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287. Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality | Helen Joyce

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Embrace Temperament Beyond Gender

Temperament varies significantly across individuals, showing that biological sex does not strictly determine personality traits. A considerable percentage of boys may exhibit feminine traits, such as heightened compassion and a preference for interpersonal connections, while some girls can display masculine characteristics like competitiveness and emotional stability. These observations challenge traditional gender norms and highlight the nuanced continuum of temperament, suggesting that gender should be understood more in terms of individual temperament rather than rigid categories, as there are established measurements for temperament that effectively distinguish between male and female interests.

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