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Topic	if gender is a social construct, why do many transgendered people transition?
Fam_Fam 12/12/18 6:22:06 PM #22:	Tyranthraxus posted... Fam_Fam posted... MarqueeSeries posted... Because being a gender that doesn't align with your sex is mentally distressing but gender is independent of sex if it is a social construct, not a biological one. The social construct can be defined/adjusted to be aligned with whatever sex someone is, no? Unless there is some aspect of gender that is tied to biology? But that's what many people are arguing is not the case. Just because something is a fabricated social construct doesn't mean you get to ignore it. It's still there. So to fit within the social construct you have to transition. so is the construct about social norms and such, or is it physical (i.e. linked to sex). in other words, is there gender independent of sex, or are they linked? <cite>Fam_Fam posted [p:914021147] in if gender ... [t:77292677]...</cite> <quote><cite>Tyranthraxus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Fam_Fam posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MarqueeSeries posted...</cite> <quote>Because being a gender that doesn't align with your sex is mentally distressing</quote> but gender is independent of sex if it is a social construct, not a biological one. The social construct can be defined/adjusted to be aligned with whatever sex someone is, no? Unless there is some aspect of gender that is tied to biology? But that's what many people are arguing is not the case.</quote> Just because something is a fabricated social construct doesn't mean you get to ignore it. It's still there. So to fit within the social construct you have to transition.</quote> so is the construct about social norms and such, or is it physical (i.e. linked to sex). in other words, is there gender independent of sex, or are they linked?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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