My Genes Made Me Do It!

[Natasha]

My Genes Made Me Do It!

http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=7687
02/11/2008

Those researchers who know most about genes and SSA say "Your genes did not make you do it". Let's review the evidence bearing in mind that many of the following arguments apply to all human behaviours.

[Chaunte]

All animals initially start out as female.  During the intial stages of development, the XY fetus is morphed into a male.

In the August 2005 Journal of Psychoneuroendocrinology, researchers suggest a genetic link.  As I recall, the genes responsible for rewiring the fetal XY brain may be on one of the same chromosome responsible for introducing new variations into the human genome.  The speculation is that the gene responsible for reprograming the brain is altered through normal genetic variability.  If the gene is altered, the enzymes responsible for morphing the brain are built incorrectly.  This prevents the brain from being rewired from female to male.

This explains the results published in the Vol 85, No 5 Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism.  There, researchers found that MTF transexuals have a female brain and FTM transexuals have a male brain.

Chaunte

[TheBattler]

          

Why is this connected to Religion. "Orthodox  Anglicanism"  .

I hate this type of people who are more interested in helping their religion then helping people.

I want to know why I had depression.

and if people look through it for some religious meaning and to justify their own thoughts - I get furious.

Alice

[cindianna_jones]

Alice,

It isn't really the religion for which we often lay the blame for this bigotry. You need to dig under the blanket of human nature to see the reality. If people didn't have their religion to cite reference, they'd find something else to throw at us.  We are people outside their frame of reference.   To them, we represent a change which they believe will turn their world upside down. It is very hard for people to change.  They'll resist it just as long as they can.

The cure?  Knowledge, visibility, and energetic responsible people who represent us.  Only when this is in front of society for a couple or three generations will it be accepted in the general public.

Cindi

[Chaunte]

Alice,

It isn't really the religion for which we often lay the blame for this bigotry. You need to dig under the blanket of human nature to see the reality. If people didn't have their religion to cite reference, they'd find something else to throw at us.  We are people outside their frame of reference.   To them, we represent a change which they believe will turn their world upside down. It is very hard for people to change.  They'll resist it just as long as they can.

The cure?  Knowledge, visibility, and energetic responsible people who represent us.  Only when this is in front of society for a couple or three generations will it be accepted in the general public.

Cindi

I have to agree.  Religious dogma can be a great way to instill fear and compliance in people.  The cry of "Do as I say, or God will be angry!" is used far too often.  It is also used as a rationalization to inflict "cures" upon us.  Afterall, they are saving us from ourselves and eternal damnation - a true charitable act.

It will probably take a couple more generations before the transgender community is really accepted by the public.

Chaunte