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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
First, his name isn't "David", it's a pseudonym to protect his identity (presumably from people who think like you).
Second, we're told gender roles are social constructs, and our ideas of how men and women dress are as a result of society suggesting that men and women ought to dress differently. Those societal norms are now being challenged.
So accepting that, and getting back to what V said, who are you to make the determination of what constitutes male or female dress or behavior? What does living as a woman mean, a woman can live however she pleases. A biological female who identifies as a woman could have a garage full of old muscle cars she works on for fun, a better power tool collection than any guy in this board, hate watching The View, and name her favorite place to shop as Home Depot. Would you insist that she's clearly living as a man, and thus a fraud as a woman?
In case it wasn't clear, you don't get to decide how people live and whether or not they are who they say they are. And that is why this is not as cut-and-dried as "oh it's insurance fraud". The insurers themselves are using gender to determine insurance risk, risk that is actually based on biology, which sex you are. So if something is so easily changed or rejected, why are we paying more for insurance because of it?
If the insurers weren't idiots, "David" would never have gotten an insurance discount because his biology is what influences his risk, not whether or not he wears a dress to the pub.
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Super goofy rant. You're blasting me for something I didn't say. I'm not saying girls have to play with dolls. Then you go on to contradict your whole thesis by saying it's biological anyway. People who change their sexual identity typically do so because they believe their biology is incorrect. Someone transitioning to a woman from being born a man is likely more in line with female risk patterns than with male ones anyway. So for you to say insurance premiums are based on biological sex you're implying that transgendered people are all scamming the system. They're not. They're aligning themselves with what they consider to be the correct biology for their body. The idiot doing this to save a buck it taking a giant dump on those who are sincere in their transition.
So if it's really so damn hard to tell who's male, who's female and who's scamming the system...go walk into the other sex's locker room at the gym. Tell everyone you've legally changed your m to an f or vice versa and see how that goes over.
Men and women are different. There are those who blur the boundaries of course. But those people are typically not the ones willing to go through a transition to become one or the other.