ashytheblue
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It doesn't bother me, hate london and they can have any signs they want as i wont be seeing them.......up the north
You're right to draw a distinction between physiology (sex) and sociology (gender). However, I think one major part of this issue that you may have overlooked is that many individuals suffering from some kind of gender issue are doing so not because of how they perceive or view gender roles but because their brain is effectively forcing them to think that way.However, what I don't understand is why people such as the ones I described above choose to define themselves as any one of a myriad of in-between genders. In my view, it would be more progressive to simply accept your sex but to challenge the gender expectations placed upon you. I thing that people who 'identify' as something other than male or female are holding back progress.
The one that I think really makes no sense is people who have a sex change. If you're physiologically male but you really feel that you are female, what does that actually mean? Surely such people are confusing sex with gender. You've got male sex organs but you're attracted to men, you socialise predominantly with women and you're interested in Love Island. None of that makes you female! You're simply a male who fits some of society's gender roles ascribed to women. Having your dick chopped off - to me - is extreme in such circumstances. Surely challenging society's expectations of you would be a more progressive and useful approach.