any topic. Only people that are incapable of autonomous thinking use this childish criterion to form their opinions and usually they end up to accept the dumbest conspiracy theories that are spread by far-right propaganda.
@@stakeaphobicz498 Comparing likes and dislikes would be a more scientific approach in your opinion? You are ridicolus.
Science is not narrative. Science is a METHOD, the only reliable method that allows our knowledge to progress, and ther's no contradiction in this. Only dumb people don't change their ideas. Furthermore I inform you that gender studies a widely accepted in the scientific community. So the only narrative here is the one your biasies against LBGTQI people are based upon.
A truckload of unproven crap.
She did not explain, she only provided support to trans people. If she is already talking about science, she should have explained what process takes place in the brain when such a problem arises. It would be nice if someone took the gender issue more seriously so that we could help people feel the way they were born, and not make them feel differently mentally.
It’s endocrine as well, before it became neurological. We had a lot of research on the biology of gender until the 1980’s were this type of research was defunded and the books taken out of publication. It’s the US Conservative party (the GOP) who did this. Reagan was the president and telling telling us all the tax cuts to the very top were going to trickle down. It never happened.
You... you realize this is a 10 minute talk on the subject and that what you're asking for in depth would like be at least a hour or 2 seminar?
Hello Madam.
Your speech was... interessing but not as a scientist perspectiv.
You asked a question and, at the end you said that, this question does not that matter...
You talk about how we can develop in our mom's womb, then talk about DNA, then talk about woman and man brain then talk about your pain and attempt of suicide...
As a presentation to share your personnal experience of being a woman (trans), it was a very beautiful and mooving speech.
As a scientist presentation it's not enough acurate...
Sorry.
The Y chromosome for humans, over the years, has lost most its information. It only holds about 50 odd genes compared to the X which holds about 600. The X is responsible for brain formation in all humans as well as many other things & the Y is responsible for genitals and sperm formation or in short, sexual reproduction in males only (all humans are neo-female at conception and males can only be produced via a specific procedure).
While there maybe some residual genes left in the Y that could hold innate information, it is far more likely that all innate information is in the X chromosome and the supposed innate differences between male and female are just 2 sides of the same X coin. There is no reason to suggest males are innately different to females when we all conform to the same X chromosome for what we perceive as awareness.
While adoption and twin studies show us some innate conditions apply (violence & aggression, drug abuse etc) ruling out Tabula Rasa, it doesn’t show how behaviour between the sexes are different.
An Australian team have found 4 genes different in transgender females compared to all other females. This is not proof of anything concrete but it is also proof that there maybe a genetic component to identity.
I think there will be so many ways we can explain the human experience & the work this lady is doing will enlighten many areas of what is and what is not innate that we may finally discover the origins of what we thought were differences, end up being different expressions of the same thing.
And she rocks Yoda!
I wish she told us more about the actual difference in the brain
Women have a bigger amygdala. And they're left brain dominant I believe but I forgot most of my neuropsychology class.
She probably didn't have enough time in just under 13 minutes, but I'd also like to learn more about different brain types.
Here's the interesting thing, suppose there are on average differences in the brain, fine, so what? Women on average are shorter than men, around 5'5" to 5'8". Suppose there's a 6'1" woman, is she a man now because she isn't the typical height of a woman? No. There's differences on average between the brains to be sure, but this suggests masculine and feminine brains not male and female. The sad thing about trans is some for example ,women,will have masculine brains, more male typical characteristics, and be attracted to certain things and exhibit certain behaviors that are typically masculine. This can lead to the realization that they don't fit in with what society expects of their sexed bodies and cause dysphoria, I shouldn't be in this body type of thinking. The presentation was kinda bad ans ignored a lot of obvious points that should have been made but I think were omitted because they didn't want to prove their points wrong
@@hitoshura2800 Yea but still doesn't justify body mutatiltion
If they discuss the real science, the theory falls apart and pharmaceutical companies lose billions.
Interesting concept, but too much gender things mixed into this lecture, I would love to see this lecture with Mrs Karissa as a lecturer but purely from neuroscience and genetics standpoint.
Too much gender things in a video about the biology of... gender?
Look at evolutionary psychology got something like that.
