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Title: On the frontline
Post by: Mnemosyne on July 26, 2008, 05:16:30 PM
Post by: Mnemosyne on July 26, 2008, 05:16:30 PM
On the frontline
VAISHNA ROY
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/07/27/stories/2008072750070200.htm (http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/07/27/stories/2008072750070200.htm)
First, let's settle the pronoun. Rose is 'she', a woman. This means she is neither a transvestite, someone who dresses like a woman; nor a eunuch, usually a castrated male.
She is a transsexual, someone born male with male genitalia, but who identifies strongly as a woman, including in her sexual preference for men. This is a gender identity disorder, where your body is one gender but your head disagrees.
VAISHNA ROY
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/07/27/stories/2008072750070200.htm (http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/07/27/stories/2008072750070200.htm)
First, let's settle the pronoun. Rose is 'she', a woman. This means she is neither a transvestite, someone who dresses like a woman; nor a eunuch, usually a castrated male.
She is a transsexual, someone born male with male genitalia, but who identifies strongly as a woman, including in her sexual preference for men. This is a gender identity disorder, where your body is one gender but your head disagrees.
Title: Re: On the frontline
Post by: tekla on July 26, 2008, 05:27:31 PM
Post by: tekla on July 26, 2008, 05:27:31 PM
so, who wins? The body or the mind?