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Title: Face to face with new ideals of feminine beauty
Post by: Natasha on July 12, 2009, 11:25:19 AM
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 (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.
Title: Re: Face to face with new ideals of feminine beauty
Post by: LordKAT on July 12, 2009, 12:34:39 PM
"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?
Title: Re: Face to face with new ideals of feminine beauty
Post by: Hypatia on July 12, 2009, 01:23:38 PM
The author wasn't arguing for that position. It was cited as the former belief about gender that is now becoming obsolete.