A bit of a blogular digression

http://questioningtransphobia.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/a-bit-of-a-blogular-digression/
7/18/09

Well, not strictly a digression, but one of the comments in Bint's second post (linked in my previous post) is eating at me:

    eruvande says:
    July 17th, 2009 at 10:04 am – Edit

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    I would not call myself transphobic...but I do admit to not really grasping the concept of it all. I mean, I understand that people are born transgendered, and I support efforts to bring one's physical identity into line with one's internal identity, but I have trouble understanding how a transwoman could ever understand a born-woman's experiences, or why we do not have third or fourth genders to fit trans or intersexed people. I think my anthropology training is getting in the way–other cultures have gender categories to fit such people, why don't we? It's something I'm working to educate myself on.

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