I imagine you could do that if you read scientific studies that she has worked on. TedTalks are created for broader audiences that want to relate and connect to what the speaker is saying, usually in terms of a common human issue or dilemma. So this causes most Tedtalks, on the subject of science, to be aimed more at the purpose of social understanding and creating relevance for the science in a non-scientific audience.
Loved the talk :)
Would’ve liked to hear more about the genetics and differences, but that may be in the future. For now, this was interesting enough ;)
I really love to see a transgender being taken seriously, it gives me courage for my own future.
Thank you ☺️
Siiiim
Yes! ❤
It's 4years later and I have finished my transition, I'm grateful for this beautiful body and everyone who made it possible ^^
@@cecillewolters1995 Yay!!! Lots of love and happiness to you 🤗😘
@@cecillewolters1995aww, congrats!! i'm happy for you :D
Awesome talk.
I am on a similar mission to understand my transgender brain.
I only recently accepted my true identity after hiding from the truth for 40 years. I am also a scientist, and have this need to understand the world around me, And now the world in my head.
There's no scientific evidence for a difference in female brains vs male brains. The differences in the sexes come from outside the head, not inside. You can act however you want as long as you don't hurt anyone.
So happy for you 🌟🌟🌟
congrats on figuring it out! and yeah, as someone studying biology and a future scientist, i completely get how exciting it is when you can apply science to your personal experiences :D wish you luck in discovering yourself in this new light!
This is awesome! I see comments that are fact checking her (and I’m not saying fact checking is bad, fact checking should happen without mercy in science) but just be sure not to dismiss her! These Ted talks are solo speakers, cut them all a break. They should serve as your seed to be interested in a topic, not your primary source to feel like you just learned all of GENder-netjcs in 13 minutes (I’m sure at least one or two or three-thousand oversimplification and Summaries were made lol) I’m also sure that they’ve been doing real science with a million computers all linked together. There’s a lot of people attacking her for letting how human she is show, maybe that is inappropriate in scientific lectures. But I would think that in her everyday life when she isn’t at work, she has to deal with the stereo types that a lot of people believe she is a man just “pretending” to be a woman. So when she has an audience who will actually listen to her long enough to know she’s educated in the science of DNA, maybe then they will look at her as a person & as a woman (not as an old man creep in a dress). Also some ppl only listen to science not compassion, so if they only see science but they don’t see the woman in her they may still think being transgender is bs. When it obviously isn’t because that woman is standing on that stage proud. There are other reasons I think that her showing herself and her story and that emotion she has and her femininity do help people’s minds absorb the knowledge, but this comment is to long and no-one cares, Anyway I thought this was incredibly interesting and also spectacular for awareness of how humans work. But what do I know... I can’t speak for transgender people I’m not one, I’m not part of any under/mis-represented group... so I don’t know her reasons ( that other reason I didn’t list more reasons 😅)
I did read the entire comment, very well stated. My goal is to be passable
I’m a bit late, but I appreciate your comment. I’m genderfluid and it’s refreshing seeing such a positive light be shown on people that aren’t cis.
why should we not dismiss her? ... merciless fact checking good, dismiss bad? why?
well your right in that she is pretending to be the that gender. men will be men forever and women will be women forever. nothing you say or do can change that fact. I don't care about your feelings
That’s not a her.. it’s a dude
Why not consider it a neurological disease as I understand it actually is and start researching for treatment than pumping hormones into kids who later on might "change their mind"?
Pumping hormones into kids? Yeah right, kids cannot make the decision to go on hormone therapy until they are 16 years old, by then they think on their own.
@@glitch7648 People who are healthy start to be mature enough to take such decisions over 20 yrs old. Its something life changing and the consequences last forever, not like dying your hair or chaning your clothes. The more you think about it and the more life experience you have, the better.
@@anonim5729 That is only 4 years away from the legal requirement. The later you do it in life, the less effect it has, so in this case it isn’t better to wait for life experiences. But they should know that it’s definitely something they want to do if they decide to do it.
