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punkfag.livejournal.comI just saw a link on Antijen [link] to an article on TransAdvocate [link (PDF, 1.9MB), abstract]. I've only read the abstract but the general idea is that pollutants have caused some people to incorrectly identify with the opposite sex by misinterpreting pheromones.
I think it's a unique idea but there really isn't any evidence to support any claim to the origins of transgenderism -- sociological, psychological, hormonal, etc. It's my personal belief that there is a vast range of genders, maybe a different gender for every person on earth, because we rank certain feelings and activities as "more masculine" or "more feminine". Most of us are somewhere in the middle. We interpret our own feelings and draw conclusions from them based on identifying with other people. I have always identified with girls and women, they have always been my closest friends. Maybe I identify so closely with girls that I want to be one, or maybe I so strongly identify as "not-man" that I chose "woman" as a label.
I think the sexual and gender dichotomy is misguided. We are all unique individuals and we have a lot of strong emotions, but in the end we are all just people searching for an identity to be comfortable with our own existence. Maybe I just refuse to accept myself as suffering from a defect, that my feelings are somehow wrong or incorrect (I'm assuming I really am XY). I'm just me.
What's your take on why we are the way we are?
I think it's a unique idea but there really isn't any evidence to support any claim to the origins of transgenderism -- sociological, psychological, hormonal, etc. It's my personal belief that there is a vast range of genders, maybe a different gender for every person on earth, because we rank certain feelings and activities as "more masculine" or "more feminine". Most of us are somewhere in the middle. We interpret our own feelings and draw conclusions from them based on identifying with other people. I have always identified with girls and women, they have always been my closest friends. Maybe I identify so closely with girls that I want to be one, or maybe I so strongly identify as "not-man" that I chose "woman" as a label.
I think the sexual and gender dichotomy is misguided. We are all unique individuals and we have a lot of strong emotions, but in the end we are all just people searching for an identity to be comfortable with our own existence. Maybe I just refuse to accept myself as suffering from a defect, that my feelings are somehow wrong or incorrect (I'm assuming I really am XY). I'm just me.
What's your take on why we are the way we are?