Genetic Theory Biology, Environment, Culture, Socilization

[Anne Bonny]

Social sciences drove the separation of biology from culture giving rise to the gender movement rejecting biological sciences and human nature because it could be used for nefarious purposes by some. Cultural anthropologists therefore pushed the idea that there are no human universals and that they are all culture specific. This is where the blank slate premise and the gender movement came from stating that there needs to be a new narrative by removing biology from consideration and giving rise to gender theory. That states boys and girls are different due to things such as environment, culture, and socialization while rejecting the role that biology plays. 

A lot of social scientists have sought to remove biology as being relevant to social affairs so cultural anthropologists tried to argue that there are no human universals everything is culture specific because they thought that biological knowledge can lead to nefarious purposes so all sorts of folks misused Darwinian theory so social scientists came along and said lets construct a new narrative that will prevent people (like the Nazi's who could reason because Aryans won and are superior we are justified in doing away with the Jews - survival of the fittest) from misusing scientific knowledge so the blank slate premise comes from that, the gender movement comes from that the idea that we are all culture specific comes from that but that is wrong because it is a rejection of biology and human nature. 

So... Gender is absolutely a result of evolutionary biology, even while environment culture and socialization do play a role...biology and human nature play a larger role. Little boys left to their own devises do tend to be predisposed to action, and girls to nurturing activities...for example. Boys tend to be better at mathematics, manipulating shapes in their brain...I could go off and look up the studies but I am not writing a paper and we have all seen these studies which are undeniable.

This explains a lot but not everything....It still fails to explain entirely just why it is some of us are trans, and some are transgender but it does explain that the binary may indeed be fixed...mostly.... which is why some of us have a male side even while we may have a feminine side that is not as as full or complete as it is for women obviously, or for transsexuals and suggests even trans sexuals must have elements extending to the masculine side of gender due to biology and human nature. Environment, Culture, and Socialization play a role of course but not as powerful a role as do our biology.

If we have a male system then we are coded male genetically...every cell of our body, the wiring of our brain, the hormones we produce, our sex and the role that we inherit due to all of this. Still it fails to explain why we in our community feel feminine, why sexuality can also differ.

I heard all of this in a lecture https://youtu.be/Y0a_gtYojus" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; By Dr. Gad Saad at Regina University in Canada which was truly fascinating.

Interesting thought...I have begun to think of myself as having a male system, of being gender expansive, and I just thought of something else which explains even more about me in that I am a "Male Girl" We cannot ever make that claim that we are women, it is just a non starter that is completely false in light of our genetics, our sex, and our gender which is effected by our biology. I suppose being a male woman...would explain a whole lot in the same way when I came across the term gender fluid it clicked inside my head in a huge way...the term Male Woman or being a male girl really clicks off in my head and explains my gender in a way that really fits me and explains my expansive gender which runs and overlaps into the female side of gender but not in every respect because I am still a man and can not do anything about that at all, none of us can.

For myself, this eliminates the uneasiness inside of myself, eliminates my internal questions, and sets them at rest. No wonder I am as I am...the binary is indeed partly fixed (I know this is controversial to many here in our community but it is undeniable) we are either male or we are female you simply cannot deny the role biology or human nature play in all of this. This is why...I have always felt a sense of denial inside ... as in yeah I have all these feminine things going on inside of my gender... even as I was really in denial about the rest of what is going on inside my expansive gender. It explains to me your gender is very masculine while at the same time you are very feminine but not in every way because that is impossible for you. FTM's are therefore the opposite...they would be female boys or female men but it is absolutely impossible for them to be fully masculine but not in every way that men are because that is impossible for them.

I feel as If I have realized something that is kind of profound ...Ah Hah! Explains a lot! That is why.... there are indeed limits even for those who feel their femininity so strongly that they have to transition to feel right. We would not argue transsexuals are women because they are not not genetically, were not physically...There are limits.

I cannot change my race, or my species, and even if my gender vaires I cannot really change that. We have an expansive gender because we were born this way in the same way gays, lesbians and bixexuals are born as they are.

[Anne Bonny]

with a little space after a day or two... I don't know. There are not and never will be definitive answers...it is a bad habit to continue to ponder this way. Think though it is good to realize gender may be partially fixed...and some of the biology does matter coloring part of who we are...our gender. It is good to realize being born genetically male part of my gender is grounded there even as it also extends into the feminine in good measure. It is good to realize there are and will always be limits. Only women have a fully feminine gender and transgender women yes their gender is grounded there even as their gender also extends into the masculine in good measure.

Our gender is expansive but because of our genetics, because of biology I do not believe it is possible to have a gender that is fully the opposite of the sex we were born rather we are all unique and different and percentages vary. some may find their gender is 20% their genetic sex...80% the opposite gender...just speculation on my part I do not believe it is possible to have gender that is 100% the opposite of our genetic sex that we were born.

That is my take away here. And is why I was thinking...hum... hence I am a male girl or male woman...I am whatever my gender is and it explains how my thinking is influenced and is blended with masculine thought, my gender is grounded there...but it is not the whole story because a very large percentage of it is feminine. my gender is a blend of the two...Am I 40% male, 60% female? whatever that blend, it is there and just exists. Hence perhaps I am not gender fluid...but I am a gender blend?

I am not flamboyant, or "Swishy," Not much really changes no matter how I am dressed male or female I am really pretty much who I am and have always been inside. Emotions, moods, desires...fluctuate and .... well If I can shake 60 years of expectations, conditioning, habits, the environment, culture, socialization part of it all then I will find out eventually other things being equal where I am at. No doubt my fem what 40%? 45%? 50%? more? I am on a voyage of discovery...not sure where it leads but I will no longer allow anybody prevent me from being who I am supposed to be inside...after a lifetime at age 60 the rest of my life is mine.