An Essay on Gender, Sex, Self, Identity and Brains

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An Essay on Gender, Sex, Self, Identity and Brains
A.E.  Brain
By Zoe Brain
Tuesday, 15 February 2011


http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2011/02/essay-on-gender-sex-self-identity-and.html


Taken from my comments on a thread over at I Blame The Patriarchy.

    m Andrea asked some really good questions about

        And now let's remember to ask ourselves how is physiology related to the essential essence of a human ?

    That encapsulates the crux of the issue, not just of M vs F, but categories, humanity, a whole host of things.

    What is self? What is identity?

    If (an event happens that causes trauma to your brain), and you survive, are you the same person as before? That might depend on where the damage is, some people have had radical changes of personality due to brain injury, others appear unaffected, even if they have some "cognitive impairment", "sensory impairment" or paralysis.