The common view is that women on average accomplish less (in areas which are publicized) because they are, from the moment of their birth, held back by society, or at least not encouraged to excel in any visible fields of endeavor. Logically, I would assume that this applies less to trans women, depending on their age at transition, and also whether they “pass” or not. Therefore, accomplishments by trans women should maybe not be seen as being as inspiring as should similar accomplishments made by people who were treated as women from birth.
(Similarly, I would therefore logically assume that accomplishments by trans men are treated as less inspiring than they maybe ought to be, since, compared to non-trans men, trans men accomplished things despite having lived through more years of society treating them as women.)
Of course, this focus on men/women/trans is diverting us all from the topic at hand, which is cool Minecraft stuff.
I'm more impressed she's 19 years old. We truly have a new generation of some awesome people.
She is transfem though, which is not that rare in hacker community.
Another one of those riding the fine line between genius and insanity.
Does it matter? You said that like she's not a woman
The common view is that women on average accomplish less (in areas which are publicized) because they are, from the moment of their birth, held back by society, or at least not encouraged to excel in any visible fields of endeavor. Logically, I would assume that this applies less to trans women, depending on their age at transition, and also whether they “pass” or not. Therefore, accomplishments by trans women should maybe not be seen as being as inspiring as should similar accomplishments made by people who were treated as women from birth.
(Similarly, I would therefore logically assume that accomplishments by trans men are treated as less inspiring than they maybe ought to be, since, compared to non-trans men, trans men accomplished things despite having lived through more years of society treating them as women.)
Of course, this focus on men/women/trans is diverting us all from the topic at hand, which is cool Minecraft stuff.
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