The right to mis-define oneself

[bennyboy]

I don't understand why its such an issue to you. Like I said before, its not going to kill you to call these transwomen "she" and respect their own decision to reassign their sex. It's really not that serious.

You too? I never said a transwoman shouldn't be called "she," or that their decision to reassign their sex shouldn't be respected. Why do you guys keep projecting this opinion on me?

Hardly any transwomen are going to be throwing themselves onto you. Your fears are completely irrational. Youre talking about probably 1-2% of the worlds population who are trans, and within that minority its a minority again who would do this shit.

You're missing the point, which goes to the OP. It has nothing to do with sex, or with who I think might be attracted to me. It has everything to do with how people define themselves, and the degree to which other people should be expected to accept those definitions at face value and without caveat. The sexual examples go to show that simply identifying as a woman doesn 't mean others have to turn a blind eye to reality.

Should the OP woman be accepted in a community of black people because she started tanning, crimping her hair, and pretending to have a black father? No. Because she's not. . . fucking. . . black. If she told me "Hey, I like to be thought of as black, so call me Latisha" I'd be fine with that. I'd play along. But if she wanted to apply for an affirmative action program (it looks like she did, actually), then she needs to be rejected.