Ryan brings up a legit point: if gender identity has no biological underpinnings, then does it convey anything about what the person is?
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Does identifying as male or female actually mean anything beyond expressing masculinity or femininity? If not, why's it need its own term?
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No I don't think that it does. Because people express themselves... & it's useful to have words that convey that.
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Again, that's gender expression. Gender identity seems like it doesn't describe what anything IS. More acc term would be gender perception.
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People are afraid to challenge an "identity," but they're much more ready to point out when a perception doesn't match physical reality.
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That's one way in which these terms muddy the waters; makes it difficult to tell uncomfortable truthw.
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Okay here is what the APA says.pic.twitter.com/pMDFBw6Z5t
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Replying to @RationalDis @federer231 and
Like I said, that definition seems better suited to a term like "sexual perception."
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Replying to @VideoVader @federer231 and
That is the most semantic argument anyone has made in this thread...
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It's the CRUX of this thread. If gender refers to only what's in your head, then "changing gender" literally means only changing your mind.
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Yes. If someone does change their gender identity(let me point out that this doesn't apply to the vast majority of ppl) then they would 1/2
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Replying to @RationalDis @VideoVader and
be changing their gender identity i.e. how they see themselves.
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