RE: Transgendered children
April 26, 2015 at 9:39 pm
(This post was last modified: April 26, 2015 at 10:01 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
Pizza, you were in such a rush to disagree with me that you criticized me for having the same understanding of sex and gender as you do. As for Rebbeccarox and SteelCurtain, try not to be so judgmental that you automatically assume that a different opinion is being judgmental.
People are different, no shit Sherlock. And I say live and let live. My point was not that transgendered people are fucked-up; but rather that our culture is fucked-up and obsessed about gender identity. Heck, I'm a man and wish I didn't have to shave every now and then. But I do. I'm growing bald and I'm looking old. So what, I accept my biology. But having a five o'clock shadow and loosing my hair has nothing to do with my masculinity. I eat quiche and like bubble bathes. I suppose some people think that's a bit feminine, but I don't care. Fact is, I spend very little time thinking about whether other people think the things I do are masculine or feminine. And I don't care if a guy wears make-up (like one of the sub-contractors I hire) or if a girl struts around like a construction worker (like the woman who sits two cubicles from me). As a culture we need to get over the idea that some things are for 'real' men and ladies don't act in certain ways.
If an adult wants to have a 'sex-change' operation then that's their business. But, but, but,...being transgender isn't like having diabetes. It may have a biological component, but it also has a huge psychological and cultural component. I don't think an eleven year old is capable of truly knowing who the hell they are much less enough to base medical decisions on something as fluid and subjective as gender identity. And really, I know the parents are ultimately responsible, but c'mon parents fuck us all up enough without bringing drugs into the picture and messing with us medically.
People are different, no shit Sherlock. And I say live and let live. My point was not that transgendered people are fucked-up; but rather that our culture is fucked-up and obsessed about gender identity. Heck, I'm a man and wish I didn't have to shave every now and then. But I do. I'm growing bald and I'm looking old. So what, I accept my biology. But having a five o'clock shadow and loosing my hair has nothing to do with my masculinity. I eat quiche and like bubble bathes. I suppose some people think that's a bit feminine, but I don't care. Fact is, I spend very little time thinking about whether other people think the things I do are masculine or feminine. And I don't care if a guy wears make-up (like one of the sub-contractors I hire) or if a girl struts around like a construction worker (like the woman who sits two cubicles from me). As a culture we need to get over the idea that some things are for 'real' men and ladies don't act in certain ways.
If an adult wants to have a 'sex-change' operation then that's their business. But, but, but,...being transgender isn't like having diabetes. It may have a biological component, but it also has a huge psychological and cultural component. I don't think an eleven year old is capable of truly knowing who the hell they are much less enough to base medical decisions on something as fluid and subjective as gender identity. And really, I know the parents are ultimately responsible, but c'mon parents fuck us all up enough without bringing drugs into the picture and messing with us medically.
