The conservative movement has built its case against gender-affirming care on the authority of anachronistic, faulty clinical research.
The conservative movement has built its case against gender-affirming care on the authority of anachronistic, faulty clinical research.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-redefined-the-idea-of-2-sexes-is-overly-simplistic1/
I’m familiar with this. It doesn’t really contradict what I’m saying. The vast majority of humans are born with either a penis or a vagina, and they feel generally comfortable with what they have and it doesn’t cause them significant psychological distress. It doesn’t matter if they have certain traits of the other sex, in fact I think it’s almost obvious that it will be the case since we are sexless at conception. Therefore we have all the equipment to be either sex. Men with manboobs are everywhere. Most of them might feel self conscious about it due to standards of beauty but usually not in a way that it causes suffering to the same level as gender dysphoria.
In fact I think this article might actually further my point, because if we exist all in a spectrum why would a small percentage of us associate so strongly with one particular gender to the point that not having the primary characteristics of that gender ends up causing significant psychological distress? My view is that a neurological divergence could be responsible for the dysphoria. Or at least that it should be seriously considered and investigated.
That research will never happen under Republicans, I’m fine with that line of thinking imas long as that’s not the only one allowed. It’s funny you talk that way through as so many cis people would hate to wake up and be the other sex.