Kids Aren’t Born Trans — People who pursue a cross-sex identity aren’t born that way, and children should not be encouraged to “transition” to the opposite sex, according to a reference work endorsed by the American Psychological Association

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[–]wizzwizz4 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Apart from your "I don't understand trans-people because" and "he won't get his penis chopped off and he still dates women", you're actually closer than you think. (Also somebody who knows crap, but has read things on the internet.)

if you really felt like the opposite sex why wouldn't you do your farndest to become the opposite sex ?

Three reasons:

  • social pressure and peer pressure
  • self-doubt / uncertainty / identity issues
  • actually just faking being trans for the publicity

The latter doesn't actually happen as much as you'd think it does, though, oddly enough. It's usually the former (less so nowadays) followed by the middle one (more so nowadays). The proportion of the latter seems to remain the same.

The people who fake being trans are the same people who park in disability spots without being disabled. And they're few and far between; most people who "aren't disabled" who park in those spots actually are, but it isn't immediately obvious to the casual observer.

[–]admirablexcursion 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If you've spent one day on Tumblr you'd know that people who fake being trans just to be "cool" are much more common than that. And it's not even just teens who want to be special and different but also adults who change pronouns as often as they change their socks.

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you've spent one day on Tumblr

The world is big. If a thousand people on Tumblr do something, that's still not common. And I doubt it's that many.

but also adults who change pronouns as often as they change their socks.

That's called gender-fluid.