@@glitch7648 Research the number of teenagers and adults who detransitioned over the last years, and you will notice it increased a lot becaused people who really have gender dysphoria are a few, the rest are just impressed by media and transgender celebrities, and that is the problem, teenagers are impressed easily by anything, they have not developed their own personality yet. As someone who detransitioned said in a video "you can not solve a psychological problem with a physical change".
@@anonim5729 People detransition because sometimes they realize that it isn’t what they want. I know people who have detransitioned and most of them kept being trans but just didn’t like having a different body. The more people that transition, the more people that detransition. Here are some statics on why people detransition: Difficulty of Transitioning: 33%, Medical Reasons: 2%, Financial Reasons: 3% and Family Pressure: 26%. Many times it really helps a trans person to fit in and feel more comfortable with their body, sometimes it doesn’t and they still feel singled out. That is because of hatred making them feel like even though they fit more into the crowd they are still wrong. But they don’t need to physically change to fit in with their gender but many think they do. Me and many of my trans friends don’t care to change our bodies.
I’m going to man up. I’m going to become the man I always have been. The one on the inside is coming out baby!!
Update: Came out as trans late 2020 :,) was hospitalized and a guy named Darren (an ftm nurse) helped me realize it.
I go by cedar now and once I move out I’m starting T!
Go get em' tiger!
Congratulations I’m so happy for you ✨💖I start hrt at the end of February mtf
congrats and i wish you well on your journey! ive been on t for a little over half a year and it was one of the best choices ive ever made in my life
Yess good for you bro 👋👋👋
watch your testosterone dose
Fascinating talk. When Karissa spoke of the disrespect shown to her, and the chuckles at the Italian talk, I just wanted to hug her. Who you are personally should not factor in to you professionally. I can't imagine the struggle, being born one gender, and knowing that's not 'you'. She's a brave, beautiful woman.
He is not a woman. He is a man. And he will ALWAYS be a man regardless what he thinks, feels or does to his body.
@@mocabe01wrong, she’s a woman 🤭
@@Egg_scrambled- you don't know what a woman is. Hint: it is not a matter of feelings.
@@mocabe01 Then i guess you have not watched the video yet
Ah pity. It was a good talk but 80% of it was either on gender or biology with little intersection between them
Powerful ending lines “I see you. And you've just seen me.” ❤️👍
She sounded like she was giving a philosophical talk rather than science talk
Well, I know too damn well why. Because this person didnt grow up as a woman in a woman's body being treated as a woman.
She can only speak about what she Thinks and imagines it's like to have a period, or what's like to be born as a woman. Like I can only theoretically imagine what being kicked in the balls feels like.
It's neither a speech inspired by experience because it didn't happen and it's not wven about science because the science isn't clear, we dont know how transgender identity happens either.
Just one mote of those "look at me I transitioned it's a super achievement please clap for me im so brave and btw I do some science stuff on the side "
She doesn't know what is to be a woman. She knows what's like to be transgender woman. And I support transgender people and issues. But this crap of pretending there's absolutely no difference between woman and transwoman then there would be no transitioning.
So what you're saying is is that because we don't know what being a dog is from experience that we can't predict or understand behavior complexes of dogs even though that's what we've been doing for centuries?
@WINNER Says the dude with AIDS spreading pro-raoe Charlie Sheen as an icon.
But no, people wearing dresses are a problem.
I agree with you... Why did she talk about attempt of suicide in a presentation about genetics and DNA and scientist definition of woman...
I would like to give her credit and support,because she seems to be a little bi shy and fragile... but, it suppose to be a scientist speech... I listen above all about feelings.
@Burnt Matches Not only does that fly in the face of current science but the more accurate analysis is that You can never become intelligent, ever. 😉
Loved your talk. So important for today's political climate. I am starting my doctorate in behavioral neuroscience this year, I look forward to reading some of your articles before then!
Wow, sha crammed a whole lot of topics in one talk.
A lot of interesting stuff, though, in-depth explanation might take up a book or two.
Because of your fake ideas does not mean it’s the truth. Just because you believe it doesn’t mean it’s real. It’s called imagination. Yalls parents let y’all play imagination too much that you got lost in la la land.
who are you to say what is fiction and what is real? i could say the same for your ideology- that they’re not necessarily true just because you believe them. the way you prove ideas is through rational discussion, and she offered up some very fair talking points.
