Face to face with new ideals of feminine beauty

[Natasha]

Face to face with new ideals of feminine beauty

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/issues/face-to-face-with-new-ideals-of-feminine-beauty-1818110.html
7/12/09

Transsexuals (people who have the wrong body for their gender) have always been with us. Transsexualism occurs in all mammalian species and is caused by a hormonal alteration in the developing fetus. So it's a physical problem which can be corrected by physical means. And not a "mere" mental disorder without a biological basis.

In the ancient world transsexuals were both accepted and respected, but somewhere along the way this view was replaced by the idea that "natural" was a physical manifestation of God's will. The bodies we were born with were the way that our bodies were meant to be.

[LordKAT]

"The bodies we were born with were the way that our bodies were meant to be."

If that were true you would see a lot more physical defects like cleft palate or lip. No one questins surgery to change these defects, why question mine?

[Hypatia]

The author wasn't arguing for that position. It was cited as the former belief about gender that is now becoming obsolete.