QT: How is the concept of a "gender identity" not sexist?

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[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Gender identity is real & it ironically undermines the transgender "woman-trapped-in-a-man's-body" hypothesis. The proper term is cross-gender identification & is determined by self-identification (most will claim that gender dysphoria determines it, even though only max 0.01% of the population has gender dysphoria, while 0.6% identify as transgender).

Gender identity is determined by socialisation. Every transgender person was socialised according to the norms associated with their sex, rather than their preferred sex. That's why their gendered behavioural trends still match the trends of their sex. ...

There are however people whose gender identity is mismatched. They are people who were brought up as the opposite sex, usually due to a congenital disorder of the genitals, like the participants in this study

So which is it, determined by self-identification or socialization or congenital disorders?

Could you just define "gender identity" please?

[–]SnowAssMan 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

So which is it, determined by self-identification or socialization or congenital disorders?

You're honestly this confused? How many more times do I need to say that it's determined by socialisation, like any other social identity? Transgender people prove that you can't undo socialisation e.g. transgender sex offenders are male, instead of female.

[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Yes I'm still this confused. Could you please just define what gender identity is?

[–]SnowAssMan 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Gender identity is a type of social identity shaped by the individual's gendered socialisation. Shaping of identity takes place in the form of direct tuition/differential reinforcement & modelling. Identity salience is the probability that a social or role identity will be invoked & is directly proportional to the resulting identity-related behaviours.