Opinions on the "twin studies" of gender identity?

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[–]emptiedriver 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

so over 60% of identical twins do not have the same gender? That seems to be strong evidence against it being "real" to me...

The most common "GC" theory I have heard is that there are two branches of being trans, at least for men - homosexual or autogynophile. Those could have genetic roots without it having any impact on the GC attitude, which is simply that it doesn't make them women. It can still make them trans women and they can still be welcomed into women's circles in various social settings that want to share space, but in political matters, physical matters, and simply on a factual level, it doesn't change biology.

They are born with male bodies, and then it makes some difference whether they are continuing to live with male bodies or getting medical changes (maybe we need a 3rd category here), but psychological feelings are not what the categories are referring to. Man and woman are physical sets.

[–]DistantGlimmer[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well said. I believe what you have described was the "old attitude" many women had to transsexuals and perhaps some kind of coexistence like this would be possible against but I am frustrated they don't define "dysphoria" at all in the study. Does it include andy discomfort with gender roles? Does it include wanting to crossdress or feeling one is the opposite sex for sexual reasons? I think it would need to be narrowed to strict discomfort with one's physical anatomy to make sense