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The Psychological Reassurance of Conscious Control
This chapter explores the psychological reassurance people find in attributing events to conscious control rather than chaos. Topics discussed include sexual orientation acceptance, COVID-19 origins, complex systems, body positivity, intersexual competition, attraction towards transgender individuals, modern dating, irreversible surgeries, factions within the LGBTQ+ community, and the normalization of cosmetic surgery.