Radical Feminism on Transgenderism

[MadrasT]

4. I think I understand what you are asking

Are you wondering if society didn't have such a strictly binary view of gender, then fewer folks might actually transition? Especially such a strictly binary view that says "women are like this and men are like that"?

In other words, if society were more accepting of gender fluidity and people with blended gender identities, and variations in what "man" or "woman" is expected to be, would fewer people transition?

I have wondered the same thing, just as a "what if" exercise. I don't have an opinion about the answer.

I fully accept any gender identity anyone assumes. I also get very frustrated with a world that thinks gender is binary.

I don't even understand binary gender. At all. Gender is a big old mishmash continuum to me.

I am female bodied and present as female but don't identify as female (or should I say as a "woman&quot . I don't identify as male (or as a "man&quot either. I have a lot of traditionally "masculine" traits but look like a woman and I am completely fed up with a world that wants me to be one gender or the other.

I have a lot of respect for people who transition. It seems like a really tough and brave decision. Though I gather it doesn't feel much like an option, but more like an imperative.