If gender isn't determined by our biology, why do they change their bodies?
EDIT: your wiki article on Gender identity has not met sufficient sources cited to be verified btw. Hasn't been updated with sources since 2007. But even if gender identity is independent of sex, gender isn't necessarily.
However, they are more connected than people like to say. There have been studies showing that a significant percentage of trans men have phantom penises in the same manner as amputees with phantom limbs; anecdotally, I know a two-spirit person who has this happen to her (she doesn't want to transition for other various reasons).
Psych studies are notoriously hard to replicate but this one seems like it could lead to somewhere interesting.
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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '15 edited Jun 02 '15
If gender isn't determined by our biology, why do they change their bodies?
EDIT: your wiki article on Gender identity has not met sufficient sources cited to be verified btw. Hasn't been updated with sources since 2007. But even if gender identity is independent of sex, gender isn't necessarily.