[GoneGirl]

Clara, you two may be engaging in semantics. What is "wrong" is wrong with society.
The trick is finding whatever it is that allows us to be comfortable with oureslves despite what we are told by society. Isn't it?

That's the trick, Sammie. If it were only so simple.

Clara

I'm not convinced that social constructs are the sole source of our gender dysphoria. I admit they play a huge factor. What are the prospect for a different world?

People have a penchant for conformity. Peer pressure, fashion trends, the latest craze, you name it, people like to flock together. Kids, in particular, are shunned, teased, excluded for sometimes the smallest deviations in looks, behaviors, social standing, not to mention gender variation.

I don't see that aspect of human nature ever changing. To be born a girl with a boy's body is always going to be liability and a social hurdle as long as such people are in the minority. Gender dysphoria will be an issue that many will struggle to overcome, as many of us are struggling, for a long time. Maybe that's why gender therapists will be necessary for a long time. The afflicted have to come to accept themselves in the face of societal disapproval, bigotry, and ignorance. Society, unfortunately, is the dog and we're the tail. Some would say we are the dog's shit.

Clara