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Topic	if gender is a social construct, why do many transgendered people transition?
Hicks233 12/12/18 6:44:02 PM #29:	Fam_Fam posted... to get hormones/bodies like people of the opposite sex. if gender is entirely social, why can't they be that gender happily with the sex parts they currently have? If someone is physically male and has the requisite biological parts to be male, while also mentally being male then chances are they're going to be quite content with this. They are going to be able to more easily fit into the social framework of what being male is perceived to be, their identity of themselves and how they are perceived by others all matches up. If someone is physically male but mentally female then there is an initial disconnect. They can seek to try and change or adjust their physical biology to more resemble - though not actually be what they are mentally with varying levels of success and challenge. If every time you went for a piss and you were reminded of this disconnect then that's going to be pretty bad for your mental well-being. If you can approximate something closer to what you feel you are then that could help your perception of yourself. They can also seek to change things on a chemical level hormonally which is going to have a much more profound effect as it changes the body, kind of a second puberty if you will. What they are perceived to be by society is going to depend on the nature of that society and how well they "pass" for what they wish to be within it on top of this. The perceptions of the characteristics of a gender identity can change with social attitudes and definitions. You could argue that the same could even be done to biological sex - if Pluto can be a planet one day, and not another, there is the possibility that the definition of male or female could also be changed. As it stands though things are more complicated when there are disconnects between biological sex, physical characteristics, mental identification and the cultural gender definitions that are applied on top. In short, it's people trying to get all these things to match up to who they feel they are and then somehow try to find a way to fit within the wider world on top of this. --- http://s2.excoboard.com/exco/index.php?boardid=9458 So says Mr. Stewart. <cite>Hicks233 posted [p:914022291] in if gender ... [t:77292677]...</cite> <quote><cite>Fam_Fam posted...</cite> <quote>to get hormones/bodies like people of the opposite sex. if gender is entirely social, why can't they be that gender happily with the sex parts they currently have?</quote> If someone is physically male and has the requisite biological parts to be male, while also mentally being male then chances are they're going to be quite content with this. They are going to be able to more easily fit into the social framework of what being male is perceived to be, their identity of themselves and how they are perceived by others all matches up. If someone is physically male but mentally female then there is an initial disconnect. They can seek to try and change or adjust their physical biology to more resemble - though not actually be what they are mentally with varying levels of success and challenge. If every time you went for a piss and you were reminded of this disconnect then that's going to be pretty bad for your mental well-being. If you can approximate something closer to what you feel you are then that could help your perception of yourself. They can also seek to change things on a chemical level hormonally which is going to have a much more profound effect as it changes the body, kind of a second puberty if you will. What they are perceived to be by society is going to depend on the nature of that society and how well they "pass" for what they wish to be within it on top of this. The perceptions of the characteristics of a gender identity can change with social attitudes and definitions. You could argue that the same could even be done to biological sex - if Pluto can be a planet one day, and not another, there is the possibility that the definition of male or female could also be changed. As it stands though things are more complicated when there are disconnects between biological sex, physical characteristics, mental identification and the cultural gender definitions that are applied on top. In short, it's people trying to get all these things to match up to who they feel they are and then somehow try to find a way to fit within the wider world on top of this. --- http://s2.excoboard.com/exco/index.php?boardid=9458 So says Mr. Stewart.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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