HappySqurriel said:
Vanversive said:
HappySqurriel said:
I_Heart_Nintendo said:
I think it is great. I knew I was gay when I was 12, most people know they are straight when they are 12, this kid obviously knows she is wired as a girl instead of a guy.
Regardless of what opinion you have formulated, or what you church has told you to the contrary, this sort of gender identity issue is common, and It's probably good that the kid is getting on top of it so early instead of waiting, or denying it all together and then living in misery.
If it was done any later there is more of a chance she would have looked "like a man in drag" like someone said, which only serves the purpose of her getting picked on by small minded people or judged by christians on the street later on in life. |
There are several experts (including Paul R. McHugh, MD a Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) who believe that "to provide a surgical alteration to the body of these unfortunate people was to collaborate with a mental disorder rather than to treat it" ... Unlike homosexuality, there is significant evidence to support claims that upbringing has an impact on whether someone becomes "Transgendered" or not; and there is evidence that the "need" for transgendered people to be seen as a member of the opposite sex is radically reduced by getting them to adopt far healthier attitudes towards the roles of the sexes in society.
Basically, if 12 year old child came up and asked for a race-change operation because he more identified with strict stereotypes of another race would you encourage him to undergo radical surgery? Why would you encourage a 12 year old child to undergo a sex change operation because he more identifies with the stereotypes of the opposite sex? Encouraging "Gender reassignment" is essentially reinforcing stereotypical views about the sexes.
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I agree, I like how south park handled the issue. I think people forget that sex and gender are two different things. One being societal and the other being biological.
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When I was in university one of my Sociology courses said that you had to consider sex, gender and sexuality as three separate concepts that are much more diverse than a simple parity classification. Everyone who has completed biology in highschool is probably aware that not everyone falls into the simple xx/xy genetic classifications of male and female, and people who take higher level anatomy courses often learn about other biological disorders which complicate classification; we have seen the fracturing of traditional gender roles over the past couple of generations, and now there is a growing acceptance of differing levels of masculinity and femininity in both women and men; and we have seen growing understanding of how sexuality is far beyond the procreative act of sex between a man and a woman.
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I took one sociology course when I was in school for radio. The majority of my gender education came from an ex girlfriend who was a womens studies major. So believe me when I say I got tongue lashing whenever I made a mistake of the two.
