Ok I’m going to put my masters in neuroscience to good use. When right wing idiots talk about “biology” or “genetics” they always refer to karyotype IE XX Vs xy. But this is r******d. What makes you you isn’t random DNA configurations as much as it is the downstream products of that. Neuronal connections and endocrine interactions
FMRI studies scans of trans women (pre and post HRT) are much more similar to cis women than to cis men. Again, this is also before HRT. So yeah at least in neuroscience gender is testable (to an extent) and supports the assertion that trans women are biologically women. The reverse is also true for trans men. It would also provide a clue as to where some of the dysphoria comes from. (Disconnect between the endocrine system and the nervous system) If your brain is in lady mode and it’s being bombarded with testosterone it’s not going to be happy. In order to get the two to match up you can either rewire the entire brain (not possible or advisable) or go on HRT.
Obviously gender affirming surgeries have their place, but making the hormones and the neurones cooperate is probably the most important thing as far as keeping the noggin healthy is concerned.
Ok I’m going to put my masters in neuroscience to good use. When right wing idiots talk about “biology” or “genetics” they always refer to karyotype IE XX Vs xy. But this is r******d. What makes you you isn’t random DNA configurations as much as it is the downstream products of that. Neuronal connections and endocrine interactions
FMRI studies scans of trans women (pre and post HRT) are much more similar to cis women than to cis men. Again, this is also before HRT. So yeah at least in neuroscience gender is testable (to an extent) and supports the assertion that trans women are biologically women. The reverse is also true for trans men. It would also provide a clue as to where some of the dysphoria comes from. (Disconnect between the endocrine system and the nervous system) If your brain is in lady mode and it’s being bombarded with testosterone it’s not going to be happy. In order to get the two to match up you can either rewire the entire brain (not possible or advisable) or go on HRT.
Obviously gender affirming surgeries have their place, but making the hormones and the neurones cooperate is probably the most important thing as far as keeping the noggin healthy is concerned.