Feb 7, 2007, 06:44 PM
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I just finished studying transgender in my Gender class... we read a book called She's not There by Jennifer (formally James) Boylan. Great book. (S)he realized that (s)he was a woman at an even younger age (around... 6?), but didnt get the sex change until her 40s.
Anyways, this is not really different from hermaphrodites... most parents dont choose the gender of the child at birth, the doctors recommend they wait until age 13 or so, and then the child chooses for themselves. Gender isnt all horomones... it's a forced thing in society today. Girls are looked at to play with dolls and are considered tomboys if they play lots of sports or don't mind getting down and dirty. Not a bad thing by society's standard. Boys, on the other hand, are told to be tough, play sports and get into trouble, but looked at as 'sissies' if they play with dolls. Automatically, we're seeing being masculine as a better thing than being feminine. So if the boy honestly felt he was a girl (which is totally possible at that age), why face the cruelities of being looked at as a wimp/sissy or going through school being considered a 'freak' or being called a 'fag', when he can become what he naturally feels?
After the insight this one book has provided me, I totally think this is reasonable.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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Temari