Monday, October 23, 2023

Abnormal

Yesterday one of the young members of the group said she didn't mind being referred to as abnormal which I took a bit of an exception to likely because I grew up with so much stigma. Not only is "normal" a moving target, but numerous people have something about them that makes them a statistical abnormality.

People are dyslexic, lactose intolerant, chronically depressive, alcoholic, bipolar, epileptic and so on which makes them part of a minority among the larger population. Taken as a whole, this means that a big chunk of the population is in some measure abnormal.

Thus if we use it in the sense of belonging to a statistical minority then yes okay point taken. Transgender people are indeed born abnormal.

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