英語確認

As Nature Made Him

御無沙汰しております。復活しました。


今回もapesnotmonkeysさんとkleinbottle526さんにすばらしい英文を御教授戴きました。
本当にありがとうございます。


それにしても、英語って恐ろしい……。
inとofで全く意味が変わってしまうのですね……！驚きました。

the misuse and misunderstandings of the article


記事の誤解と悪用
（「記事自体に誤解がある」「記事の内容を誤解する」のどちらとでもとれる）

the misuse and misunderstandings in the article


記事の中にある誤解と悪用≒記事自体に誤解がある


実際にお二方から戴いた英文を訳してみると、
なんというか、ダイアモンド氏を気遣われた文章であることが理解できた
……気がしたと思いたいです。


牧波さんは人間として大事なものを失ってしまったよう。
ちゃんと人のことを考えられる人間になりたいです。

I am worried that the misuse and misunderstandings within and also increasingly outside of the context of the article might lead your academic plausibility to be ruined at least among the readers in Japan


その記事の文脈における誤用や誤解が、さらに記事の外側へ広がっていくことで、（少なくとも日本の読者達の中で）あなたの学問的地位が崩壊してしまうのではと、私は心配しています。

第三ラウンド。

To Dr.Diamond


I am sorry for bothering you by a sudden E-mail. My name is Makinami Konburoh, I am a Japanese junior college student. I am interested in Gender Studies.


On February 16, 2005, an article appeared in Sekai Nippo (the Japanese version of "World Times") . The article quoted the interview with you by Mr.Yamamoto (newswriter for Sekai Nippo). According to the report, you mentioned studies on "John/Joan Case" and criticized the paper "The Politics of Difference" by Prof.Ueno Chizuko, Tokyo University. Mr.Yamamoto claimed that you said "Her argument has no academic plausibility".


I, myself, read the paper, and I know Prof. Ueno makes a sharp distinction between "Gender" and "Sex". Surely, studies on "John/Joan Case" revealed some misconceptions (or deceptions) in "Man & Woman, Boy & Girl: Differentiation and Dimorphism of Gender Identity from Conception to Maturity" by Dr.Money. It does not imply, I believe, that the gender and sexual identity are totally determined by biological sex. However, the article in Sekai Nippo said, quoting you, that studies on "John/Joan Case" refute Gender/Sex distinction and therefore Prof.Ueno.


In Japan, recently, a backlash against feminism and gender equality is getting popularity, misunderstanding and using the argument of the book "As Nature Made Him". I am afraid that Sekai Nippo distorted what you said in the interview, in order to participate in the backlash. I can not believe that you, who have studied on "intersexuality" for many years, denied Gender/Sex distinction. I am trying to verify the article in Sekai Nippo, and I am particularly concerned with the followings:


1) Does "John/Joan case" falsify all or most of Dr. Money's claims (including his assertion of biological sex variety) in "Sexual Signatures: on Being a Man or a Woman"?


2) Does "John/Joan case" fully justify the hypothesis that manliness/womanliness is genetically (or innately) determined?


3) Did you read the paper "Politics of Difference ("Sai no Seijigaku", in Japanese)" by Prof.Ueno Chizuko for yourself, or did you comment on her on the basis of what Mr. Yamamoto said about her?


So I would be very glad if you could answer above three questions and give me permission to make your reply open to the public.


I am sorry to trouble you, but I do not want those innocent though authoritarian people in Japan to simply believe in the sexist argument that has been derived from the interview because of your big name and thus great influence. Besides, if the interview article does not reflect what you actually said in the interview, I am worried that the misuse and misunderstandings within and also increasingly outside of the context of the article might lead your academic plausibility to be ruined at least among the readers in Japan.


I am looking forward to getting your e-mail.


http://d.hatena.ne.jp/makinamikonbu/20051023/
(Regretfully in Japanese only...)