Difference between revisions of "Gender identity"
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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) | * '''2015-12-23''' [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 | ||
* '''2015-03-22''' [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ravishly/neuroscience-proves-what-_b_6494820.html Neuroscience Proves What Weve Known All Along: Gender Exists on a Spectrum] | |||
* '''2015-01-07''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150107082133.htm Networks of the brain reflect the individual gender identity] | * '''2015-01-07''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150107082133.htm Networks of the brain reflect the individual gender identity] | ||