Quote:I must disagree.

 

First of all, why must "labels be attached" to people?  What group of people routinely does this?

 

Second of all, if some guy "feels like" he is a "woman trapped in a man's body", that to me is a sign that "his head is not right", thus "mental illness".  Do I condemn it?  No.  But I don't subscribe to a person's perception with reality simply because of "what they feel".  Biologically a man has been born with an X and a Y chromosome.  Nothing changes that, no matter how he "feels".  You can remove/replace/modify genitalia or other body parts, but biologically a man cannot transform into a woman and vice-versa.

 

I personally refuse to call a person that has an X and a Y chromosome "she".

 

Also, just because a practice is "accepted" in other cultures, it doesn't make it "normal" here in our culture, though many want to change that.

 

There is a litany of things our society now accepts as normal that once were considered abnormal or downright abhorrent. Our culture has no stronghold on what is correct, we can learn from other cultures or even simply decide what once was considered wrong is now ok.

 

I know a person who, having no knowledge of her genitalia, I know with all certainty you would refer to as "she" or "her". Because she looks, thinks and acts in every way as what our society considers feminine. But she was born with the penis and testicles she still possesses, and with an X and Y chromosome. She lives the life she feels from within.

 

Don't be so sure of what you'd call someone.

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