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Originally Posted by TinyLittleIzzy
For some reason, I feel like this came up because of me,  I don't think it is, but I am like that. Feeling guilty or the center of attention when not.
"A transgendered male to female might not have to like all girly stuff but she WILL get in trouble if she does."
I believe when they refer to the sexual aspect, they are speaking less of the act; but in terms to sexual when it refers to physical design as sexual is seen as the body aspect and gender refers to the brain aspect. As in like it says on things a persons Sex.
Yeah, that part sort of bothers a lot of transfolk people. DSM-5 is going to the designation of Gender Dysphoria and losing Gender Identity Disorder as it misrepresents it as something that is "fixable". Last I saw, before they took it down for finalization. |
Had nothing to do with you. Was just browsing the site.
In my example I said he when I meant she. That is an incredibly stupid error on my part. Sorry.
And of course being transgender has a lot more to do than the social stuff, I thought I said that clearly.
But anyway my point is sexual means having to do with sexuality and/or sex. I feel it is disgusting when people implies children only a few years old in some cases have a "disorder" connected to their sexuality or sexual actions. This is why intersexed people are called that instead of intersexual, which was used sometimes in the past. Now there is a word called transsexual, which really isn't a particularly good word. Even transgender is a bad word, because it is illogical. But oh well.
I'm not thrilled about the name gender identity disorder, because it sounds like the mind is wrong and the body is right. I actually prefer gender dysphoria because it focuses on the mental suffering. It doesn't imply that your mind has it the wrong way, just that it is unhappy with the ways things are. Also the proposed definition is very good IMO.
But it is interesting what PC will do when DSM5 really is out there. In the new DSM the headline will not even be Sexual AND gender yadda yadda. It will NOT be in the same group as sexual disorders (because it isn't one).