That is nice to think. That through science you might explain away the existence of transsexuality as an illness of culture. I’ve pondered the same argument, but at the end the things that “men do” and those that “women do” are ultimately supported by intrinsic differences in hormone levels and genetics. So while you could simplify the experience as a cultural phenomenon, you do not yet understand that such cultural phenomenons are the product of an internal difference, subtly driving what each of both genders at a large scale desires to do. Be it that this difference seems cultural, at first glance, it is not. It is an involuntary quality of the person to wish to identify with said cultural perceptions of gender, by causality of those cultural choices adhering more closely to the motivations originating from their mental gender. Yes, cultures are fluid and some will exacerbate this problem, some others will lessen it perhaps, and then less people would feel the need to declare themselves trans. But the fact remains, that independently of culture, you might come to the conclusion that a trans person has already crossed the threshold between a simple aesthetic choice and an inborn propensity to go for that type of choice. Details on where and when, are arbitrary. It is more effective to contrast between the two genders than to define one of them independently. There is also the fact of disassociation with their physical body, but that shouldn’t require my input. I think that’s all, and do as you will. I’ll not respond unless there is something interesting to respond to.
That is nice to think. That through science you might explain away the existence of transsexuality as an illness of culture. I’ve pondered the same argument, but at the end the things that “men do” and those that “women do” are ultimately supported by intrinsic differences in hormone levels and genetics. So while you could simplify the experience as a cultural phenomenon, you do not yet understand that such cultural phenomenons are the product of an internal difference, subtly driving what each of both genders at a large scale desires to do. Be it that this difference seems cultural, at first glance, it is not. It is an involuntary quality of the person to wish to identify with said cultural perceptions of gender, by causality of those cultural choices adhering more closely to the motivations originating from their mental gender. Yes, cultures are fluid and some will exacerbate this problem, some others will lessen it perhaps, and then less people would feel the need to declare themselves trans. But the fact remains, that independently of culture, you might come to the conclusion that a trans person has already crossed the threshold between a simple aesthetic choice and an inborn propensity to go for that type of choice. Details on where and when, are arbitrary. It is more effective to contrast between the two genders than to define one of them independently. There is also the fact of disassociation with their physical body, but that shouldn’t require my input. I think that’s all, and do as you will. I’ll not respond unless there is something interesting to respond to.