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Serano has "been debunking these failed hypotheses as both a scientist and a trans activist for almost twenty years now" and notices two things:
- it's virtually impossible to kill these hypotheses
- brand new ones are constantly popping up ("trans agendas", "peer pressure", "social contagion")

it seems that these and other hypotheses will continue to pop up, "despite all evidence to the contrary, so long as people view transgender identities and experiences as inherently questionable."

people or groups who are perceived as "public spectacles" will be paid undue attention and scrutiny, while people or groups perceived as normal will largely escape reciprocal attention.

While Serano *can* analyze her experiences as a woman, a "sublebrity," a trans person, and a bisexual person separately using different lenses, she finds it more helpful to analyze them all through the lens of "markedness."