[Ozy] A Response to Spandrell

A guest post (Ozy) rebutting neoreactionary Spandrell on homosexuality, paraphilias, and trans women. Punchy arguments: widespread animal homosexuality and the Swedish twin data (orientation is ~2/3 unshared-environment) undercut the 'couldn't survive selection / born this way' framing; female paraphilias exist but are structurally narrative rather than act-focused (fanfiction/erotica trope lists); and — the sharpest thread — Blanchard's autogynephilia scale is an artifact ('do you fantasize about having an attractive vagina?' is a trivial yes for someone with a penis, a trivial no for someone with a vagina), so autogynephilia is largely just ordinary female sexuality, with 'no way for trans women to win' the framing. Ends noting anti-androgen therapy makes the 'male sex drive' worry moot ('unless the male sex drive is mediated by ghost balls'). Combative but makes real points.

Quality 61 · Strong. Solid+ (61): a spirited guest polemic with a couple of genuinely sharp arguments (the autogynephilia-scale artifact, the unfalsifiable-framing point), but loose, provocative, and rhetoric-heavy rather than rigorous.

Claude’s paradigm shift 44 · Moderate. Moderate (44): the autogynephilia-as-ordinary-female-sexuality reframe is a fresh angle within the debate.

Real-world impact 2 · Minor. Minor-plus (2): a combative response piece with reach within the readership; limited durable footprint.