Are the TQs right or wrong in saying that the brains of gay people are structured like the brains of their opposite sex by which they mean gay men are psychologically women and gay women are psychologically men?

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[–]MyLongestJourney 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

If only there was such thing as a exclusively male or female brain structure/feature/dimension of structure... We could tell one's sex by evaluating those things.But guess what : There isn't. Male and female brains hugely overlap with very few outliers.

Here is an idea OP : Men and women vary and so do the interests.But society has enforced strict gender roles for milenia.Maybe that gender dysphoria is not the result of a "male/female brain in the wrong body". Maybe it is the result of the clash between one's natural inclinations and those that society pushes as normal to men and women respectively.

[–]MezozoicGayoldschool gay 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Maybe it is the result of the clash between one's natural inclinations and those that society pushes as normal to men and women respectively.

It is not "maybe", it is what gender dysphoria is - plus it has additionaly body dysmorphia symptomes often. Even new wave of trans-theory, which want to dismiss gender dysphoria, and even with dismissing gender dysphoria, they are still focusing on gender stereotypes of the society, same with non-binaries.

And that makes no sense as well. Someone in this sub made a good example some time ago - Imagine you are transwoman pre-op and wearing make-up and dress with high heels, but then you are crossing the border with country that has different gender stereotypes, and there only men wear dresses and make-up and wearing high-heels (and such actually was a period in 1600-1700s in Europe, where it was men's fashion). So now what - by just walking through the border you are no longer transwoman, because you are wearing and looking the most masculine way possible in this society - and you now are not any different from other men around. So you "lost your womanhood" in an instant - just crossing the border made you something else in this coordinate system of beliefs. And it is ridiculous to say the least.

[–]GConly 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

We could tell one's sex by evaluating those things.

You can actually tell someones sex from an MRI with about 95% accuracy. The ones you have trouble with are gay, or autistic females.

[–]MyLongestJourney 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There is only a handful of studies who claim they achieved that.Most of them from the same teams.They used an AI to look for patterns.Based on individual features you can not tell if a brain is male or female.There is great variation within the individuals.