Autumn 🏳️⚧️ on Nostr: It's honestly really complicated. Trans people don't actually choose to be trans as ...
It's honestly really complicated. Trans people don't actually choose to be trans as some people think, it's the physical sex of your brain that decides your gender
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8955456/
So back to your question of "what does 'woman' even mean", science really can't exactly pinpoint what is considered female or male. In terms of chromosomes, some cisgender men have XX chromosomes. Is it a disorder, yeah, but still, they are boys. Same goes for girls with XY chromosomes.
You can't define sex by anatomy either, as intersex people exist. Plus, if a cisgender man had to get bottom surgery, they wouldn't be a girl either.
So the truth is, there isn't one definition. The real best indicator we have is gender identity, as it's what decides our social life, and how we interact with others. Legal gender/name changes are very important for trans people because of that, you need time to figure yourself out. That's why puberty blockers are prescribed before HRT, to give you more time. A legal definition of gender doesn't really say anything about you, but the truth is the suicide rate of trans people in the US is over 40%, and any little bit of euphoria helps with that. It's also not "dangerous" as some people could think, because trans people of any gender identity have lower sexual assult rates, and are generally nicer most of the time.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8955456/
So back to your question of "what does 'woman' even mean", science really can't exactly pinpoint what is considered female or male. In terms of chromosomes, some cisgender men have XX chromosomes. Is it a disorder, yeah, but still, they are boys. Same goes for girls with XY chromosomes.
You can't define sex by anatomy either, as intersex people exist. Plus, if a cisgender man had to get bottom surgery, they wouldn't be a girl either.
So the truth is, there isn't one definition. The real best indicator we have is gender identity, as it's what decides our social life, and how we interact with others. Legal gender/name changes are very important for trans people because of that, you need time to figure yourself out. That's why puberty blockers are prescribed before HRT, to give you more time. A legal definition of gender doesn't really say anything about you, but the truth is the suicide rate of trans people in the US is over 40%, and any little bit of euphoria helps with that. It's also not "dangerous" as some people could think, because trans people of any gender identity have lower sexual assult rates, and are generally nicer most of the time.