RE: White Guy Self-Identifies as Filipino Woman
November 17, 2017 at 8:40 am
(This post was last modified: November 17, 2017 at 8:43 am by I_am_not_mafia.)
It's obvious what Neo spastic's agenda is here. He's tried doing it before. Post about someone who is clearly not something, but is also trans and conflate the two as equally delusional. I don't know why he is so keen on pushing this agenda. I can only assume that he is repressing bisexual or homosexual urges and is trying to fool himself.
Regardless. You should not conflate self identifying as a different gender than your physical body with that of identifying as a different culture. The two are completely different phenomenon. The former has a fundamental biological aspect that the latter lacks.
Just because you were born and raised in a country does not automatically mean that you will develop the values and cultural norms of that country. I believe that there is a filtering effect that can happen where people can find a culture best suited to their nature which becomes their new home.
I was born and raised in England for example and lived in England most of my life. Yet I identify as German and Scottish. No one thinks that this is strange because my dad is German and even though I do not have a Scottish accent I live in Scotland with a native husband. They have the concept up here of the new Scot. I never felt English but I immediately recognised Scotland as the home for me when I first moved up here. But I also recognise that I am culturally British despite my separatist tendencies. On the other hand while my father is German, he's lived in England most of his life because he prefers it there because he sees the society as being less rigid. He's actually quite English at times, to the point of making Hitler jokes while on holiday in Germany as if he was some British tourist. My dad even gets complimented on his good German language skills because he has lost his native accent.
Yet Germans and Brits did not develop differently in the womb like males and females do. But there were values and a world view that appealed more to me in these countries than in the one where I was born and raised.
So someone thinks that they are a Fillipino. No one knows why, the original article does not explain. Nor do we know if the person had any Fillipino heritage. But frankly, who cares? There is obviously something about the Fillipines that appeals to the person. Personally I'd say that calling yourself a Fillipino is a step too far if you aren't even living in that country and integrating into the culture. Same as calling yourself a woman if you're not attempting to live as one. This is because the way you live your life also shapes how your brain becomes wired. e.g. Nurture vs nature.
That doesn't mean to say that the person is wrong to recognise that the way they think and what they value is inherently similar, whether that's because of how their brain developed in the womb because of the influence of hormones, or because of how their brain developed because of the life they lead.
But it's much easier to point and laugh like children rather than think the matter through.
Regardless. You should not conflate self identifying as a different gender than your physical body with that of identifying as a different culture. The two are completely different phenomenon. The former has a fundamental biological aspect that the latter lacks.
Just because you were born and raised in a country does not automatically mean that you will develop the values and cultural norms of that country. I believe that there is a filtering effect that can happen where people can find a culture best suited to their nature which becomes their new home.
I was born and raised in England for example and lived in England most of my life. Yet I identify as German and Scottish. No one thinks that this is strange because my dad is German and even though I do not have a Scottish accent I live in Scotland with a native husband. They have the concept up here of the new Scot. I never felt English but I immediately recognised Scotland as the home for me when I first moved up here. But I also recognise that I am culturally British despite my separatist tendencies. On the other hand while my father is German, he's lived in England most of his life because he prefers it there because he sees the society as being less rigid. He's actually quite English at times, to the point of making Hitler jokes while on holiday in Germany as if he was some British tourist. My dad even gets complimented on his good German language skills because he has lost his native accent.
Yet Germans and Brits did not develop differently in the womb like males and females do. But there were values and a world view that appealed more to me in these countries than in the one where I was born and raised.
So someone thinks that they are a Fillipino. No one knows why, the original article does not explain. Nor do we know if the person had any Fillipino heritage. But frankly, who cares? There is obviously something about the Fillipines that appeals to the person. Personally I'd say that calling yourself a Fillipino is a step too far if you aren't even living in that country and integrating into the culture. Same as calling yourself a woman if you're not attempting to live as one. This is because the way you live your life also shapes how your brain becomes wired. e.g. Nurture vs nature.
That doesn't mean to say that the person is wrong to recognise that the way they think and what they value is inherently similar, whether that's because of how their brain developed in the womb because of the influence of hormones, or because of how their brain developed because of the life they lead.
But it's much easier to point and laugh like children rather than think the matter through.
