fwiw if I were were CEA’s health team I would phrase this as “although they are a small minority we have occasionally come across accusations which were as far as we could tell false” or some such. I’m not sure what can be gained over nitpicking over the exact number—this is going to vary from place to place
I think the “don’t want change” faction is a good deal smaller than the “we would like time to digest and decide what changes seem like a good idea and what typical problems actually look like (given how heterogeneous EA is) and how to make these changes while keeping some aspects of the culture we find valuable” faction
(also, as a trans women, I’m going to have to raise an eyebrow at “men and AMAB”—i think the actual risk factor is hormones fwiw but...
ed: you know what I think these are “rape by envelopement doesn’t count” numbers, which exclude the overwhelming majority of rape women commit. these are regrettably just what a lot of official sources will give you
my reading on this is EA/rationality has quite a few people who are very well informed and thoughful and like to geek out about this stuff, although culturally not quite the same as you and also more than a few people (and I say this while still saying I have much respect for the guy) who should read something on this topic by someone not named Scott Alexander
I think you’ll find varying views on this, some people talk about how trans female upbringings/ability to assimulate to the local “male” culture are in many ways different to baseline cis men and there is a lot of truth in this as well, certainly the median pretransition trans woman is probably several sd less assertative than the median cis man.
I guess I’m nonzero of a biodeterminist of this because of things like sex drive being pretty different, I don’t think this necessarily implies a pessimistic viewpoint on this. People who steal cars are more likely to like cars, but presumably there are other character traits that cause people to steal cars and we don’t throw up our hands and say solving car theft is impossible
ok I guess trans women are more likely to be in very sexually open subcultures, unclear if this helps or harms
(in general I endorse the style guide for a lot of this stuff being ‘cis men are like so, cis women are like so, i have no idea what trans people are like’ instead of guessing)
fwiw if I were were CEA’s health team I would phrase this as “although they are a small minority we have occasionally come across accusations which were as far as we could tell false” or some such.
I’m not sure what can be gained over nitpicking over the exact number—this is going to vary from place to place
I think the “don’t want change” faction is a good deal smaller than the “we would like time to digest and decide what changes seem like a good idea and what typical problems actually look like (given how heterogeneous EA is) and how to make these changes while keeping some aspects of the culture we find valuable” faction
(also, as a trans women, I’m going to have to raise an eyebrow at “men and AMAB”—i think the actual risk factor is hormones fwiw but...
ed: you know what I think these are “rape by envelopement doesn’t count” numbers, which exclude the overwhelming majority of rape women commit.
these are regrettably just what a lot of official sources will give you
ed2: an explanation https://thingofthings.wordpress.com/2015/02/28/346/
this has updated me strongly towards “I would personally not trust you if I were to report a sexual assault”)
my reading on this is EA/rationality has quite a few people who are very well informed and thoughful and like to geek out about this stuff, although culturally not quite the same as you and also more than a few people (and I say this while still saying I have much respect for the guy) who should read something on this topic by someone not named Scott Alexander
I got a lot out of archive binging Ozy Brennan’s blog (probably helpful to search by tags eg sex positivity, feminism)
https://thingofthings.wordpress.com/
https://thingofthings.substack.com/
I think you’ll find varying views on this, some people talk about how trans female upbringings/ability to assimulate to the local “male” culture are in many ways different to baseline cis men and there is a lot of truth in this as well, certainly the median pretransition trans woman is probably several sd less assertative than the median cis man.
I guess I’m nonzero of a biodeterminist of this because of things like sex drive being pretty different, I don’t think this necessarily implies a pessimistic viewpoint on this. People who steal cars are more likely to like cars, but presumably there are other character traits that cause people to steal cars and we don’t throw up our hands and say solving car theft is impossible
ok I guess trans women are more likely to be in very sexually open subcultures, unclear if this helps or harms
(in general I endorse the style guide for a lot of this stuff being ‘cis men are like so, cis women are like so, i have no idea what trans people are like’ instead of guessing)