The term ‘Gaslighting’ has crept back into American culture after being resurrected from the 1944 film Gaslight.
For those not in the know, this particular movie is about some bad guy (Charles Boyer) who tries to drive his wife (Ingrid Bergman) insane by telling her the same lies over and over again.
Originally penned in 1938 by British novelist and playwright Patrick Hamilton, the whole notion of shoving lies into people’s faces until you believe them is as old as humanity itself.
Case in point would be Nazi Germany’s Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda) Joseph Goebbels. As seen in the video at the end of this article, we hear of Goebbels’ own words translated into English as to how powerful the power of propaganda truly is.
Fast forward to 2023.
Public schools in this nation have left the mediocrity train station a long time ago. Some states are dumping basic math and basic reading skills as requirements for graduation. The various teachers’ unions are now in a race to the bottom.
Even the reliably Leftie The Atlantic opined that the recent Common Core rule that explaining why 2+2=orange triangle is perfectly acceptable is in all reality, “Unnecessary at Best, Encumbering at Worst”.
Personally, I can think of no better example of cultural gaslighting than by that of the Left attempting (and succeeding) in convincing the more gullible that any given man or any given woman who suffers from Gender Dysphoria.
According to the Left, just because a guy thinks he’s a gal, he is (and vice versa).
As once penned by JM Barrie, “Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough.” That line was used by Barrie in his work of fiction, Peter Pan.
So, let’s start at what the American Psychiatric Association (APA) defines as Gender Dysphoria;
“…psychological distress that results from an incongruence between one’s sex assigned at birth and one’s gender identity.”
I may not be a psychiatrist, but I am aware that there are men who have more than a few feminine attributes, and that there are women that have more than a few masculine attributes.
Amazingly enough, neither consider themselves to be anything other than male or female (sarcasm off).
I’ve met women who enjoy power lifting, none of them want to get their gynecological organs hacked out. I’ve even known a couple of guys who enjoy Broadway musicals. None of them want to be castrated or have a penectomy performed.
So far, I haven’t heard of any given individual or group claiming that the chromosomes they were born with are now somehow to be considered as birth defects. But it’s early… give it time.
By the way, if “gender is invented by the
white patriarchy,” then why is “gender affirming surgery” so important?
Anyhow, what does the APA state concerning delusional behavior? Keep in mind that the information I found was under the heading of schizophrenia (emphasis mine);
- Psychosis refers to a set of symptoms characterized by a loss of touch with reality due to a disruption in the way that the brain processes information. When someone experiences a psychotic episode, the person’s thoughts and perceptions are disturbed, and the individual may have difficulty understanding what is real and what is not.
- Delusions are fixed false beliefs held despite clear or reasonable evidence that they are not true. Persecutory (or paranoid) delusions, when a person believes they are being harmed or harassed by another person or group, are the most common.
Now we come to exactly what the political Left is up to.
Here’s what Marxist-friendly HelpfulProfessor.com is telling the world is at least the most current list of all the different genders.
But I would like to note that while some of these I’ve never heard of, many actually made me laugh out loud. I also consider then all synonymous with both psychosis and/or delusional.
- Agendered people do not have a gender. They are considered genderless or gender free and do not fit on a masculine-feminine spectrum.
- Aliagendered people are neither male, female, or agendered. They are people who experience a gender identity that does not fit on the masculine-feminine spectrum but nonetheless feel a gendered identity.
- Aporagender people are those who do not identify with any specific gender. They may feel that they have no gender, or that their gender is undefined. This can be due to a variety of reasons, such as feeling like one does not fit into any existing gender categories, or feeling like all existing gender categories are equally valid and none stand out as feeling more ‘right’ than the others.
- Bigender people experience two genders, either simultaneously or at different times. These genders can be any combination of male, female, agender, etc.
- Demiboy is a person who identifies as partially male. They may feel that they are neither fully male nor fully female, or that they are a mix of both genders. Demiboys may or may not undergo hormone therapy or surgery to change their bodies to match their gender identity.
- Demigender people are those who identify as partially male or female. They may feel that they are neither fully male nor fully female, or that they are a mix of both genders.
- Demigirl is a person who identifies as partially female. They may feel that they are neither fully male nor fully female, or that they are a mix of both genders. Demigirls may or may not undergo hormone therapy or surgery to change their bodies to match their gender identity.
- Gender Apathetic is someone who does not strongly lean towards identifying with one gender or another. Furthermore, they are often apathetic (or non-commital) about their attraction to one specific gender, meaning they are often bisexual.
- Gender Fluid may fluctuate between genders, or they may feel like they are a mix of both genders. In one context, they may identify more strongly as male, but in another context, they may identify more as a female. It is often very much context dependent and may change over time. This is different from being bisexual because gender fluidity is about gender identity, not sexual orientation.
- Gender Neutral does not identify as either a man or woman. They may have a non-binary gender identity, or they may simply not identify with any gender, and reject the dualistic thinking of the male-female binary.
- Gender Nonconforming does not identify with the traditional gender roles assigned to their biological sex. They may
- Gender Questioning is someone who is exploring and questioning their own gender identity. This may be a person who is unsure if they are transgender, or it may be a cisgender person who is curious about what it would be like to experience life as the opposite gender.
