Does your gender or sex define you?

[fido123]

I've cooled down and come back so:

Originally Posted by Kilroy_x

And again, for the 10 millionth time, because you're discussing the transgender phenomenon and the only way to understand certain core aspects of it (THOSE UNDER DISCUSSION ITT) is either directly, or through the intermediary of people who experience it directly.

I think a lot of people experience a lot of common issues TG people feel so strongly about that it makes them go TG. As a male I'm expected by a lot of my friends to have a good time sitting in a bar drinking a few beers and watching UFC. I honestly end up leaving early every time cause beer makes me pretty nauseous, I hate bars, and I can really only watch one fight, two tops of UFC. If I were drinking alcohol, I'd much rather it be a cooler; if I were at a place to drink, it be more of a club/show; I hate watching any kind of sport. Apparently these qualities in this society don't make me a "true man" and I often feel like I have to sometimes fake "man" like qualities as my preferences are frowned upon. Now for certain things like how a TG person feels in their body, that would be something I would have to go off of what somebody who's experienced it has told me. To me, the only thing that really defines sex in a meaningful way is gender roles, but perhaps I haven't lived life in the "wrong body".

People can have real and valid opinions on this subject without being trans-gendered. There are certain core aspects as you said where people have no idea what that might feel like but it doesn't void any opinions we may have. People should take into consideration TG people probably have thought a lot longer, and harder about these issues but we can't just allow one opinion to override all others. What if a TG person is in reality just a complete ****ing moron and doesn't know how to use proper rational? What if his/her opinion totally contradicts what every other TG person's opinion is? Should we just put our opinions aside and listen? We shouldn't, we should approach everything with an open mind and take other people's experiences into consideration but we shouldn't just have our opinions nullified.