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Changing your gender/sex is unnatural
however
score: 14
It really depends on your definition of "natural". By some quite common definitions of "natural", almost nothing a human does is natural.
1 fallacy reported.
Fallacy Of Red Herring
Other things being unnatural is irrelevant to this argument
fuzzydunlop
6 supporters.
however
score: 13
So what ? (Is-ought fallacy)
however
score: 8
Natural=/= right or wrong Rape is natural but wrong Adopting a child is unnatural but right
2 fallacies reported.
Irrelevant Conclusion
This is has nothing to do with right/wrong
laisse
The argument isn't about right/wrong
fuzzydunlop
9 supporters.
because
score: 5
If the definition of natural is existing in nature and not made or caused by people, then changing one's gender is not natural because it is directly caused by people via a sex reassignment surgery.
but
score: 2
communication over Internet is unnatural too
but
score: 1
Is anything humans do unnatural? We are a product of nature, after all.
but
score: 1
Does it need to be humans in this context? Certainly many other animals change their gender at some point in their life.
however
score: 1
So are most lifesaving treatments, this does not mean we should stop preforming them.
but
score: 0
Just because something is unnatural doesn't mean it's bad. The premise is an example of Appeal to Nature bias.
but
score: -1
People change sex in many cases because the are uncomfortable with the imposition of gender roles upon them. These gender roles are themselves an artificial construct and are unnatural.
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Seeing as these gender roles have no "natural" basis, arguing this makes no sense.
1 fallacy reported.
Fallacy Of Red Herring
A possible, unnatural reason for changing gender does not determine whether the act of changing gender is natural or unnatural
chiron
1 supporter.
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