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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Daniel Butler: [QB] You know, I've said this before (though never on Flare to my knowledge), but I'll say it again...even [i]if[/i] it's not evidence of mental problems to desire a sex change, I would certainly never consider it because...you're still a man in my book. A man with his penis cut off and breast implants. Your DNA is male. Until and unless we can change all the cells in a body to female (and there are differences in some cellular processes beyond making eggs - *another* essential requirement) I don't consider transsexuals as different from their 'original' gender. Which doesn't mean I think there's anything wrong with it...I'll treat a person as the gender they want to be treated, it's their business after all. Of course, even if we could change all the DNA but still not allow the person to have a functional uterus and ovaries, some wouldn't call them females. However to me they'd be females with no uterus...like tons of other women who've had hysterectomies. I guess what I'm saying is that I look at it from a genetic perspective. XY is male, XX is female. Those poor people who are actually born with the DNA of a particular gender but whose bodies don't react to sex hormones or however that disease works, and end up appearing as a female when they're really male for example, those to me are males with a disease, not females with a genetic problem. But again, whichever gender they choose to live as is their own business, just like it is everyone else's in my opinion. Oh and Hopeful, you don't think a bunch of 4th graders whose teacher changed genders would need some counseling? That's not a normal occurrence for a child and any massive change in caregivers is traumatic anyway. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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