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Ana_v
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By “transgender”, I am not referring to persons born with ambiguous sexual organs.
I am referring to people with an objectively, phenotypically, recognizable gender at birth – even prior to birth at that – (not to mention that their gender is genetically indicated) and who later on rejected their gender and altered their bodies so as to conform to the physical appearance of their opposite gender.
Unfortunately, we live in a society in which this is being normalized. And children are being born alongside this normalization. As such, people in future generations will no longer share the perspective that this is “not normal” . (Because normality is determined by frequency of occurrence). Even if they morally oppose this phenomenon, they will still not be able to bring themselves to see this as “not normal”. In other words, the shock of it (if it exists at all) will not hit them as drastically as it does to those individuals who lived in a time in which this kind of a thing was unfathomable or, even if entertained as a hypothetical, would rightly be understood as an outrageous medical procedure (and more outrageous or absurd, the social acceptance/celebration of such a procedure).
Imagine the following:
A man is up on a stage, before a secular, pro-sexual revolution audience. This man regards himself as a “transgendered” person, because he has been through elective surgery and hormone therapy to tranform his appearance and bodily experience in to that of a woman’s. He tells the audience about how he feels very fulfilled being a “woman”, is indebted to those who supported him in being “true” to himself, and who understand that gender is a “personal decision” that is determined by one’s “interior sense of identity”. At the end of his presentation, he is applauded.
Elsewhere, also before the same type of audience, I go up on stage and introduce myself as “transpecies”. I talk about how I underwent a wonderful transformation from the “culturally imposed” identity of “human”, to my “true” identity of jaguar. I received full body tattoos that mimic the spotted pattern on jaguar fur, have surgically attached whiskers, and received some dental impants whose design resembles the canine teeth of jaguars. I also prefer to walk on all fours. I hope that one day, society will support who I really am (jaguar), instead of who they
would rather me be (human).
Would I receive an applause?
I realize that secular critics would probably consider my example to be extreme, and would not take it seriously. But, the logic is the same behind both.
I am referring to people with an objectively, phenotypically, recognizable gender at birth – even prior to birth at that – (not to mention that their gender is genetically indicated) and who later on rejected their gender and altered their bodies so as to conform to the physical appearance of their opposite gender.
Unfortunately, we live in a society in which this is being normalized. And children are being born alongside this normalization. As such, people in future generations will no longer share the perspective that this is “not normal” . (Because normality is determined by frequency of occurrence). Even if they morally oppose this phenomenon, they will still not be able to bring themselves to see this as “not normal”. In other words, the shock of it (if it exists at all) will not hit them as drastically as it does to those individuals who lived in a time in which this kind of a thing was unfathomable or, even if entertained as a hypothetical, would rightly be understood as an outrageous medical procedure (and more outrageous or absurd, the social acceptance/celebration of such a procedure).
Imagine the following:
A man is up on a stage, before a secular, pro-sexual revolution audience. This man regards himself as a “transgendered” person, because he has been through elective surgery and hormone therapy to tranform his appearance and bodily experience in to that of a woman’s. He tells the audience about how he feels very fulfilled being a “woman”, is indebted to those who supported him in being “true” to himself, and who understand that gender is a “personal decision” that is determined by one’s “interior sense of identity”. At the end of his presentation, he is applauded.
Elsewhere, also before the same type of audience, I go up on stage and introduce myself as “transpecies”. I talk about how I underwent a wonderful transformation from the “culturally imposed” identity of “human”, to my “true” identity of jaguar. I received full body tattoos that mimic the spotted pattern on jaguar fur, have surgically attached whiskers, and received some dental impants whose design resembles the canine teeth of jaguars. I also prefer to walk on all fours. I hope that one day, society will support who I really am (jaguar), instead of who they
would rather me be (human).
Would I receive an applause?
I realize that secular critics would probably consider my example to be extreme, and would not take it seriously. But, the logic is the same behind both.