Agree or Disagree: saying I identify as is the same thing as saying I am pretending to be?

[Anonymous]

[KostasKouvalis]

Not necessarily. Let's just use the transgender example. I could say I'm a woman to gain certain privileges. That would be pretending. However, the majority of these people aren't pretending. It may look that way to compete in women's sports for instance, but in these cases, in their brain they genuinely believe that they're a woman. They're body is male, but their mind is female, okay? So it's not pretending if they believe it to be true

[Asker]

A DNA test would most likely say a transgender woman is male.
Also gender Gender dysphoria is a disorder so it’s not for a person who is biologically a male or female to believe they are they opposite sex

[Asker]

it’s not normal for a person who is biologically a male or female to believe they are they opposite sex
A DNA test would most likely say a transgender woman is male or a trans man is female
Gender dysphoria is an illness.

If an anorexic person believes they are fat that still doesn’t change reality and the fact they are too skinny

[Flatmanlewis]

Yup.

[Brittanyroseee]

Agree.

[OlderAndWiser]

I'm not REALLY an eagle?

[007kingifrit]

true, you don't get to identify something

[Chewy______]

Agree

[Anonymous]

Agree

[Anonymous]

I agree.

[Anonymous]

100% agree.