Foxy, these are emotional bondings, not gender identities. These fall into the same catagories as all sexual bondings.

"And even in the Bible - Eve was taken out of a man's side."

Jesus Indy, was it a caesarean delivery that went wrong. Would that be covered by Medicare?

I read an interesting article in The Atlantic.

It asked - "Should we allow for a broader range
of personal expression?" For example, - should
men be able to enjoy ballet, poetry, child rearing,
without being cast as effeminate and unmanly?
Just as women who pursue masculine activities -
are still women?

From what I can gather from some of the posts in
this discussion we seem to regard a man or a woman
simply as one who possesses male or female chromosomes
with the corresponding sex organs.

But what of transgender?

Can a biological man have a female brain (or soul) or
vice versa?

How do we reconcile these contradictions?

Is gender a mere social construct or is it biological?
And can it be changed?

Foxy,

I am a believer in live and letting live. I don't care if a man wants to live and be called a woman, however, the extremists of this trans movement want to insist that someone simply declaring that he is a woman that he is now female and can not only compete in women's sports events but have full access to facilities normally reserved only for women.

There has to be some reason applied to this fanaticism.

shadowminister,

I agree.

However, I believe that medical professionals
have a very strict assessment of sifting the
genuine from the phonies. There are strict protocols
involved.

This is my six penn'oth.... from a man's point of view....

A 'woman' is a human who is mentally and physically female?
A woman is incomparably desirable to men.
Nothing can replace the warmth, softness, understanding, reliability, and downright usefulness, of a woman.
She can inspire a man to do great things.
She can bring out the best in him.
She can be extremely complementary.

A woman can be one half of a male/female pair.
She is a vital and necessary part of such a pairing.
She differs physically from the man in having the ability to bear children.
She differs mentally in that she is programmed to respond sexually to a male shaped person.

There are humans who are born with a female body.
They have reproductive ability.
But mentally they are programmed to respond sexually to a female shaped person.
Do we consider them to be true women?
How are we supposed to think about them?
As a woman 'gone-wrong'?
Or as what?
It can be confusing sometimes.