Until juuust about when they’re too old for them to say that and then they switch to “you were brainwashed into it as a child” or “you’re just trying to fit in, everyone’s a trans these days”
No, of course not. It's not about an idea of what boys and girls are allowed to be. Everyone is different from any other person once you account for a growing number of factors, but that doesn't change the fact that people will share commonalities amongst subgroups of all people and align themself as such once they identify those shared elements on themself. There's no reason that girls and boys can't act the same, think the same, or feel the same, and yet, there exist still the distinction of boys and girls. So, what leads children to align themselves with other children of the same gender? It's not their genitals, it's just simply the understanding that you are a boy, and those are also boys. It's about belonging.
It has nothing to do with hormones or expressed likenesses, meaning, it isn't about who looks or acts the most like you see yourself - at least, not exactly.
It's about an innate feeling. Many trans women I know lament at the fact they can't give birth, many lament that they can't have women troubles quite as well. Many lament that their body or role in society doesn't add up to how they are or feel. So long as gender roles are coupled with gender identity, their will be a connection there that trans people respond to. That part, however, is more socialization than an inherent cause for a trans person.
The reality of it is, there is an innate understanding of what a person is within their mind. A person can usually tell when they fit their mold, or when their mold subverts their own expectation. I, for example, look like a woman, act like a woman, and even in real life tend to go exclusively by she/her, not out of want, but because it's more convenient. Ultimately, I'm male, just a simple femboy with a hormone issue. I can exist, and a trans woman can exist. We are different because I do not share that internal distress. I am just aesthetically attracted to more stereotypically feminine things.
Children know far more than people think about who they are, I was never explicitly told the differences between "man" and "woman", but even as a child, I knew that I wish I had the hair of a girl in my class room. Even I knew I really wish to wear a big frilly skirt. Even I knew that make-up looked super cute and fun to use.
For a trans woman, their thoughts might instead be things like: "Why is this here?" "Why am I developing wrong?" "Why am I like a boy?" "Why am I not like my sister?" Similar thoughts, very different directionality.
Children understand themselves far better than people think, we assume ignorance only because we have forgotten just how much we thought when we were so young. We have known that childhood gender constancy seems to form around ages 3-5, long before anyone teaches them biology.
anyone capable of understanding the concept of gender has a gender identity. if you ask a kid "are you a boy or a girl?" they will respond "boy" or "girl" because that's their understanding of their gender. as the kid experiences life and gains preferences, that may or may not change.
as a transgender brainwashed woke european, i cam assure that between questioning my gender and spreading the gay agenda i have a lot of time to ponder at how prices are skyrocketing and I won't be able to afford a house, and to think about my latest stort I'm writing, and also to solve some calculus problems. We have brain space for all of these
Definitely what it means, but he still sounds miserable as hell, because he took to insulting an (already oppressed enough) minority in order to make such a basic point.
Yes, but also, as a young European, kids do NOT want the United States of Europe, they want the death of a system that's destroying our resources and our lives to the profit of a handful of people.
Unifying doesn't mean shit if it's to continue on the same way we're all going as individual countries.
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Definitely because it was said in bad faith. This guy definitely sees trans kids and says "you're too young to know"
Thanks, I wasn’t sure if it goes in here, as I don’t frequent this sub, but I remembered it exists when I found this
Better fit than the vast majority of posts. A lot of the posts doesn't fit at all, yours is exactly right.
Until juuust about when they’re too old for them to say that and then they switch to “you were brainwashed into it as a child” or “you’re just trying to fit in, everyone’s a trans these days”
I get so tired of it
I hate this logic so much because it implies that AMAB boys and AFAB girls also don't know their genders.
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It's come from the understanding that you are more like the girls you know than the boys you know. That's what at the core of gender identity.
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No, of course not. It's not about an idea of what boys and girls are allowed to be. Everyone is different from any other person once you account for a growing number of factors, but that doesn't change the fact that people will share commonalities amongst subgroups of all people and align themself as such once they identify those shared elements on themself. There's no reason that girls and boys can't act the same, think the same, or feel the same, and yet, there exist still the distinction of boys and girls. So, what leads children to align themselves with other children of the same gender? It's not their genitals, it's just simply the understanding that you are a boy, and those are also boys. It's about belonging.
