RE: Religion and QUILTBAG
February 7, 2014 at 5:58 am
(This post was last modified: February 7, 2014 at 6:02 am by Ryantology.)
(February 7, 2014 at 5:32 am)Esquilax Wrote: By and large, I think the reason you don't get it is the same reason that you're not aware you have a functioning heart; it's working okay and so there's no reason for you to recognize it's there. It's like background noise; you won't notice its presence until its gone.
Imagine waking up one morning to find you've suddenly developed girly bits, or some strange third gender that you've never seen before. You'd definitely know something wasn't right then.
That would definitely be disconcerting, I admit.
I just don't know if it really is something that exists and I don't recognize, or if I just have a certain way of looking at things that is incompatible with the state of mind that does see gender as an identity factor. I'm loathe to make the comparison, but it strikes me as similar to people who consider their skin color to be a primary facet of their identity. I have white skin, but I think of that as just one of my physical traits.
That would, of course, raise the age-old question of nature vs. nurture. I am by no means willing to come down on either side of that argument, but that doesn't really matter. If someone else says that they feel a conflict between their gender and their biology, it is not my place to say that they don't just because I don't, you know? It's like the 'choice' issue for homosexuality, a non-starter for me. A person's sexual orientation would not be invalid to me even if it was a choice they made.
