Quote Originally Posted by TomOfSweden View Post
Genetically women are the base model for humanity, and the male is just added parts. That's why men are susceptible to about twice as many genetic diseases as women, because of the diseases that only attack the male part can't touch girls. While diseases that attack the female part can effect both men and women.
The genetic diseases that affect men more than women generally do so because the Y chromosome is missing stuff that's on the X... (And what does this have to do with transsexuality anyway?)

2) Another theory I like is that in order for gender confusion to arise we need first up very strong images of female and male behaviour. Where certain behaviour is taboo for the other sex, especially when it comes to flirting and sexual initiative, and we simply identify with the patterns allowed for the opposite sex.
Ok, I'm sorry to be blunt, but this is bullshit.

Transsexuality is not about conforming to gender stereotypes. People who identify with the patterns conventionally assigned to the opposite sex become femme men or butch women. Y'know why reputable surgeons generally require that someone wanting genital surgery have at least a year of psychological counseling and at least a year of living full-time as the desired gender? It's to weed out people who think they should be the opposite sex because they identify with those social patterns. People like that usually end up very unhappy after the transition, and if they had surgery before trying it out they're now stuck with the unwanted genitals.

Transsexuals don't necessarily conform to gender stereotypes. I'll take my steel-toed boots over any damn high heels, thanks. ^_^