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Was mulling over this quote from one of our cool and funny posters, because I thought this way when I was sixteen too. I guess I can't blame me, because understandably I was feeling insecure and "inferior" and all that shit, so it's kind of understandable that I took this as a sort of attack on the concept of gender. I was theory-free and a kid, Idk.
It still fucking sucks though, it fed essentialist thinking in me and probably led to some of the negative disposition I had toward, honestly most queers at that time. I was such an angry, morose little shit. My brain just wasn't ready for "gender is a social construct, and that is not inherently bad" y'know.
tbh i do think there is a physical component, i think people that are all in on gender being a social construct are missing some important points too. like why is it that i feel sane on estrogen? ultimately, if its a complete construct, that means i'm basically just making it up in my head. but of course, people can be low T, low E, etc and feel like shit, that is proven science. im of the opinion that whatever receptors that receive E or T must be receiving a low amount of it in trans people, enhancing dysphoria because your body is lacking something important.
of course, this doesnt mean someone cant be trans without dysphoria, or without medical transition. things can be more complicated than that. but the idea that its solely a construct is, imo, wrong. i think its a little bit of A and a little bit of B. though i guess you could argue everyone happy with medically transitioning is actually intersex, and gender is still a construct
Well yeah the physical aspects aren't socially constructed, but "man" and "woman" super are. Nobody who believes gender is a social construct believes that the physical and chemical aspects are, unless they're a ridiculous terf. It's about the way we perceive these things and label them, all of the non-physical aspects of gender, since gender is not physical. Like in Gender Outlaw I think?
I kind of like the "everyone transitioning is intersex" though, that's funny ngl.
oh my god, yes, this. I've been thinking this since yesterday and it's been stuck in my head, but like, wow, I really, really feel dysphoric because of the physical ways in which my hormones cause me to present as physically. My skin is rough and oily and my body fat distribution is just off and wrong, and it would feel really fucking nice if that wasn't the case, and it could very much easily change with some hormone changes