Exploring the Troublesome Link Between Body & Identity
Filed By Drew Cordes | December 22, 2011 1:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2011/12/exploring_the_troublesome_link_between_body_identi.phpLately, I've been falling into heated debates with myself on a contentious problem - my body. Or rather, our collective bodies, and what they mean (if anything) in relation to who we are. As someone who already sacrificed many painful hours and a sizable wad of green to changing her body through drugs, surgeries and other means, it may seem a bit late to be meditating on this now. But something drove me to do these things. They had to be done. The question is why. Why was changing my body worth so much? Why not my student loans instead?
I'm not looking for the easy answer here, i.e. "Drew, you have a medical condition known as gender dysphoria. The best treatment is to make your body match your mind." Rather, I'm looking for the ontological explanation.
