Ben Shapiro vs Neil deGrasse Tyson: The WAR Over Transgender Issues

[TheWhiteMarten]

One can be aware that trans people exist without also accepting that existence gives them an inherent right to define themselves and their place in society - particularly if it comes at the cost of others.

Do you believe that transgendered people determine their gender differently from the way cisgender people determine their gender, or the same way?

I'm not sure if this should be a preface or go after my answer - I don't believe cisgendered people determine their gender anymore than I believe transgendered individuals determine their gender; as we were taught in cultural anthropology gender is the series of expectations, roles, and ritualistic traditions that are expected from an individual based upon societal norms - while we can choose to break the norms we cannot redefine them, at least not as individuals.

I've not given it much thought from the individual perspective, but I would say that there are certain trends amongst the transgendered community - lower rates of educational achievement, higher rates of depression, sleep disorders, bipolar, etc - that would be prime suspects as to why their interpretation of what their role in society is differs from the rest of societies.