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** '''sense''': the ''sense'' or ''feeling'' of which gender you "are" inside your head; it's not clear what generates this, but it seems to be a combination of factors and is sometimes felt quite strongly -- and sometimes in sharp disagreement with physical gender. (This sense is also sometimes referred to as "gender identity", though I am here using that term in a broader way to refer to all the various components of gender, in sum.) | ** '''sense''': the ''sense'' or ''feeling'' of which gender you "are" inside your head; it's not clear what generates this, but it seems to be a combination of factors and is sometimes felt quite strongly -- and sometimes in sharp disagreement with physical gender. (This sense is also sometimes referred to as "gender identity", though I am here using that term in a broader way to refer to all the various components of gender, in sum.) | ||
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* '''2015-12-23''' [http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/12/23/scientists-discover-genderfluid-lioness-who-looks-acts-and-roars-like-a-male/ Scientists discover 'genderfluid' lioness who looks, acts and roars like a male] ([https://plus.google.com/+KeeHinckley/posts/UHSFabJ7iVf via]): yes, Virginia, gender fluidity does exist in nature (...although I'm not sure that's really the right term here... and the article states that she "grew a mane" and "developing a deeper and more masculine roar" as if it was a conscious decision, which seems unlikely -- more likely her hormone levels are unusual for a lioness) | |||
* '''2015-09-20''' [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241840/The-village-boys-born-girls-Genetic-deformity-means-Dominican-Republic-babies-born-apparently-female-grow-male-sex-organs-puberty.html The village where boys are born as girls: Genetic deformity means Dominican Republic babies are born apparently female and only grow male sex organs at puberty] - the boys in question frequently say they "never felt like girls" and tended to play with boys, illustrating yet again that gender identity is neither acquired nor based on one's apparent physical sex | * '''2015-09-20''' [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241840/The-village-boys-born-girls-Genetic-deformity-means-Dominican-Republic-babies-born-apparently-female-grow-male-sex-organs-puberty.html The village where boys are born as girls: Genetic deformity means Dominican Republic babies are born apparently female and only grow male sex organs at puberty] - the boys in question frequently say they "never felt like girls" and tended to play with boys, illustrating yet again that gender identity is neither acquired nor based on one's apparent physical sex | ||