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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After I hit submit I had another thought. One way they know their feelings are what they say they are is after they transition to the other gender, they feel at home in their body and like they’ve found their place in society more than when they lived with their birth gender. If they really weren’t feeling like the opposite gender, wouldn’t they feel more awkward after transitioning instead of feeling like they’re being true to themselves? [/quote]

What is the difference between that and “I am happier now that people assume that I am male/female and treated me in accordance with their assumptions about maleness/femaleness” ?

Being happier post-transition doesn’t show that you understood the secret essence of maleness or femaleness— it just shows that you correctly predicted that you would be happier if treated  different way by  others.

Arguing against gender essentialism here.  [/quote]

Ok fine. What I’m hearing is they can’t possibly know what it’s like to be the other gender. What’s your point? That they can’t be trans because they can’t feel like the other gender? It sounds like you’re simultaneously saying that we can define how gender feels to us and there no such thing as how a gender feels because it isn’t the same for everyone. [/quote]

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