I read the following article with interest but it still left a couple of questions.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/24/meet-the-neuroscientist-shattering-the-myth-of-the-gendered-brain-gina-rippon
It says that internal and external factors will affect how our brain develops but I wonder how much of our brain is pre-programmed. It talks about our brains having plasticity and being able to learn but there must be something to build on. We have a basic operating system, is this sexed?
Anyway interesting that nature and nurture are closely entwined.
Katie x
No idea about this I'm the same it's my brain I'm a woman husband is a man and his brain sometimes tells him to dress as a woman simple as that?
In above average in everything I do .. Crossdressing no exception of you're gonna do it do it to the best of your ability .. This also results in stress which is the down side to driving yourself to be the best or always above average. I see some in work sometimes coming in on time leaving in time and look at their workload compared to.mine and think hang on in doing double the workload and covering 3 jobs and trying to excel uncovering 3 jobs and stressed out and others paid the same covering different departments with a bigger workforce to share the load ... I've taken the wrong option in work.somewhere along the lines.
I think parents play a huge role in shaping us then role.models like pop stars and spokespeople even actors and access and other tv celebs.. I mean some mornings i see bb c breakfast or gmtv and the female presenters for her legs out and I get the urge to dress same some days of esme is in a skirt or dress ill.get the urge.
Do I have a male.or female.brain? I have my brain
I think there are so many factor, internal as well as external, that go into making us the people we are and that it is always going to be difficult to pin it down. We are all unique even if the ingredients are the same. You may have a little more salt and I've got a bit more pepper. I was over a hot heat with a quick boil and you were a slow simmer. There is no standard recipe and only varying degrees of normal. Is there really a standard man and a standard woman? There maybe an average but who wants to be average?
Katie x
I think social.conditioning shapes us no matter what our brain is we become conditioned.
Ok my girls play football i didn't push them.into it tho delighted when they wanted to.Join a team.
So they have some push against society norms as invest teachers saying girls.Can't play football my invite is come and watch its good and I won't lie the quality of girls football is good.
However they still.wear dressed and make-up and have dolls well the youngest does so they still.confirm to society in being female acting female and have female expectations.
Options when in year 3 i would say go.for engineering my oldest says no.way but she's not thinking of gcses and btec qualifications to push into a job or college then uni not looking at engineering as an option and why? It's a man's job despite crying out for female.engineers.
Society shapes the brain the most.. So what shapped mine to see me become the macho engineer but also a crossdresser.. I think it's down to society and how well we align with society and the norm or how often we say sod it.
I love TED talks. This woman was so inspiring.
https://www.ted.com/talks/emily_quinn_the_way_we_think_about_biological_sex_is_wrong
Just let us be us.
Katie x
Just add this to the research
https://www.ted.com/talks/karissa_sanbonmatsu_the_biology_of_gender_from_dna_to_the_brain?language=en