Eh.
Just because there are two mainstream bodily genders, doesn't mean there is any kind of gender of the mind.
Why do I say this?
The mind is incredibly complicated. We all, male and female, often have to think alike, 2+2=4, not 22. Things like that, we all have to do that to get certain jobs and all of that. I think, "oh I'm a boy was born in a girl's body" is a bunch of bull.
I think you can be born in a body that doesn't suit you, and that people do fit genders. Some of us are more complicated than that though, and won't settle for our birth gender. They call us transsexuals. Some of us want nothing more than to be female, for reasons we can't place. Others of us can see themselves being more expressive, more true from a female form and go through the steps to do such. Just because you're a transsexual doesn't mean you will always fit into the gender you desire, personalyl I'd rather be a humanoid feline than a Homo sapien. You can still feel out of place, because you're only changing your gender, which I think is a relatively small thing to change. So yes, I think you can still be out of place, but perhaps more in place than you were.
So no, you're not really a woman, but you're not really a man either. You're just another human, who's entirely too concerned with gender:-p
Get a latte and listen to some music, I don't know.
Posted on: August 31, 2006, 06:55:11 PM
Quote from: beth on August 31, 2006, 05:53:56 PM
Our history is part of us. Women who grew up in a male body will have some different thoughts about themselves that genetic women will not have. I would think it's perfectly normal. I'm sure if we had been lost as babies and raised by wolves, then rescued and brought into human society we would understand we were human but still have memories and feelings regarding the past. That wouldn't mean we wern't human or wish we could go back to living with wolves, just that is part of our history.
I read a book about a dude like that.
And, wasn't Rome and his brother raised by a wolf?
