TIL: I'm a woman.
Dang this knowledge would have made that gender crisis I had in high school so much simpler...
TIL: I'm a woman.
Dang this knowledge would have made that gender crisis I had in high school so much simpler...
Here's the thing: there's a real answer to that question.
What makes a trans woman a woman is her brain has developed as a woman's brain. This development is set in progress while still in utero, and can become apparent as the relevant parts of the brain develop later. This is why many tabs people report realizing they were the opposite gender between the ages of 3 and 8.
Here are a number of studies that show the biological reality of transgender people. It’s important to note that although some of these studies suggest causation (ie, HOW a person is born transgender) we can’t know if there’s more than one cause, and therefore using any one test to see if somebody is “biologically trans” is impossible.
Sex vs Gender and the role of the SRY gene specifically (as opposed to the Y chromosome generally) in the development of each, as well as the possible role of AR (androgen receptor) gene https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6505576/
A correlation is found between AR allele repeat length and a person being transgender https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3402034/
The brains of trans people more closely resemble those of their chosen gender identity than their natal sex https://www.ese-hormones.org/media/1506/transgender-brains-are-more-like-their-desired-gender-from-an-early-age.pdf
A trans person's brain more closely resembles their chosen gender as demonstrated by their brain's response to olfactory stimulation with androstadienone https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2014.00060/full
Estrogen signaling pathways identified which tell the brain to develop as one gender or the other, as well as mechanisms by which physical development can happen in one way while brain development can happen in the other https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-53500-y
Cornell University summarizes 72 studies regarding the effect of gender transition on transgender well-being (with links to all 72 studies) https://whatweknow.inequality.cornell.edu/topics/lgbt-equality/what-does-the-scholarly-research-say-about-the-well-being-of-transgender-people/
It is quite weird how no one is concerned if a trans man is a man. I can only imagine it is a sexual attraction hang up. Which is especially suspect when it's a person in a monogamous relationship asking these questions because it literally should never matter.
Ever been to an event where the line for the women's restroom is so long they start using the men's?
Men care much less about who use their designated areas. Those types of arguments usually fall under obvious sexism e.g. women must go to the [with]drawing room after dinner.
TERFs certainly exist but you don't hear much about TERMs.
Whenever there's a big line, I'll remind the people in line of this. We don't care. Internalized sexism keeps them stuck in line
I also met women who explained this to be because of fear for their safety, that they don't want to be around men in the toilet (or anywhere in private).
I find that maybe an overreaction, but I'm not a woman to be sure
A featherless biped?
I really want to ask a christian if god has a penis, and if so, why? And if god does not have a penis, does that mean he is not a man? Why?
What changes?
Their pronouns.
Well, she's all you'd ever want She's the kind they'd like to flaunt and take to dinner Well, she always knows her place She's got style, she's got grace, she's a winner
Trans women are women. Get a life.
I think trans women are included in "Adult human female". if they intended it as exclusive, then I miss read it.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transphobia
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/woman
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/female
female
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adjective
fe·male ˈfē-ˌmāl
1
( ... )
b
: having a gender identity that is the opposite of male
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