Gender Expression v. Biological Gender

Anyone can explore gender expression in a very wide variety of visual colors, fabrics, and hair styles on the spectrum from masculine to more feminine, but no one, no matter how bad they want to, can change their biological gender. Gender is unchangeable.

Our birth gender matters because it is the cornerstone, in fact the hinge pin, of all mankind. It is how we reproduce, one biological man with one biological woman giving birth to new biological males and females—this gender life cycle started at the time of creation. Our birth gender is truly amazing—millions of wonderful and powerful tiny cells ultimately defining our male and female genders.

Gender expression or feelings cannot give birth from the womb or change the construction of gender DNA. Surgery and hormones are both powerless in reordering our original biological chemistry. To say we can surgically change genders would be intellectually, scientifically, even medically dishonest because it is categorically impossible, no matter how hard you try, to change your birth gender.

Today it is very popular to attempt the reconstruction of genders using a knife. Surgeons cut away at the original genitalia to make it look like a changed gender. The surgery is followed with gender-specific hormone treatments in an all-out attempt to produce the cosmetic results desired in appearance. But no matter how fabulous the results may look, in the end, surgery and hormones fail every time to actually change anyone's gender. It’s simply an expression.

Given all the objective evidence, I have yet to conclude which group of participants is the most foolish.

Is it those of us who observe and accept the fake gender as real, as though hypnotized by the cosmetic changes?

Or is it the medical doctors who suggest to their patients that reconstructive genitalia surgery and taking of hormones really change gender?

What about the patient themselves who are taken in by the promise of changed gender? Are they the most foolish?

Or, is it the lawmakers who refuse to acknowledge that it is impossible to change genders? Perhaps they look the most foolish because in some cases they legislate that surgically altered genders have preferential status over true original birth genders.

Would the lawmakers be foolish enough to give preferential status and even pay more for a fake Picasso? No, because those who replicate original works of art and pass them off as an originals go to jail. What a splendid idea, I think.  

Walt

Comments

[Walt Heyer]

I think the surgeries and everything else trans people do is a powerful outward expression of a deep inside desire to change genders.

With the high rate of attempted suicide, alcohol addiction, drug addiction and self abuse as a result of attempting to change genders, a little truth can help people deal with the end result of unfulfilled expectations about the possibility of a gender change.

Just far too much surgical regret comes as a result of far too high of expectations.
Thanks, Walt

[AriellaDoll]

Interesting argument, a few questions...

Since your denial of their "identified gender" seems to hinge on their inability to have children, if future technology enables them to will we then be able to conclude that a scientist can change gender?

Also, couldn't it be said that transitioning is similar as someone getting braces or wearing glasses? In that, both of these don't change the original dna, and braces are a mere cosmetic change, yet we allow these people to function in society the same as someone who was born with perfect teeth and 20/20 eyesight.

[Walt Heyer]

Ariella, expression of gender is possible, changing genders is not.

It is real simple, it is impossible scientifically, medically, surgically or even with massive amounts of hormones to change genders.

[Walt Heyer]

Thank you for writing. Due to the volume of emails, it may take some time for me to get back to you.
Walt Heyer

[LeaHoney]

well it would be possible to change ones dna/gender if only lazy doctors and Scientist got off their lazy butts (and funds were given more than needed to make it happen) and researched all about how they can find and make ways for genetic/dna to change ones gender
thus making the trans community comfortable in their chosen gender and made normal like every one else

p.s.
i'd like to see and hear more on this please

[LeaHoney]

p.p.s.
okay maybe i should not have said "of their lazy butts" as i have high respect for them as they good at their jobs when they work on interesting things like dna stuff and cloning, all medical stuff and etc
(so do excuse my bad english)

[Walt Heyer]

Well, because DNA gender is assigned in bone size and structure,unique blood chemistry design and written on every cell in the body, the challenge of changing gender is,at least for now, not possible. But like the money counterfeiter, they will try to make a $20.00 "look almost real" but place it under the light and you will see it is not a real $20 at all, the same is true for transgenders.

The psychological component of changing genders evolves from the manifestation of personality, dissociatiave and sometimes delusional disorders not found in reality but played out with plastic surgery.

This is why surgeons refer to the procedure as "gender reassignment" not sex change because that is not possible but who knows what they will be able to do someday?