Honest question for those who say young kids' behavior is largely the result of socialization: How do you explain the detransitioned butch lesbians who talk about heavy disapproval they faced as tots for their "masculine" behaviors? Who socialized them to be so gender atypical?
No one said lesbians have a monopoly on gender nonconformity. If you read Melissa Hines' work (in part of the thread) that's made clear.
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So the issue is about compliance and non-compliance to 'gendered' socialisation. Most people/children are meekly steered by adults into conformity. Some strongly baulk at this steering & follow their own lead. Sometimes subsequent 'steering' is abusive & traumatising.
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So in your view (just extrapolating here), you don't think the research (e.g. Hines, ~5K subjects) indicating at least some biological contribution has any validity? Or her (and others') research on prenatal-T? (again, only a significant minority of subjects were LG later).
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