Trans-Ageism: Case Presented To Allow People To Change Their Age

It was only a matter of time.

I think I’m slowly learning that nothing is too crazy for our culture to embrace. If you told me 10 years ago that we’d be having public debates on the number of genders in existence, I probably wouldn’t have believed you. I remember when Hollywood really started embracing being trans. We were all, “What’s next? Are people going to be able to change their race, because they feeeeeeeeeel like it?”

Then Rachel Dolezal and Martina Big happened. I think you need a visual for Martina. Hold please.

Sorry about that.

What’s the next joke we can make? “Haha– what’s next? Are we going to allow people to change their ages too?”

We should really stop asking these questions.

According to this, some Finnish bio-ethicist is actually making a moral case for people to be able to change their age. The paper’s titled, “A Moral Case For Age Change.”

“Should a person who feels his legal age does not correspond with his experienced age be allowed to change his legal age?” Joona Räsänen asks. “In this paper, I argue that in some cases people should be allowed to change their legal age. Such cases would be when: 1) the person genuinely feels his age differs significantly from his chronological age and 2) the person’s biological age is recognized to be significantly different from his chronological age and 3) age change would likely prevent, stop or reduce ageism, discrimination due to age, he would otherwise face. I also consider some objections against the view that people should be allowed to change their legal age and find them lacking.”

No. Age isn’t debatable. There’s absolutely no “moral” case to be made to allow someone to LIE about their age. You were born when you were born. Period. I don’t think my grandma should be able to identify as 29 because she feeeeeeeeels amazing, nor do I think I should be allowed to identify as a 59 because I feeeeeeeel older. It’s insane.

“Age is (for some people at least) an important part of their identity,” Räsänen continues. “People can identify themselves as older or younger than they actually (chronologically) are…I do not deny people’s own experiences.”

Well you should, because some experiences are idiotic and UNTRUE.

It just doesn’t make sense. And if we allow people to alter their age, wouldn’t that open the door for pedophiles to get away with their horrendous acts? We have to ask these questions.

Räsänen’s way ahead of you. Get a load of this line of logic.

“Children cannot consent to sex, and that explains why sex with a child is wrong. But if an eight-year-old cannot consent to have sex with a 18-year-old or with a 80-year-old it seems that she cannot consent to have sex with another 8-year-old either.”

“If a paedophile changes his age into eight to molest children, it is still unethical for him to have sex with someone who chronologically is eight (because it is unethical for two eight-year-olds to have sex with each other).”

ORRRRRRR we can just remember that ages don’t change, so a pedophile is a pedophile no matter what.

In conclusion:

“I believe that these problems can be solved. I believe that legal age change could be, in some cases, beneficial for the age change candidate and, for example, changing age could offer an additional way to fight against discrimination of the elderly. Perhaps it does not work eventually, but maybe it is worth to try.”

If we’re seriously playing that game…I’m pleased to announce that I’m turning 25 again next week. Round two, here I come!

h/t Zero Hedge