That primary comes from the strong response of the far right constantly prosecuting trans people. If that effected you, a lot of us are sorry, that's not the intent, we're just so tired and sick of hearing it, and it's truly begging to hurt people that we have to start assuming that your part of that camp.
Understandable. I'm not particularly fond of much of the right's BS over the last several years myself, because it all too often comes down to Raeganomics and culture war these days. It especially must suck to be at the brunt of it.
Texas has outright said it wants to ban gender affirming care entirely for example.
Even if your not a trans person, this still can help you. There are guys who's gender matches with what their birth. In other words, they are a guy, who is sure they are a guy. But their hormones, for whatever reason it may be, is not quite aligned right. Maybe their voice still hasn't dropped and it's still pretty late in puberty. Or that their face looks a little more femine than it should. Or that they're developing wider hips, when they really shouldn't be.
Yeah, we all know how terrible Texas can be in the civil liberties department when the wrong people are in charge (which is pretty much always). Hell, they're also cracking down hard on abortion now, even though a notable portion of conservatives these days are in favor of some form of it within reason.
I don't know what gender affirmation looks like, so I'm ignorant in that category. I realize this may come off as "right thought," but I am one of those who believes that current science can't change what you are in regards to being male or female, and the first step should always be to try and help people accept and embrace that. That's not to say people should have to adopt "masculine" or "feminine" roles or traits based on their biological sex, but not accepting the body you were born into isn't especially healthy in my view. Also, when you change the definition of gender, you might as well change the very definition of what is a man and what is a woman. And if people can't agree on any true definition, then the terms might as well only be reserved for the medical and biological field, and stop using it as an identifier of what we assume based on appearance, or even behavior.
As for hormone therapy, I don't know what that looks like for people who are looking to "fit" more into their biological sex, nor do I know how much is prescribed for people looking to transition. But the body is designed to work with our hormones based on our genetic makeup. If you go too extreme in the other direction, it can cause health problems. Men, for example, can lose muscle and bone density, and their risk of osteoporosis, infertility and breast cancer is increased. For women, they may start to lose their hair, develop acne, grow facial hair and have a deeper voice - and some of those effects are irreversible. Ultimately though, as long as they are a consenting adult, what choices they make are theirs and theirs alone. I'm sure for a lot of people transitioning, they are probably made aware of any real risks.
Further more there's a lot of evidence multiple genders do infact, exist. We already are aware of people who do not match the binary XX XY format. There's some people out there who are XXY or whatever the fuck else I haven't mentioned. But then you also have the complicated thing that is brain development.
The XXY example you give is called Klinefelter Syndrome, which, in and of itself is not necessarily indicative of whether one is a different gender. Furthermore, this is classified as a [genetic condition] in males, and has real physical impacts, such as weak bones, lower energy levels and higher risk of obesity.
Tl;dr the body develops first, before the actual brain does. Which sounds obvious, but that also means that you can have the equivalent of a male body, with a female brain. Due to one being started later than the other, if any other hormone is more dominant than the other during that process, which naturally can happen. Then you get the people who feel genuinely uncomfortable in their own bodies, since their body developed in a prodominantly female esk setup. And is going to develop that way without intervention. While having the brain been developed in a more male esk setup, due to being started later. Not being developed at the sametime as their body.
Hm, the "male" and "female" brain argument is actually said to not really even matter. Even some of the science supporting gender ideology assumes that our brains are rather "agender." Many psychologists agree that your overall behavior is mostly going to come back to your conditioning when growing up - that, and hormones. That's not to say there aren't outliers, as science is a constantly changing field, and there are always going to be core aspects of human nature that play a role.
Also, as far as human development goes, are you referring to development in the womb? Or are you referring to one's reproductive components?
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Now onto the topic of gender in and of itself, and my case as it stands:
People say that gender is nothing more than a social construct. If that's the case, then the current social aspect of gender is complex and inconsistent. Many of the same people will say that social constructs and norms don't matter. If that's the case with gender, then gender as a whole should not really matter, thus, neither should gender identity, thus, people should just not identify as any gender - or even identify as anything. It should instead come down to only who the individual is when it comes to their own humanistic traits and personality. Furthermore, every cultural representation of what's considered masculine or feminine is different. While there are many commonalities, not every aspect of what's masculine or feminine is going to apply to every culture, especially when you consider the history of things line clothing and hair. Personally, I would say that what could even - on a scientific level - be considered masculine or feminine would have to be things that resonate at the biological level - i.e. what synchronizes best with testosterone and estrogen. Even then, for all we know, some of those activities could be based on human conditioning - depending on the activity or construct in question. Ultimately though, there is always going to be two different definitions of what makes a man or a woman - one biological and one social. So the question ultimately becomes "how does society agree on a rule?" Do we identify only with the common biological and visual traits of what makes a man or a woman that is the simplest way to define someone as one or the other? And if that's so, then why should it matter to people who say that social constructs don't matter? And why would we want to continue to complicate and convolute something that should otherwise be so simple to such a degree that no matter who you talk to, you're probably going to offend someone in your daily life? Ultimately, there are baseline rules of society that ought to be agreed upon by the majority. If they are not, then the society in question starts having challenges when it comes to how it should function, and as humans, whether we live in a tribe or in civilized society, there are always going to be social constructs that get in the way. But in most societies, gender is boiled down to what is considered immutable, probably because they never had to think about it to the extremes that Western society does, because Western society is probably so obsessed with philosophy that we put ourselves in existential crisis over it. Anyway, that's my (admittedly nonsense) thought on gender.
In any case, I hope in the least that my viewpoints and arguments don't come off as rude. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a powerful debater, so I know there will be holes in my argument, and I'm sure you've probably already heard many of such arguments from others. All said, while I may not personally agree with gender ideology, I'm also not the type to go belittling people who may identify any such way as long as they are genuine about it, and I ultimately believe that people should have the right to do what they want with their bodies, so long as they are at an age where they can make those decisions rationally, and are aware of any potential side effects and irreversible changes along the way.
