[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Chewy

The difference between race and gender is, race is cultural, gender is biological, you can't be born white and say "well actually I feel Chinese" because you aren't, Chinese is a cultural thing, something that is learned after you have been born. Gender is different, as it more about how the chemicals in your body make you feel, you can feel wrong in your own body, thanks to how your own body works. I can't say I fully understand it all myself, but if people are willing to under go gender realignment surgery, something that is generally for the most part irreversible, they must be pretty damn serious about how they feel.

Surely you can equally say...you can't be born male and say 'well actually I feel female' because you aren't? I would argue that femininity and masculinity are what is learnt after birth. And in such, 'gender' is actually masculinity or femininity rather than sex

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Surely you can equally say...you can't be born male and say 'well actually I feel female' because you aren't? I would argue that femininity and masculinity are what is learnt after birth. And in such, 'gender' is actually masculinity or femininity rather than sex

Also a big part of "feeling like a woman" imo is learned by how others treat you as a woman much more so than whether you play with dolls or are emotional or whatever (which I dont think are indicators of how much of a woman someone is)

[Deirdre]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Also a big part of "feeling like a woman" imo is learned by how others treat you as a woman much more so than whether you play with dolls or are emotional or whatever (which I dont think are indicators of how much of a woman someone is)

yeah I was a huge tomboy when I was small. Isn't any inclination that someone might be trans.
I don't know what is, I know very little on the subject despite trans people being a huge part (sometimes the biggest part) of the LGBT scene now.