05-05-2014, 05:05 PM
Flame phrased the question:
If your life had started on a different path and your bio-sex was female, do you think you would be cisgendered or not? In other words, do you see your dysphoria as being a direct consequence of being born a bio-male, or do you think it's simply an innate aspect of your nature to push the boundaries of gender so to speak?
It was the "or do you think it's simply an innate aspect of your nature to push the boundaries of gender so to speak?" that made me pick group 1. It not in my innate nature to do so. I don't have any desire to do war with the idea of there being two distinct genders. I would prefer to fall to one end of the gender spectrum or the other, but, alas, that didn't happen for me. I do think that if my biological sex was female instead of male, it would turn out to be a better fit with my feminine gender identity which is only beginning to realize its full potential. My male identity is largely the result of conditioning over many, many years, something which would never have happened had I been born female.
Clara
If your life had started on a different path and your bio-sex was female, do you think you would be cisgendered or not? In other words, do you see your dysphoria as being a direct consequence of being born a bio-male, or do you think it's simply an innate aspect of your nature to push the boundaries of gender so to speak?
It was the "or do you think it's simply an innate aspect of your nature to push the boundaries of gender so to speak?" that made me pick group 1. It not in my innate nature to do so. I don't have any desire to do war with the idea of there being two distinct genders. I would prefer to fall to one end of the gender spectrum or the other, but, alas, that didn't happen for me. I do think that if my biological sex was female instead of male, it would turn out to be a better fit with my feminine gender identity which is only beginning to realize its full potential. My male identity is largely the result of conditioning over many, many years, something which would never have happened had I been born female.
Clara