@@jackm1839 "that they’re not necessarily true just because you believe them" is a very relevant quote in this discussion.
ppl in "most recent" are forgetting shes a doctor ;-;
That’s a dude in a dres
the people without pfp's acting like they got a PhD in neuroscience
Is it true what he/she says regarding chromosomes? I thought that being XX was definitive prove of someone being a biological woman, are there cases in which that isn't true?
absolutely- i’d love to send you research on the topic if you’d like
You’re correct but we’re not talking about biological women right now, we’re talking about identifying as a woman
@@Kali-bs7oj , it’s biological. Genes is not all there is about biology as our corporate world now wants you to belie$e. The endocrine system and stressors like environmental pollution are also involved. We had this research quite advanced until the books were taken out of publication in the 80’s and the research defunded.
„That doesn’t mean the average man is 3x dumber then the elephant. Or does it?“(1:15) Just pretend someone saying something like that using women as an example…
I love this so much! It’s extremely helpful and will hopefully become common knowledge for those of us who have never struggled with what it feels like to go through this
The concept of gender affirming healthcare has gained significant attention in recent years. We must keep in mind that this extends beyond just medical interventions and the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of transgender individuals is also just as important if not more important. Data from numerous studies supports that gender-affirming care improves the health outcomes and overall quality of life for transgender individuals. For example, there is proof that transgender youth who receives gender-affirming care report lower rates of depression and suicidal ideation and have improved self-esteem and social support. The ethics of gender-affirming care touches on the pillars of autonomy and beneficence. Following this, it is hard to deny that gender affirming is simply a basic human right. Transgender individuals already face significant barriers to accessing healthcare, including discrimination and stigma not only from the public but also from the providers. Given this issue, competent physicians are not always readily available or accessible to transgender individuals even if they would be allowing to receive the care they need without stigma. This includes the misuse of inclusive language, or lack of respect for individuals' chosen names and pronouns, and lack of policies to protect against discrimination and harassment. Ethical gender-affirming care is a critical component of providing quality healthcare to transgender individuals. It is our responsibility, as healthcare providers, to ensure that transgender individuals have access to the care they need and deserve.
Great talk! I would have liked this to be a longer talk with more information. She's a good presenter.
ucsbgirlie18 he not she.
@@tonysamos2113 no u
Elephant have bigger brains due to their size . Men and women aren’t so much different in size
Bone structure?
Did she really just say that the average man is dumber than the average elephant? Flip that and imagine a trans man (or anyone) stating that the average woman is dumber than an elephant. That’s called sexism. That’s called hypocrisy. That’s called alienating roughly half of your audience. That’s why I stopped the video, posted this comment, and then went about my evening in search of a speaker worth listening to.
why you getting mad over a joke
@@tomo_ka3040 See above. I literally just finished explaining why. Perhaps you need a demonstration.
How do you feel about the following rhetorical statement? "The average woman is dumber than an elephant. Why are you getting mad, woman? It was a joke."
Out of context, the above rhetorical statement would probably violate youtube's hate speech policy. Say the very same thing about men . . . however . . . and we're supposed to just absorb that sexism and verbal abuse? Like why would a man get mad about that? Well, for the very same reason women would get mad about it if it was said of them. Have you heard of the golden rule? It's one of the most universally accepted principles on earth.
You can veil sexism with humor. You can veil verbal abuse with humor. But sexism is sexism, whether it's framed as a joke or not. And what's good for the goose is good for the gander, unless you're just a big ol' hypocrite. Are you?
@@johnetheredge6436 bro omg you so pressed over a joke LOL 🤣🤣🤣
@@johnetheredge6436 how fragile is your masculinity
@@tomo_ka3040Lol. Oh, of course you'd say something like that. You attack my masculinity because you can't refute the points I've made here with counter arguments of your own - typical misandry. I will not be shamed into silence, because my masculinity is just fine. You are revealing yourself as a dullard, a sexist, and a hypocrite.
