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208455, Sure there is a biological basis for orientation, but what about gender?
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Tue Jun-16-15 12:10 PM
>being intrinsic and not just a social construct. Homosexual
>as a label and in its current societal construct is relatively
>new as a label, but homosexuality existed well before we had a
>name for it.
Agreed.
The same can be said with transgenderism.
How? Seems like you just slide gender through the gate that held open for sexuality.
A male born person who presents as a woman gets all his cues for how to present as a woman from society. That person would present totally different in Brazil, versus Malaysia, versus LA.
>Acceptance and labeling is the part of the equation that's a
>societal construct.
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