@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout The statistics clearly show that when there are mental problems stemming from being trans they are the direct result of not providing any gender-affirming care or puberty blockers. In this context "gender-affirming care" means acknowledging the gender the child identifies as, addressing them as such, and letting them dress and act accordingly. Parents don't "encourage" mental problems, but sometimes they cause (or just contribute to) them.
@NativePortlander1970 I'm not discussing this or related topics with you until you answer my question from before. If it's true that there are two and only two genders, then which gender is a person born with genes and/or reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t fit the boxes of 'female' or 'male?'
I'll just say that biased vlogs are no substitute for real science. Nor do a couple of examples outweigh the great crowd of trans people who wish they had access to gender-affirming care at a younger age, let alone the ones who developed mental problems as a result of being denied such care.
@SparkleLeaf What is the difference between personality and gender to you and why are you so sexist that it's a problem if the sexist stereotypes don't match?
@WhyThooo It's not so much a difference between them as it is that they are different things. It's like asking, "What's the difference between a dog and the wind to you?"
Personality, put simply, is the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character.
Gender is a made-up construct and can be different things. It' generally means socially constructed roles, behaviors, expressions and identities. How I'm using it here refers to how people perceive themselves and each other, how they act and interact. Gender identity is not confined to a binary (girl/woman, boy/man) nor is it static; it exists along a continuum and can change over time. There is considerable diversity in how individuals and groups understand, experience and express gender through the roles they take on, the expectations placed on them, relations with others and the complex ways that gender is institutionalized in society.
