Awesome article. Another way conceptual metaphor learning influences this is that until very recently, the absolute size of the typical sample pool available to most researchers would be pretty embarrassing, if it existed at all - even if nonbinary people have always existed, they frequently wouldn’t have the language to describe themsel…
Awesome article. Another way conceptual metaphor learning influences this is that until very recently, the absolute size of the typical sample pool available to most researchers would be pretty embarrassing, if it existed at all - even if nonbinary people have always existed, they frequently wouldn’t have the language to describe themselves, much less be willing respond to a call for study participants. The conceptual metaphors need time to spread to the people that need them, even after we figure them out. And oh boy is it frustrating to try to shift to a more complete modality when the majority of the population is still working on that initial conceptual bootstrapping…
Very much so, and especially given the history of really brutal oppression of every trans way of being other than the most brute force of binary transfemininity! Like, even if someone had wanted to perform such a study in the 80's or 90's, where would they have even FOUND participants?
Awesome article. Another way conceptual metaphor learning influences this is that until very recently, the absolute size of the typical sample pool available to most researchers would be pretty embarrassing, if it existed at all - even if nonbinary people have always existed, they frequently wouldn’t have the language to describe themselves, much less be willing respond to a call for study participants. The conceptual metaphors need time to spread to the people that need them, even after we figure them out. And oh boy is it frustrating to try to shift to a more complete modality when the majority of the population is still working on that initial conceptual bootstrapping…
Very much so, and especially given the history of really brutal oppression of every trans way of being other than the most brute force of binary transfemininity! Like, even if someone had wanted to perform such a study in the 80's or 90's, where would they have even FOUND participants?