chinangel said:
I believe you have experienced feeling wrong in your own skin. Your feelings are real. Your pain is real. No-one should have to face this pain.
I think there may have been a miscommunication between us, social constructs are also real. They are real things, just that they are things that we, as a society, have artificially created. But, just as social constructs can be created, they can be changed or forgotten. I believe that gender is a social construct (as opposed to sex which is biological) which we would be better off having forgotten. This is not simply ignoring or logic'ing away, but rather agreeing as a society that we should reject the idea of gender as it has no reason to exist and it causes real pain to people in real ways, including but not limited to dysphoria. Rejecting this construct is simple but not letting it affect you is not a simple snap-of-the-fingers. One cannot magically erase all of their prejudice, this is something that takes time and effort and may not be completely achieveable.
I interpret what you say as claiming that I do in fact have an innate feeling that I am male, I just do not feel it because I do not face an identity conflict. That is possible. You may be right.
However, I believe that no-one naturally has an innate feeling of what their sex should be but rather some have internalised this feeling as a result of a sexist society telling them that parts of one's personality should be associated with a certain sex and that this causes them to feel as a certain sex which in some cases leads to dysphoria.
I believe no-one has the right to say that your feelings are not real or do not matter. But I do believe I have the right to say what I have said.
I also think that the best solution is not to simply accept that dysphoria is something which just happens, but rather to not let dysphoria begin but denouncing the idea of gender entirely.
I would feel horrible being permanently trapped in a dog's body.
The thing is though, that I do not believe that men and women are that different. They have different genitalia and different breast tissue and different anthropometry etc. but I do not believe that they truly feel any different/Any difference in personality is due to societal pressures or very small.
Also I am not necessarily sure what it is you refer to on the being struck down thing. Is it things such as wearing women's clothing? Because I do not believe there is women's clothing. I think it is clothing that women happen to wear and is designed to fit traditionally female shapes, which is easier to refer as "women's clothing", and if you want to wear it, then you should feel free. If people believe that you should not wear this sort of clothing they are being unfair and bigoted. That is not something you should ever have to put up with.
Is it in you saying that you are a woman? Then no, as it is simply not true in the same way I am not 7 feet tall. Is it in saying that you feel like a woman? Then no, as this implies there is a way that all men feel and a way that all women feel and that is sexist and wrong.
Also, obvious sexism aside, what does it mean to feel like you are a woman? I understand that one could feel wrong in one's own body, but I have no idea what being a woman is supposed to feel like.
I believe that you do feel like your body is a prison and that is not your choice, but I also believe you need not feel that way.
I believe that you want to feel normal. But I do not think there should be this so-called normal that everyone should want to be.
Going back to your OP, I feel like there should be boys who like my little pony, boys who like transformers, boys who like both and boys who like neither. All should be cared for and all should feel like they can like or dislike those things regardless of their sex. The same also should apply for girls.