No, that was my point. I think the two situations are different, in the way I described, so that what applies to one is not necessarily applicable to the other. The distinction I'm making is between the involuntary and the voluntary. I acknowledge that it can be difficult to distinguish between the voluntary and the involuntary in specific instances, which is why developmental neuroscience can help by identifying traits that have a developmental origin.If that's the case, the same people who would have no problem accepting her as a man had she identified as one, should accept her as black because she identified that way; do you agree?
To make an extreme analogy, it's like the difference between someone born with a neurological speech impediment and someone who chooses to adopt such a mode of speech for whatever reason.
I generally identify gender by the individual's behaviour.How are you identifying gender?
If you're asking what I mean by gender, I mean the behaviour of an individual reflected in their position on the spectrum of personal, social, and cultural roles involving masculinity & femininity. Gender identity in this context is the position on that spectrum that the individual feels most comfortable with, or comes most naturally to them.
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