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Originally Posted by Salvanas
Because it is a he/she/it?
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I'm trying to be politically correct (accomodating for all points of view).
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Originally Posted by Nyororin
I think that probably 95% of the time, it is something along those lines. But I think it is very hard to say that there is no such thing as a gender identity disorder. Other things can go wrong in the human body, so I believe that it`s entirely possible that a hormone/signal/etc to set gender in the brain can either not go through or go through incorrectly. It`s been shown that exposure to (or lack of) hormones during early gestation can wreak havoc in that area - even if they`re natural hormones. In my son`s case, it was pretty darned extreme so physically obvious... But if it were milder there would really be no way to tell.
I don`t believe that anyone should just be able to up and decide to change genders, but there are some cases where it may be alright. It really comes down to how much evaluation and how "real" the situation is. If a kid has honestly identified only with girls from birth on then it`s really hard to say it`s just a phase or has to do with something shorter termed. Even feminine boys still consider themselves boys while playing with dolls.
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Nyororin,
This sounds true. But think about it. If you're in the womb, and you got an insufficient injection of testosterone and your brain did not fully develop into a male, then the level of severity that it would have to be for a male to believe it was female would definatly show in physical deformation as well. I think so.
Also, this does not excuse females who think they're males, as if no testosterone was ever recieved, then you'd be fully female, having never encountered any aspect of the male birth process, thingy.