- Gender Variant is someone whose gender expression does not conform to traditional ideas about how men and women are supposed to look and behave. This could be a person who simply expresses their gender in a creative or non-traditional way.
- Genderqueer is a term that describes people with non-binary gender identities. Genderqueer people may identify as neither male nor female, or they may identify as a mix of both genders. They may also use gender-neutral pronouns such as them/they, ze/hir, or xe/xem.
- Intergender is a term used to describe people who have both male and female characteristics, or who fall somewhere in between the two genders. Intergender people may identify as neither male nor female, or they may identify as a mix of both genders.
- Intersex describes people who are born with genitals or other sex characteristics that do not conform to normative definitions of ‘male’ or ‘female.’ Intersex people may choose to identify as male, female, or non-binary.
- Maverique is a person who defies traditional gender roles and expectations. Maveriques may identify as being of their own gender, but not male or female. Unlike other classifications, maveriqes are not agendered as they believe them to be of a distinct gender that does not fit on a spectrum of male-female. They are often creative, independent thinker, and non-conformists.
- Neither are people who identify as being of neither gender generally do not wish to be placed on a traditional gender spectrum or may identify as a third gender. ‘Neither’ as a gender designation is regularly used as a catch-all category on government forms for anyone who is not cisgendered.
- Neutrosis was a gender identity first described in 1995. It is made up of the French terms neutre, meaning “neutral” trois meaning “three.” It is used by people to explain that they are of a non-binary unidentified gender or no gender at all.
- Non-binary is a term used to describe people who do not identify as exclusively male or female. Non-binary people may identify as being of multiple genders, no gender, or a third gender. Non-binary people may also use gender-neutral pronouns such as they/them/their.
- Novigender can be used to describe people who find it difficult to describe or understand how they experience gender. Novigender people may feel like their gender is ever-changing or hard to pin down.
- ‘Other’ is a formal classification people can select on gender forms to indicate that they do not fit into a binary gender construction. It is often used on official government forms, similar to ‘Neither’. People who identify as ‘other’ may also feel as if there is not a word to describe their experience of gender.
- Pangender is a term used to describe people who identify as multiple genders. Pangender people may feel like they are a combination of genders, or that their gender is constantly changing. It is often used to mean “all genders”.
- Polygender is a gender identity which refers to feeling multiple genders simultaneously or over time. Polygender people may feel like they are a combination of two or more genders, that their gender changes over time, or that they have no specific gender. Like many other non-binary identities, polygender is often seen as falling outside of the traditional.
- Third gender is a concept in which individuals are categorized, either by themselves or others, as neither man nor woman. It is also used to describe those who do not fit into the traditional genders of male and female. Many non-western cultures have embraced multiple genders, undermining the cultural notion that there are just two genders.
- Tom and Dee identities are those of people assigned male or female at birth, respectively, who identify as the opposite gender. For example, a person assigned male at birth who identifies as female would be considered a Tom identity. Likewise, a person assigned female at birth who identifies as male would be considered a Dee identity.
- Transgender describes people whose gender identity does not match their assigned gender at birth. Often, we simply write Trans* (with an asterisk) in order to be more inclusive of all transgender people, including trans men and trans women.
- Transmasculine people are people who are AFAB (assigned female at birth) but identify as masculine (they may be a masculine woman). It is used as a term that’s more specific than trans*, which could describe a wide range of gender identities.
- Trans Man is a person who was assigned female at birth but identifies as a man. Trans men may or may not go through surgical transitions or take medications so their body matches their gender identity.
- Trans woman people are people who are AMAB (assigned male at birth) but identify as a woman. They may or may not go through a surgical transition.
- Transfeminine people are people who are AMAB (assigned male at birth) but identify as feminine (they may be a feminine man). Note that feminine and female are not the same, where feminine is a collection of behaviors while female is a gender identification.
- Transsexual is a term used to describe someone who has undergone a surgical transition to change their physical appearance to match their gender identity. This could include things like chest reconstruction (top surgery) or vaginoplasty (bottom surgery). Not all transgender people choose to have surgery, and not all who do identify as transsexual. The term is often considered outdated and offensive by many in the transgender community.
- Transsexual Female is a person who was assigned male at birth but has transitioned to live as a woman. This could include undergoing surgery and/or hormone therapy to change their physical appearance. Not all transgender women identify as transsexual, and not all transsexual women undergo surgery.
- Transsexual Male is a person who was assigned female at birth but has transitioned to live as a man. This could include undergoing surgery and/or hormone therapy to change their physical appearance. Not all transgender men identify as transsexual, and not all transsexual men undergo surgery.
- Trigender is a gender identity that refers to people who experience three genders: male, female, and something else that is neither of those two. This third gender can be a combination of both male and female, somewhere in between the two, or something entirely different. Trigender people may identify as any combination of genders, including but not limited to: agender, bigender, genderfluid, or pangender. Not all trigender people experience the same three genders in the same way.
- Two-Spirit Females are often women who identify as having both a male and female spirit. In Canada, they’re often acknowledged in the acronym LGBTQI2S+. Check with the two-spirit person for the culturally appropriate way in which they define themselves.
- Two-Spirit Male are men who identify as having both a male and female spirit. This term (as with two-spirit female) often differs depending on the Native American culture, remembering that there were a wide range of cultures in existence before colonization. Therefore, it’s important to ask the two-spirit person how they would like to be identified.