I noticed when my chest started growing for example, you just kinda know.
It has nothing to do with hormones or expressed likenesses, meaning, it isn't about who looks or acts the most like you see yourself - at least, not exactly.
It's about an innate feeling. Many trans women I know lament at the fact they can't give birth, many lament that they can't have women troubles quite as well. Many lament that their body or role in society doesn't add up to how they are or feel. So long as gender roles are coupled with gender identity, their will be a connection there that trans people respond to. That part, however, is more socialization than an inherent cause for a trans person.
The reality of it is, there is an innate understanding of what a person is within their mind. A person can usually tell when they fit their mold, or when their mold subverts their own expectation. I, for example, look like a woman, act like a woman, and even in real life tend to go exclusively by she/her, not out of want, but because it's more convenient. Ultimately, I'm male, just a simple femboy with a hormone issue. I can exist, and a trans woman can exist. We are different because I do not share that internal distress. I am just aesthetically attracted to more stereotypically feminine things.
Children know far more than people think about who they are, I was never explicitly told the differences between "man" and "woman", but even as a child, I knew that I wish I had the hair of a girl in my class room. Even I knew I really wish to wear a big frilly skirt. Even I knew that make-up looked super cute and fun to use.
For a trans woman, their thoughts might instead be things like: "Why is this here?" "Why am I developing wrong?" "Why am I like a boy?" "Why am I not like my sister?" Similar thoughts, very different directionality.
Children understand themselves far better than people think, we assume ignorance only because we have forgotten just how much we thought when we were so young. We have known that childhood gender constancy seems to form around ages 3-5, long before anyone teaches them biology.
how did you get here
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I mean that this is a subreddit about trans people. How did you get here without knowing how trans people work.
Cis people are so funny. You got this defensive over a simple question, wouldn't last a day in our shoes lmao
anyone capable of understanding the concept of gender has a gender identity. if you ask a kid "are you a boy or a girl?" they will respond "boy" or "girl" because that's their understanding of their gender. as the kid experiences life and gains preferences, that may or may not change.
also please refer to the chart
oh to be a blender and blend people who make these jokes' hands
Blend them into genderfluid ? A gender smoothie even.
Did my calculations, post stats showed me that at least around ten people from Czechia saw this post.
Ahoj, kamarádi
Ahoj! Jak to jde?
At least if I was a blender I could make myself a pina colada everytime this kind of joke is made.
If I was blender I could render overwatch r34 animations
Its an over satureted market unfortunately :/
as a transgender brainwashed woke european, i cam assure that between questioning my gender and spreading the gay agenda i have a lot of time to ponder at how prices are skyrocketing and I won't be able to afford a house, and to think about my latest stort I'm writing, and also to solve some calculus problems. We have brain space for all of these
Legit, why do these people always sound so resentful when making these """jokes"""? They sound like miserable people with miserable lifes.
Because they are.
I took it to mean "kids don't know anything. Don't look to them for continent-spanning geopolitical guidance."
Definitely what it means, but he still sounds miserable as hell, because he took to insulting an (already oppressed enough) minority in order to make such a basic point.
Most kids DO know what they blackedoutname, YOU just can’t accept it when they choose not agab.
I love how it's always "they don't know whether they're boys or girls"
Meanwhile the kid in question: I want to be this, I don't want to be that
Sounds like we got a perfectly clear picture of who we are, they just don't listen
Yes, but also, as a young European, kids do NOT want the United States of Europe, they want the death of a system that's destroying our resources and our lives to the profit of a handful of people.
Unifying doesn't mean shit if it's to continue on the same way we're all going as individual countries.
I think so, a blender is an electro-domestic, not a gender lmao
And their non-binary asses want some of that Götterfunken.
the kids def do NOT want a united states of europe, not are they blenders
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