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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That’s the point. Sure, I can “imagine” what it might feel like to be a [man/woman]. But I can’t KNOW. All I can KNOW is what it feels like to be myself. The rest is my imagination. Do you think all men feel the same, or all women? If you do you need to use your own imagination a bit more.

I am (as it happens) biologically female and I identify as female, and I still would not presume to say that I know “what it feels like to be female.” I know what it feels like to be myself, a latina female who is 5’6” and is from Chicago and had a mother named ___ and a hamster named Fred and went to Catholic school and was scared of the dark and so on and so forth. I don’t know what it feels like to be you, or a man, or an African American, or someone who was ephemeral afraid of the dark. I can imagine all those things, sure. I can tell myself that if only I was white, or a man, or not afraid of the dark, I’d happier. Maybe I’d even be right! But to say that “deep inside, my authentic self is white/male/not afraid of the dark” is silly. I don’t know what any of these identities feel like. I can’t know. All I can do is imagine. [/quote]

I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree.

Although I find it ironic that you’re saying you can’t know what it feels like to be someone esle, but you’re quite certain people who are transgender are wrong.

No I don’t think all women feel the same, but I can say I feel like a woman. It’s part of who I am. Sometimes I feel very feminine. When I break down the things I feel I can determine I feel that way because I’m a woman. If I felt differently, I could determine those feelings as masculine or that I feel like a man.  I believe people when they say what they feel. I don’t know why believing what someone says they feel and experience is such a leap for some people. How can feeling a certain way be wrong?

Do you actually know anyone who is transgender? Maybe they could explain it better. If you don’t know anyone who is, maybe reading about people who’ve transitioned from one gender to the other would help you understand. 
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