Quote:It all depends on the initial person, and how much they have been contorted over the years, as to the extent biology defines us.

So in 16 years you know you will always be female?

Rhizo

(January 27, 2010 at 5:03 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote:

Quote:It all depends on the initial person, and how much they have been contorted over the years, as to the extent biology defines us.

So in 16 years you know you will always be female?

Rhizo

I can't claim to see the future, Rhiz But I would be positively astounded if I were not still female in 16 years, or indeed till my death

The person 16 years form now will probably not be entirely me. There will probably be advancements in those 16 years in my philosophies, my knowledge, my basic nature, etc. All I can feasibly do is think about who I am now... and work towards the goal of being seen as me. In 16 years, many things could happen... but the stronger points of my personality (such as gender) are likely to remain little changed.

I'm hypothesizing that the distortions of 'who' we are occur at an intense rate from birth, and slowly settle as we continue to age. While I doubt that we ever quit developing 'who' we are (assuming that we are conscious)... the changes in us are hardly as significant as in those early years of our life (as most psychologists note)

So whilst I currently (haven't done any particular research into this idea yet... it may be very well that it is an original idea, though i doubt this) believe that the person that was in your body at birth and you are entirely different people: I'm open to really any interpretation of the data/research i find I am actually doing this for a presentation due sometime in late april (i think?) for my Life Stages class, and it seems like an interesting idea so far

It's fascinating to think our minds contain the identity over our bodies. How does oestrogen/ testosterone affect this? How would a course of either hormone benefit either way? If you feed one sex you destroy the other. The personality determines the course of action rather than the original sex of the subject.

Why can't, if you're very 'one sex' in your mind can't you be happy with 'another sex' body? Obviously examples show that individuals feel the need for the gender identifications to match. What about everyone else on the scale? Only those on the extremes are catered for. The rest have to be satisfied with compromise.

(January 27, 2010 at 5:55 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: It's fascinating to think our minds contain the identity over our bodies. How does oestrogen/ testosterone affect this? How would a course of either hormone benefit either way? If you feed one sex you destroy the other. The personality determines the course of action rather than the original sex of the subject.

Why can't, if you're very 'one sex' in your mind can't you be happy with 'another sex' body? Obviously examples show that individuals feel the need for the gender identifications to match. What about everyone else on the scale? Only those on the extremes are catered for. The rest have to be satisfied with compromise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex

I don't think that sex is a black/white issue at all... but that in most cases it conforms to a recognizable pattern of shared gender-sex.

Yes that's what I think too.

fr0d0, if I didn't know any better, I think you just walked on water.

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Thanks Adrian, you're completley right. And I thought about referencing the Most Opinionated award as insulting, and how it was a 3 way tie... That is kinda funny. Thanks again for trying to understand, and I apologize for being snippy.