Now unless you're going to tell me I have a small penis next, or something else equally pointless and revealing of your own misandry and hypocrisy, I would like an answer to my question. How would you feel about, or how would our culture at large react to, a man making jokes on TV about how women are dumber than elephants? Do you think they would get "pressed" about it? Would that "joke" piss women off? Would that "joke" be acceptable? Would that make the man a target of cancel culture for making those kinds of jokes? What if other men further attacked women who found those jokes objectionable by accusing said women of being "fragile" or somehow less of a woman for objecting to those jokes? I would like an answer. Answer me.
While we're at it, here's another question for you. Why do you hate men so much?
When "we" get pregnant???? Tf is he on? No. When "women" get pregnant. You're not us. You're a man.
That is clearly a woman.
terf moment
@@user-xy9jo4lf1w I'd rather be a terf than a fucking liar, mate.
And it’s a dude.
*Understand that half the game is keeping quiet, and carefully watching those around you. %*
a "trying to prove" conversations from a person who happens to be a male then trying to be a woman
If we cannot agree on the differences that make or break our gender identity then we cannot agree on anything, but this much I do know if you can make up your own identity it means nothing. Because under the new everyone is different concept there should be 7 billion different genders and all those blocks will not fit on the doctors chart, you may feel like something else but the gynecologists' need to be a bit more specific.
I am really impressed about this speech.
U have low standards then
Only "Female neuroscientist"?
She desperately looking for acceptance from her audience. She's been through much so not holding against her. 🎉
this was kind of a mediocre TED talk... the lady seems cool and i'm sure she's a good scientist but omg does she not know how to structure a presentation. she tried to speak about general cellular function, epigenetics, her experience being trans, and a general mental health awareness message... all in a little more than 10 minutes. if she picked literally any of these and talked about them all the way through it would've been good. but this way i just learnt nothing... no hate to her, i understand how these are all connected and why she wanted to include them all but it just doesn't work :/
I find these new research areas very interesting.
@Bill Brasky What degree do you have that would suggest that you are better informed. I’m open minded enough to accept a counter view point. To suggest something is BS implies you have data that runs counter to what is being spoken here.
@Bill Brasky I’m afraid you have no knowledge of how things work.
@Bill Brasky did u just forget intersex people exist orrrrr.....
HONEST REVIEW:
The modern interpretation of gender is roughly the expression of how a person feels most comfortable expressing themselves and identifying as that gender somewhere along the gender spectrum. For that purpose I will address individuals born with xx chromosomes as female and xy as male. The comment about math is partly true although males and females on average are equally capable of solving math and logic based problems the bell curves of males is wider than the bell curve for females. The extremes for males extend further than the extremes for females, so there are more males capable of understanding the highest level of mathematics than there are females. on the flip side there are more males completely incapable of understanding the most basics of mathematics than there are females. so it goes both ways men tend to be more spread out along the curve of mathematics understanding.
As to the question what makes a woman a woman? my answer would be "If the patches of the brain determine your gender, but the patches can be influenced and changed by external forces then there seems to me to be very little consistency and very great variance in what these parts are. So trying to claim that you can prove your gender based on something that is varying and inconsistent in your own head never mind the billions of other people in this world, is lacking in a stable roots." How we define things matters and making gender a spectrum means that 99.999% of people will not land on the absolute end of spectrum man or women.
As a scientist you should not care what people think of you but more of what they think of you work and theories. if you have credible work you will be given credit.
PS: the Yoda vice was good, but he would not say "a Jedi mouse must feel the force flow" he would say something more along the lines of "the flow of force, a Jedi mouse must feel"
I wish you the best of luck with your studies and future talks. thumbs up for open talking and listening about issues and not just yelling declarative statements.
Uuuhh.. but that's a man...
It’s hard to take this serious when it’s coming from a person with an Adam’s Apple
this is the funniest comment i've read in a while you know everyone has an adams apple right? also... do you seriously judge people's expertise on a topic they're talking about based on their body parts?
@@darkacadpresenceinblood I base the legitimacy of an argument by how biased the presenter of that argument is.
@@dexgrease5820No you don't or you wouldn't have posted a biased comment lmfao
Just be yourself real physically and mentally and respect the instruction in the bottom of your heart!
Wearing a crucifix won't save your soul, my man.
I sympathize with this man - confused and confusing other… so sorry to hear his pain
I think everyone will know without being told.