it's sort of a zen-transgender koan ...
The only people who can deny the existence of physical and mental sex/gender are those who never experienced dysphoria because of it.
Pondering this ...
I mean, I've claimed that I've never been affected by gender dysphoria, this is true, although when I was a teen I sometimes wished I was a girl because then my straight best friend would possibly fall in love with me, instead of tying me up and physically abusing me, heh, which I loved, ...
I know there are people who feel very deeply religious, yet I think religion is bullshit. I know there are people who feel very deeply about their gender, yet I think gender is bullshit.
But it doesn't matter what I think -- if you feel very deeply about either your religion or your gender, you're gonna continue doing that. So ... what does any of this ... um ...
that's the koan, if you feel deeply about something, and I feel it is bullshit, what does any of this ... what are we doing?
Pondering this ...
I mean, I've claimed that I've never been affected by gender dysphoria, this is true, although when I was a teen I sometimes wished I was a girl because then my straight best friend would possibly fall in love with me, instead of tying me up and physically abusing me, heh, which I loved, ...
I know there are people who feel very deeply religious, yet I think religion is bullshit. I know there are people who feel very deeply about their gender, yet I think gender is bullshit.
But it doesn't matter what I think -- if you feel very deeply about either your religion or your gender, you're gonna continue doing that. So ... what does any of this ... um ...
that's the koan, if you feel deeply about something, and I feel it is bullshit, what does any of this ... what are we doing?