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How is it not comparable? In both instances someone identifies as something they're not.
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Who are you to say what they are and what they are not?
Gender identity in psychology is a very
very complex and intricate topic. It's not so simple as simply sexual assignment.
Take an obvious example: A transvestite. They like wearing women's clothes obviously, but they must sexually identify as being a man otherwise they'd have no penis. What about a stay at home father who does it out of want rather than necessity?
I don't identify with being a male at all. Not in the slightest. I don't like anything that is typically considered manly, I don't get on well with other men and I love female company and have interests and desires considered feminine. I'm not sure that I would go as far to say I identify as being female (Though I have three good friends who would) and I certainly don't care enough to have my passport changed, but I'm certainly hesistant to identify at all as male.
Also on a lighter note I'd like to wear female clothing.
Think on
that.
And try not to retch.
EDIT: On a serious note I had my very close transgender friend read through this topic and he said I should make mention that gender roles are entirely a social construct. He's a postgraduate student studying sociology with an academic and vested interest in gender roles.
Also I would totally have mentioned that sooner if I wasn't horrifically ill and drowsy from these cold tablets.
Bleh