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Biology isn’t the only reality

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Apparently there are people out there that believe foetuses can be trans. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, it’s the logical step when you believe gender is innate really.

And I also shouldn’t be surprised that it’s labelled transphobia if you say that a foetus cannot be trans.

Well, it can’t, and you know what? It doesn’t matter.

It doesn’t matter if you are trans and that gender is not innate.

Gender doesn’t need to be innate for you to be trans. See my previous post for more detail on the difference between socialised gender and innate gender.

Socialised gender is real, it is constructed but it is real. It is an invention of humankind with no physical or scientific basis but it is still real.

Of course not everyone is going to be comfortable with the gender that society forces on them, it’s a lazy set of cliches, I suspect the amount of people who actually fit and are happy with the gender stereotypes are in a very tiny minority. Of the rest,

  • Some will be happy just fitting in with as many of their socialised gender stereotypes as possible
  • Some will be unhappy but do it anyway
  • Some will just do what they want with no regard to the stereotypes
  • Some will reject the stereotypes outright by creating new genders
  • Some will reject them by rejecting gender itself
  • Some will reject them by fighting to have the stereotypes ignored
  • Some will reject them by aligning themselves with the opposite socialised gender

All of these are understandable.

None of them are wrong in themselves, though some become linked to less ok actions.

And all of those who are unhappy with their socialised gender are genuinely unhappy, their feelings on their gender are not minimised by gender not being innate. Saying gender is constructed does not relieve their misery. Demanding that gender be treated as innate does not actually improve their lives.

So no, foetuses cannot be trans, they haven’t been socialised to be either gender, so have no gender to be uncomfortable with.

This is no reflection on anyone who feels their gender is wrong. It just is.