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Originally Posted by Vicky.
OK. So if its nothing to do with liking blue and having a beard, why do (most) transgender people say that they 'knew' when they realized they liked trucks instead of dolls as a kid..when they didn't want to wear dresses. Why do transwomen grow out their hair long and start wearing dresses. If stereotypical things are nothing to do with it? I actually do want to understand as I can't make sense of it.
As taking sex dysphoria out of the equation...there is really nothing left.
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I mean, I did send you a link full of real transgender people claiming that this is not at all reflective of their experience, you dismissed it.
But I guess
a lot of transgender people perform in stereotypical ways in attempt to appear to themselves and others around them in the way that they inherently feel, a bit like
a lot of cisgendered females. Off the top of my head, this might be for comfort, for over compersation, in an attempt to avoid discrimination or bullying, so they can go shopping/bathroom without uncomfortable glares, because they want to appear similarly to those they admire. Etc etc, probably lots of various reasons to each person.
Not all transgender women wear dresses and avoid playing with trucks, I think thats an important milestone for you to understand in this debate.
I cant imagine there would be any significant difference between the ratio of transgender and cisgender women who act in these stereotypically feminine ways.