You cant identify as female if u are male or vice versa. In the past we would put such people in mental homes so pls understand its ubnormal.

@dunpender That doesn't take the debate very much further does it? Gender is much more of a spectrum than that.

@dunpender So? What difference does it make? The sexes are supposed to be equal so it shouldn't matter what sex a person is. Gender doesn't always correlate with sex either.

@dunpender Fish are not considered equal to humans. Men and women are supposed to be equal to each other so it doesn't (or ought not) make any difference which sex one is.

@dunpender Of course, it's your right to identify as a fish with all the rights of a fish but you won't gain all the abilities of a fish.

Likewise, it's a person's right to identify as another sex with all the rights of members of that sex (although they ought to be the same rights) but they won't gain the abilities of members of that sex.

@dunpender Exactly, but that's no reason to deny him the same rights as a woman.

@TheConstantGardener you are born either male or female. Being asexual doesnt mean u identify as another sex.

@lightshinesthroughdarkness It's not that simple. Some people are intersex, neither male nor female. Asexual simply means not having a sex.

@lightshinesthroughdarkness Not everyone is born male or female. It's up to the individual as to their gender preference. The debate is already passed the point that you're at now.

@suzie1960 Asexual means without sexual feelings or associations. Not not having a sex

@Fernie It often does mean that but that's not the only definition. The prefix "a" essentially means "without" so "asexual" can mean an absence of sex - as in asexual reproduction.

@suzie1960 I think you might be talking about agender

@Fernie No, I would interpret that as not identifying as either gender. I don't believe any of you are completely one gender anyway, we all have traits of both so lie somewhere along the continuum.

@suzie1960 there is asexual and agender...A means without.

@Fernie I know - that's what I just said about the prefix "a". I think we may be at cross purposes here.