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Science and Science Fiction
It has occurred to me on several occasions that we transgender people seem to have a disproportionate interest in scientific issues in general, and in astronomy/cosmology in particular. If I want to have a chat with someone who is well informed about these topics, the first place I visit is tgr. At the same time, we also seem to have disproportionate interest in speculative fiction/science fiction. I am a psychologist by training and I can tell you, there is absolutely no generally accepted rationale for these observations. Very interested to hear from others with possible explanations. Veronica
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Interesting observation Veronica. I have been interested in astronomy and cosmology since childhood, I used to read Sir Fred Hoyle, whom I must assume is gone to the big observatory in the sky. My interest still flourishes, I have a Celestron 8 inch Cassegrain scope, not used as much these days; it’s too bloody cold in Canberra. I have a solar filter, allowing solar observations, for sunspots and transits. Also interested in what makes people tick, including myself.
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Well that makes three of us so far!. But I’m sure many more out there .
Ive mentioned my interest in astronomy in my profile and have loved science and science fiction since I was very young . I also have a special interest in chemistry as that has been my career.
veronica I suspect you are on track for finding a greater sprinkling of science or IT or engineering carreer backgrounds amongst people in this community or at least those with an interest in these fields. Interst in music in general I suggest is another charactersitic of Tg folk.
there might be a Ph D for someone who can elicit further correlation with people in the TG community and their careers/interests
will be interesting to see others contribute to this topic
Cheers
Caroline
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While I’m not an engineer myself, I am aware that the incidence of transgender behaviour amongst engineers and IT types is disproportionate. I’m speculating that the relationship between the interests we are discussing and transgender is not a universal one; i.e. it’s not all points on the transgender dimension that are correlated with these interests, but it’s something to do with the “fluidity” of gender, and the fluidity of ideas. Speculative fiction and cosmology/astronomy is about crossing boundaries, flowing across them, and so are transgender interests and behaviour.
V x x
PS Liz; one of the reasons I moved to the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne is that there is less light pollution, so even my woossy telescope can pick up Jupiter and Saturn quite easily
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Oh dear I am an engineer too. Trying to get as many girls as i can into STEM lol.
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Getting more girls/gurls into STEM is a seriously good idea anyway Sara
V x x
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Pardon my ignorance ladies, but wot’s STEM??
Caty
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Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
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Speaking of engineers. Obviously there were a lot of male engineers working on the American space programme and moon landing and, considering the data we have as to the proportion of engineers who cross dress, it was suggested that there could have been a lot wearing feminine underwear during the moon landing.
This was first brought to my attention in the classic bio on cross dressing, ‘A Year Among The Girls’ by Darryl G Raynor. 1968.
By the way, if anyone is interested, this book still seems to be available on Amazon. -
Mmmm interesting… So as well as Neil Armstrong being the first Man on the moon he could also have been the First Crossdresser on the Moon?
“One small step for a man One giant leap for a Tranny” could have been appropriate
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So long as his stiletto heels didn’t pierce his moon boots.
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STEM…. Oh, that explains why I failed year 11 maths, physics and only got a bare pass for chemistry…
.BUT!!! Given the amount of stuff I’ve posted on TGR may explain why I passed English!!!!… -
Years ago I worked on an executive planning body with 8 engineers (I was classified as a social scientist). When I was asked for an example of the kind of work social scientists do, I mentioned the research into the incidence of transgender identification and behaviour among various professions. A long period of silence followed V xx
