m0nky

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rishi Sunak says people ‘can’t be any sex they want to be’ in new swipe at trans community⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel much better informed on the issue now. Thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rishi Sunak says people ‘can’t be any sex they want to be’ in new swipe at trans community⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the reply. I’m going to pick out a couple of specific points to check my understanding.

  !why wouldn’t you want (e.g.) all women (cis or trans) who are expecting their blood test results to reflect a certain balance range of hormones!<

  Are you referring here to individuals who have undergone hormonal replacement therapy? If so, yes, that I totally understand and hadn’t considered.

  !“biological sex” isn’t binary, it’s bimodal,!<

  Okay, so in very simple terms, we’re saying that biologically, man and woman isn’t such a clear distinction, for a very simple example, some men have much higher levels of testosterone, etc.? If so, I can understand that too. But, I suppose it is the actual biological parts that are different, which I was thinking about.

  So, if somebody with born as ‘female’ body parts undergoes hormonal and sex changing therapy, their reason for being in a hospital is probably more important than the sex they were assigned at birth, and so they should be able to choose the best option for them?

  Am I right in thinking the main issues is that we have created a society in which sex and gender were separated and defined so distinctly, that for transexual individuals, there just is no ‘correct’ option available to them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rishi Sunak says people ‘can’t be any sex they want to be’ in new swipe at trans community⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, someone please help me understand as I genuinely want to.

  I fully understand gender neutral (I am bringing up my own children to not restrict their behaviour and personalities due to gender norms because of the the sex they were assigned at birth), I understand being born ‘male’ but feeling more like the societal definition of a ‘girl’ in terms of both physical and social characteristics. I understand the difference between sex and gender.

  I understand and believe that our body is our own and if somebody wants to change their body they should be able to do so as they see fit, including changing it to meet the societal norms in terms of appearance of another sex.

  But here is what I don’t fully grasp (but would like to) - why is it wrong to say that those born with a biologically male body should go to the male ward in a hospital? Isn’t that where they would receive the best treatment for themselves? Aren’t gender pronouns useful when distinguishing between biological differences in the medical field?

  I don’t mean any offense to anybody with these questions. I fully support everyone’s right to identify as anywhere on the spectrum of the social construct of gender. Also, if there is a more suitable community for me to ask these questions in, please do share it.