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ELI5: What is trans medicalism? (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago by marxisthayaca@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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I was watching this fascinating video lecture by a neurobiology professor and the brain regions that are dimorphic and are correlated with expressions of male and female gender alignment; but the comments devolved on accusations of "trans medicalism". My assumption is that this is an accusation of boiling down transgenderism to sex-characteristics as expressed through the brain, and the possibility of "testing" that would deny transgenderness if the person doesn't have these correlating sizes previously identified in research.

Am I missing something?

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[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I’m often confused by its application too. I’ve seen people say that gender is biological unlike race, and it’s determined very early irrespective of one’s genitals and can be objectively compared, therefore trans racialism is an invalid comparison since there’s no biological basis for race. But others have said that gender is a social construct so one can be trans for any reason