The problem would be, if it weren't labeled as a mental illness is that, it would lead others to think that this behavior is normative, which might have consequences.
Uh, what consequences? What behaviour? And why are you worried about it being normal?
It's normal in the sense that it's a process of evolution and that abnormalities happen. It isn't normal in the sense that it didn't produce a clear cut line between male and female.
How are you to say what is good with life, and what is bad? What is right and what is wrong? What should be, and not be?
But to think that being a hermaphrodite could advance the human race as a whole, or to think that if all were hermaphrodites would somehow be better for humanity- is somewhat preposterous, (though I guess it's arguable).
So the purpose is to advance the human race. Are hermaphrodites and transgenders not part of that human race? Why are they exempt when considering the advancement of the human race?
1) People need to have sex for humanity to go on. (which Socrates/Greeks noticed)
I'm sure if I didn't ever have sex, humanity would still go on just fine.
1.1) So humanity has developed a culture in which males would live and function in a masculine society while females would live in a sphere that is in its nature feminine.
Just trying to open your mind a bit. Humanity didn't develop males or females. There was nobody that said with purpose, "All shall be male or female". Humans are not an
artifact, nor are the differences between them. Also, I believe that it's only since very recently from the millions of years, where society made the 'code' of how to be. That code has changed many times.
I think, from here, if the person comes to realize that all this binary culture crap is just a trimmings of a society that nods to procreation, he or she won't have all this dsyphoria. (theorizing)
People don't have sex to advance humanity. They do it to get their jolly's off. Most don't even know why the hell they do it, only that it feels good. However, babies ensue. A plant doesn't sit there and think "Well, I better grow a new leaf". It just drinks and takes in energy and nutrients, and the leaves just grow.
So this strange notion people have that we all must procreate is absurd. They may as well tell everybody to grow their hair, and enforce that people sit when they tire.
If someone doesn't want to have babies, can they not make that choice? What if they choose not to ever have sex?
It causes disphoria when music can only be in C major, and mountain dew must strictly be chosen from all sodas, and rock-climbing is the only acceptable sport.
When brown haired people are the only ones righteous. When sewing is only for women, and hunting only for men.
When I enjoy A minor, and I'm eyeing ginger-ale, and I want to kick a ball around, and sew my own clothes, but told by my community that it all are signs of illness that needs attention, indeed, I'm going to end up being ill as I try to 'fix' myself from having these thoughts and urges.
Consider our fears. Some are rational, and some are irrational. Having a fear of jumping off a cliff somewhat seems rational. Avoiding grocery stores is irrational.
Having a fear of a man dressing up as a women is irrational. Well, perhaps a straight man mistakes him for a real woman, I dunno. Hardly a catastrophe in my opinion, but I may be wrong.
So I guess what I talked about earlier, about people going into some tribe in a jungle, could help. He or she would do things that are normative of his/her own sex. I think that would help clear up the dysphoria (which I think is just adjustment disorder, like previously stated) and help the person come to grips with his/her own biological sexuality.
Oh man, I completely disagree. Ostracising someone from his community is just going to make the whole deal a hell of a whoppin' worse. A social network and support is needed with a variety of different people and sexes. This is the place where everybody can learn something.
I think it's partly because the transgenders don't intuitively understand and live in their own sexualized cultures. Bring a transgender to a nonsexualised culture, let's say somewhere like Japan, and I'm sure his masculinity would take shape. Deprogram all that sexualized culture from his or her own culture, out of his/her head.
Maybe your being snide. But if not, I'm sure Japan would not make a mechanic, sport jock, next-generation John Wayne out of him any better than any other country would.
But the problem here now is the problem of stigma. And to that I'd say, and I'm repeating myself: " The generations after us would need to reclaim it for themselves if it were the case. " aka acknowledge the nuance, i.e. more education. And people just need to be, in general, more accepting.
When I think of 'acceptance', I think of finally coming to deal with something. To recognize that it may not need fixing.
