An international team of researchers have made the surprising discovery that urban birds—such as great tits, house sparrows and blackbirds—flee sooner when approached by women compared to men. But they don’t understand why. Conducted across five European countries, the study involved male and female participants (matched for height and clothing) walking in a straight line towards birds in urban parks and green spaces.
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Is he a Disney princess now?
Yeah the birds probably see a chic and go “Oh fuck it’s that singing bitch again that’s gona make us do all the chores, better flap outahere”
Clearly this study is only half-baked.
This would be a most excellent opportunity for trans people to step in and contribute to real science.
Start with fully-transitioned people to see if it is post-transition looks or something that gets baked into the pie during early childhood development that is resistant to transitioning. Then start moving from each side to the other using trans in various stages of transitioning.
If variations in transitioning are correctly accounted for, we might discover a lot more things than just the fear response of birds… we might also discover how some humans unknowingly sense differences, what differences they unconsciously cotton on to, and so what needs to be addressed by people transitioning in order to help them avoid being targeted by bigotry. Because every little edge can help them.
I love science.
