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4. Fight fire with fire, and data with data.
[|"Gender dysphoria is suggested to be a consequence of sex atypical cerebral differentiation. We tested this hypothesis in a magnetic resonance study of voxel-based morphometry and structural volumetry in..."], [|"The present data do not support the notion that brains of MtF-TR are feminized."] The problem of this statement is that they study volume to argue cerebral differentiation. ...Studying the volume of the brain can potentially determine some interesting results, but it does not answer the produced question on cerebral differentiation. The brain can still potentially be different in many aspects beyond volume. It's also worth noting that articles responding to this study say "[|"None of the MtFs had started hormone treatment yet, so that wasn’t a factor, and none of the women were on hormonal contraception."]and that [|"None of the transsexual participants had taken any hormone treatments, which is another factor that could have skewed the findings."], which is important. Hormones affect the volume of the brain, so it turns the findings out to really end up saying nothing for the argument.

5. There's power in precise terms.
"...structural volumetry in 48 heterosexual men (HeM) and women (HeW) and 24 gynephillic male to female transsexuals (MtF-TR)." ---The problem of this statement, has confusing implications. Transsexuality is not a sexual preference, while heterosexual is. A MtF transsexual can be heterosexual or homosexual. There is also a lack of distinguishing in what kind of transsexuals these people are. Transsexuality potentially comes from a variety of causes, and can be potentially addressed in varied ways between people. The fashion in which a 'transsexual' is identified is a degree of vague that can be compared to saying something about cancer...without specifying what cancer is being referred to.