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15. do you have links to studies about that?

Mon Jun 24, 2013, 06:04 PM

Jun 2013

Seriously. I guess I could google it but you're clearly up on all of this. Are there actually brain differences on MRI that have been identified, or chemical differences? I keep up with science as a layperson but I truly may have just missed out on this, and if so, my apologies.

Per my other post downthread, is the argument now that _biologically_ gender _is_ to some degree a predetermined construct having to do with estrogen/testosterone dominance?

I can't think of any other reason than that why a child would "know" early on that something didn't feel right, but if you're/they're arguing that hermaphroditism extends to changes in hormonal and neurochemical internal, subjective experience (which might not be mirrored via visible hermaphroditic sex characteristics) then I guess I can understand this point of view a little better.

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Transgender Girl Banned From Bathroom Wins Case [View all] davidn3600 Jun 2013 OP

Really? A 6-yr.-old? How can they tell? nt Deep13 Jun 2013 #1

Before you say anything too ignorant, why don't you ask transgendered people this question. n/t Humanist_Activist Jun 2013 #2

"Before you say anything too ignorant..." CreekDog Jun 2013 #19

Asking any question necessarily implies ignorance. Deep13 Jun 2013 #37

you seemed shocked that a child would declare themselves a boy or a girl CreekDog Jun 2013 #46

Let's hope the child is not reading this forum marshall Jun 2013 #48

I thought I just did. nt Deep13 Jun 2013 #33

you've been here long enough to not make a joke of this CreekDog Jun 2013 #3

I'm not joking. I have no idea what the answer is. Deep13 Jun 2013 #34

when you were 6 you didn't know if you were a boy or a girl? CreekDog Jun 2013 #36

Explaining what to you? Deep13 Jun 2013 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author CreekDog Jun 2013 #40

You'd rather exchange insults with a 6 year old CreekDog Jun 2013 #41

Post removed Post removed Jun 2013 #4

alerted. CreekDog Jun 2013 #6

Are you serious? Starry Messenger Jun 2013 #8

Yes I'm serious Malik Agar Jun 2013 #11

I knew I was a girl when I was 6 and never felt there was a mix up. Starry Messenger Jun 2013 #13

do you have links to studies about that? zazen Jun 2013 #15

I'm not a scientist, but I don't think from what I've read that studies are complete. Starry Messenger Jun 2013 #17

thanks! n/t zazen Jun 2013 #20

that is very interesting, thanks! wordpix Jun 2013 #29

I was a tomboy but knew very well I was a girl at 6. And yes, it is an insult to people to say they uppityperson Jun 2013 #18

Come on! obama2terms Jun 2013 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author Purveyor Jun 2013 #9

you're comparing that to a transgendered child? CreekDog Jun 2013 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Purveyor Jun 2013 #12

*Why* were you *just saying*? CreekDog Jun 2013 #14

by the way, on the same topic, a post very much like yours was made yesterday: CreekDog Jun 2013 #5

is s/he a hermaphrodite? zazen Jun 2013 #7

Bullshit. There is gender dysphoria regardless of society. It's not about MillennialDem Jun 2013 #16

your hostility is baffling, but whatever . . . n/t zazen Jun 2013 #22

Sorry, just to dismiss gender dysphoria as non-existent because of the MillennialDem Jun 2013 #26

And yet these articles always refer to playing with dolls as evidence of transgenderliness marshall Jun 2013 #49

Well let me tell you marshall MillennialDem Jun 2013 #50

The acceptable term is "intersex", not "hermaphrodite" sgsmith Jun 2013 #21

that's helpful--thx so much for taking my inquiry seriously n/t zazen Jun 2013 #24

Read the article at the link, and follow some of the links from there Hekate Jun 2013 #23

thanks--I will n/t zazen Jun 2013 #25

Here is another good and informative article. idwiyo Jun 2013 #28

thanks! n/t zazen Jun 2013 #31

Well, is this a sex identification or a gender identification. Deep13 Jun 2013 #35

Gender as Pure Social Construct went away with 2nd Wave Femenism One_Life_To_Give Jun 2013 #45

School worried about "future impact a boy with male genitals using a girls' bathroom would have" thesquanderer Jun 2013 #27

I bet sociopaths Lugal Zaggesi Jun 2013 #30

50/50 Hydra Jun 2013 #32

sociopaths mikehiggins Jun 2013 #38

I was just musing on "hardwiring" being destiny Lugal Zaggesi Jun 2013 #47

Equating transgender and sociopathy. Claaaaaaassy. (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2013 #43

Well, one thing I am sure of is that your post is full of transgender and homophobic bigotry. idwiyo Jun 2013 #44