Gender is characteristics that a society or culture delineates as masculine or feminine. So while you can't change your biological sex, you can change gender. Which is what trans people do.
But can't you see, that if gender is nothing but what society dictates and nothing more, then there is nothing to change. You are talking about changing a social construct, not the person. So it is immaterial, and he is still male with a bunch of ever shifting social constructs swarming through his mind. Understand?
No,because there's self identifying as well which is part of gender identity. And if people want to go through hormones and surgeries to change themselves I have no issues with it. Like I said up thread it causes me no injury.
I guess we see it differently. And that's fine, the world would be less interesting if we all thought the same way. I take no issue with opposing views,especially when people can disagree and discourse repectfully. But I don't now, and never will take issue with what other people do as long as they don't hurt anyone.
There is no science-based medicine reason to do this procedure. People that undergo this monstrosity have either the same or higher rates of suicide post op. Most of the time, the entire thing is paid for by the government or your insurance company- both raising the rates/tax dollars for everyone.
Then, on top of all this, these people come to your work and send emails DEMANDING that you call this man with no unit a "woman" in all conversations. Sorry, you don't get to change the fucking discourse and how I use the language. If someone came in tomorrow said he was "Napoleon" and demanding he was to be referred to as "Emperor of the French"- who would allow this bullshit.
Finally, as documented by harvard psychologist steven pinker- this is a long running trend in an attempt to say there is no difference between men and women. Which is the liberal dream- the deconstruction of the family, any gender distinctions, any small societies beyond the government.
