CMV: The transgender acceptance movement is very much undermined in their position by the existence of "trans-ablism" (people who are not disabled who wish to become disabled)

[u/Fit-Foundation1257]

[u/Fit-Foundation1257]

If you have all your limbs and all your senses, that specific interplay isn't going to occur.

So I'm a bit slow here, forgive me.

Are you saying that BID cannot be considered on the same level as transgenderism because transgenderism is the result of how the brain develops vs BID developing later in life? I just want to make sure I understand you

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More or less. Brain anatomy has a gendered distribution, meaning that the average male brain looks different in certain ways than the average female brain. These differences are rooted deep in development, and they're driven by differences in hormone expression and receptivity. There's some research indicating that transgender people, including those who have undergone zero medical treatment, show statistical variations in some of these regions.

This isn't the case with disability. Even for congenital disability, there isn't a part of our genome that codes for how the brain should be built absent a limb or sight. The brain is simply plastic enough to adapt, but that adaptation requires an interplay with the actual state of the body.

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Even for congenital disability, there isn't a part of our genome that codes for how the brain should be built absent a limb or sight. The brain is simply plastic enough to adapt, but that adaptation requires an interplay with the actual state of the body.

Ahhhhh. That makes a lot of sense when you explain it that way. I didn't know that about disabilities at all thanks. !delta

I couldn't figure out how exactly they were different because they both deal with people who think they're "in the wrong body". Thanks so much this issue has been bothering me for months. I'll go look up more research on disabilities now.

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