Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2223747)

Read about fetal brain development and differences between male and female brains. If a brain develops one way while the body develops another there is a conflict - the way you look and the way you are treated doesn't match the way you feel. You can't change the structure of your brain but you can change your outward appearance.

Since brains start with female characteristics and develop into male brains, the most common conflict is when this doesn't happen. The brain has a more female structure while the body develops as male. Someone who changes their outward structure to better align the two is known as a trans-woman.

This has nothing to do with sexual desires. This not a sin. This is not deviant behavior. This is not something that can be "cured" through deprogramming. This is not a choice any more than left-handedness is a choice.

Things might be better for these people if our social norms were changed. If we stopped demanding that those with male characteristics behave one way and those with female characteristics behave a different way. If society was more accepting of those who were different then there wouldn't be as much pressure to look the part you feel you need to play. Unfortunately, acceptance of those who are different hasn't caught on yet.

Originally Posted by Caymus (Post 2223888)

The poster most likely knows the difference between "digest" and "digress".

Originally Posted by I'm Popeye! (Post 2223923)

Today's education lesson for Miss OrangeBlossomBaby,

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2224130)

So - someone who was born a woman, but had a complete hysterectomy, and no longer has eggs, ovaries, or a uterus, is not a woman? What is she, if she's not a woman? I need to tell my sister since - she had a hysterectomy 15 years ago and probably needs to be informed.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2224128)

That was me, posting an intentionally ignorant phrase, to support the idea that some people are really ignorant. The irony that you didn't grasp that, does not escape me at all.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2224130)

So - someone who was born a woman, but had a complete hysterectomy, and no longer has eggs, ovaries, or a uterus, is not a woman? What is she, if she's not a woman? I need to tell my sister since - she had a hysterectomy 15 years ago and probably needs to be informed.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2224128)

That was me, posting an intentionally ignorant phrase, to support the idea that some people are really ignorant. The irony that you didn't grasp that, does not escape me at all.

Originally Posted by oldtimes (Post 2224159)

That’s a little different than a man who wants to call himself Susie

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe (Post 2220652)

North Face, REI, Columbia, etc. all lean lefty, primarily due to their vested interest in National Parks, all things outdoors, which leads them down the road to climate issues, etc.

Can't boycott them all, but I do try to pick and choose the lesser of the evils.

Originally Posted by mraines (Post 2224301)

Why do you have to boycott them? Can't you just live and let live? If I boycotted everything I disagreed with I would go no where and have nothing. Ridiculous.

Originally Posted by mraines (Post 2224301)

Why do you have to boycott them? Can't you just live and let live? If I boycotted everything I disagreed with I would go no where and have nothing. Ridiculous.

Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 2224282)

Hey, OrangeBlossomBaby, oh my, whatever would they do without you.

Boomer

PS: Btw, as I am sure you know, that was a rhetorical question — no question mark.

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2224320)

Why would I want to support a company or business that I think are terrible wrong in what they promote. I do not boycott just do not go there anymore. Others are more worthy of our business

Originally Posted by mickey100 (Post 2224330)

And I'm sure they really care...