be living a world constructed around gender, like not around biological sex, very clearly

around gender and gender presentation. We're not, you know, checking biological sex at bathrooms,

we're checking gender presentation. So I think it's silly to sort of take the position that there's

no such thing as gender or no such thing as being transgender. Hello and welcome to the psychology

podcast. The following episode is part of the Making Sense of Sex and Gender series on this

podcast. In this series, we try to make sense of the distinction between sex and gender and cover

trans issues in a very thoughtful and nuanced fashion. We have balanced discussions from multiple

perspectives, including scientists, activists, and a leading feminism scholar. This series will

hopefully expand your mind and help you make sense of the current heated debates surrounding the

distinctions between sex and gender, as well as transgender issues. The aim is to turn down the

temperature on this very heated topic and increase understanding and integrate truth with love.

I hope you will listen to this entire series with an open mind and an open heart. And as always,

we look forward to hearing your feedback and comments on our website and on the YouTube channel.

So that further do I bring you this episode within the Making Sense of Sex and Gender series.

Today, we welcome Aaron Rabinoets and Cali Wright to the podcast. Aaron is a lecturer in philosophy

at Rutgers University. He hosts the Embrace the Void and Philosophers in Space podcast. He specializes

in ethics, meta-ethics, and problems surrounding AI and personhood. He earned his MA in philosophy

from Colorado State University. Cali is a freelance audio producer and the host of the Queer explaining

podcast. They are a non-binary trans person. In this episode, I talked to Aaron and Cali about

gender and trans issues. When it comes to transgendered folk, we tend to focus on extreme examples

that are far removed from reality. Some people think being transgender is entirely a social

contagion, while others reject the reality of gender altogether. Cali shares how transitioning

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