Let’s say I, a middle aged cis man went to my doctor, wanting gender affirming care, and my doctor wanted to provide - what, if anything, would the treatment/care consist of? Just making sure my testosterone level was up to Hegseth-approved standards?

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    13·
    2 days ago

    By definition it doesn’t have to be a caricature. But the comment argues against a point I never made, that is a straw man argument.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

    The typical straw man argument creates the illusion of having refuted or defeated an opponent’s proposition through the covert replacement of it

    • chewypoops@lemmy.world
      11·
      14 hours ago

      If you’re citing logical fallacies on Wikipedia, you have lost the argument. You’re not even citing the right one.

      Also, your original argument was wild, and makes little sense at face value. You pretty much said that boob jobs were just a way to affirm gender-related beauty standards for women, but somehow isn’t gender affirming care, because only trans people get to use those words. That is just entirely wrong, and I have no idea how you reached the conclusion that gender cannot be affirmed unless you are trans… Everyone has a gender, and gender can be affirmed. There is healthcare available to do it.

      You’re just arbitrarily gatekeeping terminology because you, personally, have only heard it in one context until today. That’s a you problem.

      EDIT: Oh no, you posted the link three times, and a mod removed one that included the cringiest rant I have ever read. Buddy, log off. You were wrong. Cope better than this…

    • Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.org
      21·
      2 days ago

      Lol refuting a different argument it’s a red herring fallacy, also know as “false clue”. A straw man is responding to a caricaturized and weaker version of the opponent’s argument.