Some People Are Not Fighting To Win
They are actual impediments to success against gender ideology
Dr. James Cantor is controversial, for he holds controversial views. He is also a sexologist, but I repeat myself.
Problematically, the science needed most of all in order to confront transgender ideology belongs to the scientists who study sexual behavior, so controversy is always certain. As they are the only people creating academic citations in their subject area, anyone else discussing these issues in any way must use their language and acknowledge their authority.
For example, sexologist Dr. Ray Blanchard is also controversial. He coined the term autogynephila (AGP). Anyone who ever mentions AGP on Twitter/X is citing Blanchard. Thus any person who tweets “you are a bad person who supports AGPs because you cited Blanchard” is a hypocrite, for they themselves are citing Blanchard in order to denounce an enemy over some small, usually contrived, invariably stupid, difference.
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