>>373988
>I'd say the link is strong enough that any anomalies can be written off as just that.
I'm not saying it isn't rare. I did say there was a very strong correlation between gender and sex, but there are people who experience an incongruence between the two, and the fact that they're in a minority of people doesn't mean that their experience isn't real.
>What exactly does "feeling like a man" constitute?
I think it's just a feeling of agreement between what's between your legs and what's between your ears. I'm not a particularly masculine guy, but I feel like a man, so at least to me it goes beyond conforming to some arbitrary ideals of being masculine or feminine.
>Reals > feels as the meme goes. Perception and feeling don't matter because we've already established that biological sex is real.
The brain is as real and physical as any other body part. This is just retarded reasoning.
>An individual is a terrible judge of their own character because self-awareness is a bitch.
This is more akin to someone telling you their mood, or their preferences. What you people are doing is about as silly as insisting that someone doesn't like pizza no matter how many times they tell you that they do.
>Then stop bringing up inane bullshit in an attempt to change the definition of words.
This argument doesn't really work. Language is a tool to convey ideas, and inevitably changes. And I see like 50x as many alt-right dickheads whining incessantly about gender for every person on the left whining about it. I think you're projecting when you accuse me of bringing up inane bullshit.
>>373992
>You're using the term and promoting his legacy, instead of using it's original definition, a polite way to refer to sex as well.
>muh definitions
I'm well aware of the Reimer case. What you're doing here is an association fallacy, and a fairly insulting one at that.
Just so you can't make these definition arguments, let's just disregard everything except biological sex here, since that's something that we can both agree exists. Can you not distinguish between biological sex, and one's perception of their biological sex? You clearly seem to recognize that for some people there is a conflict between these two. Is it really that far-fetched to you that someone would feel no congruence between their perception and the idea of being either male or female, biologically?
Anyway, whether you understand it or not is beside the point, because you don't know other people better than they know themselves, just like you know your own perceptions better than anyone else. I'm not going to be a dick and refer to someone as he or she if they don't want that. I'd be a bit loathe to use obviously made up pronouns, so I'd see if they'd compromise with the gender-neutral they/them/their, but if it's really that big of a deal to them, I'd probably still respect their wishes. I have not run into a single person yet that isn't okay with male, female, or neutral pronouns. It seems like something that is over-exaggerated by the right and used to make transgender people seem ridiculous and unreasonable.