Status hierarchy in Britain. High: Gay, transsexual, black, Asian, lumpenprole, Muslim, female, bureaucrat, “expert”, immigrant, corporation, mid-class, NHS, “scientist”. Low: Small business, aristocrat, male, native, white, working class, Christian, heterosexual, empiricist.
Hypothesis: the increased popularity of transgenderism among men, white men in particular, is an attempt to rise up this status hierarchy.