Complexities of gender?!?!? Really?!?! That is truly laughable.
So we're a couple hundred responses in, I've seen posted evidence for the complexities of gender in this very thread, but have you provided any evidence for your claim?
I'm asking because your (outdated) understanding of anatomy and physiology
was commonly held scientific belief, until new evidence came to light, and new studies were undertaken, where results showed us that things we previously believed to be true actually were not.
Funny enough, Statistics has this concept too, it's called a "lurking variable". Things that you want to say are correlated (such as chromosome expression and the cultural construct of binary gender) may in fact not be at all, or not nearly as strongly as previously believed.
So are you saying you don't believe science in general? Or did you just unilaterally decide that science was correct up until you no longer believe it to be because it doesn't fit your worldview?
As humans, we naturally try to categorize and organize (hence the very concept of "rules" in the first place), and we encounter great cognitive dissonance in our worldviews when things don't fall neatly into those boxes we've created. Many times however, we forget to ask ourselves if those box labels were created arbitrarily, or after the result of investigation and critical reasoning.
My point sir, is that you need to check the labels on your boxes. They expired decades ago.
Let's turn this discussion on its head.
Lulu is an avid disc golfer and PDGA member. A year ago was rated 880 when she took a radical step to improve her game -- She began taking male hormones. After a year of hard work on the course and in the gym, she's added 30 lbs. of muscle, can throw over 400', and her rating is up to 940. She also decided to grow a beard and register for FPO Worlds.
So what should the TD and/or PDGA do with this bearded lady?
So a female started taking PED's and spent time practicing seriously...what does this have to do with transgender people?
Not trolling, trying to follow the train of thought.