... a "trans boy". There are males and there are females. This is genetically encoded in each individual, and cannot be changed. Either you have XX or XY chromosomes. In exceedingly rare cases, strange things happen. An XX embryo (a female) may have a genetic defect that cause changes in brain and/or body structure/function due to an incorrect expression of male/female hormones (both males and female embryos--as well as adults--create within themselves--and require--both of those hormones to function normally). The same may happen with an XY embryo--a male--with similar results. The internal and external genitalia may be malformed, duplicated, or even missing altogether, causing a condition where the individual is labeled as a "hermaphrodite". This rare condition is usually treated by "assigning" a sex to the infant, usually through early surgery and hormonal treatment. The problem is that we do not yet understand how "sex" works (male brains are different from female brains--and vice versa--and this can NOT be diagnosed by any procedures we now have available!) and by arbitrarily choosing to assign one "sex" we often later discover that the individual ACTUALLY is aligned with the sex that we did NOT choose for him/her. We goof... This creates incredible problems for the boy/girl so affected. There exist even rarer conditions of "genetic mixups" but they are not worth going into here. Then there's male/female sexual desires. These appear to be genetically "programmed" into the brain before birth, but the evidence for this is not conclusive. Twin studies show that genes DO affect how sexual attractions--and behavior--develop.This is demonstrated by the existence of strongly "girly" boys, and strongly "boyish" girls. But boy/girl behavior is affected by the environment, too. Some girls want to engage in boyish behavior (and vice-versa) because they find it more "fun". This may have to do with their relationships with their siblings, and the relationships that the siblings--and the girl or boy--have with the parents. This has nothing to do with hormones or genes, and is all about the environment. It is entirely learned behavior. Will those boys/girls grow up to be "gay"? Maybe yes, maybe no. But the concept of "gay" is fluid and nuanced. Any person of any sex always has the potential to engage in--and to enjoy--sexual activity with any other individual. So who's really gay, and who's really straight? Whether a person will or won't have sex with someone of their same sex depends largely on whatever inhibitions they have, which often develop according to the influence of the adults around them. Inhibited children tend to avoid certain sexual behaviors, just as inhibited adults do. Very young children (under 6 or 7) usually are not inhibited at all--"if it feels good, do it!" They have no guilt feelings about sexual activity--even with adults!--and have no sense of shame. The adults instill shame and guilt into the kids later. Lucky kids, right? Young boys/girls can also be "pushed" into certain beliefs about their "sexual identity" and the behavioral patterns they are "supposed to" exhibit, and this can be done by the adults around them, usually by the mother. Well, that's my understanding of the biological and social influences involved. I once saw a photo of a girl with a HUGE clitoris! Or was it really a penis? Or was it a boy, not a girl? Hard to say... I admit I would have liked to have known that girl/boy, and even engaged in sexual activity, had it been legal. Anyway, what do YOU think? Or am I full of shit, and just a troll trolling the BoyChat board, monopolizing it (well, YOU are free to post interesting things, as I do, too! So DO IT!) and a danger because--wait for it ... some day--after others here come to trust and respect me--I'm going to post an e-mail address, and all those who contact me will then be "outed" (by some magical powers I am assumed to have) and their lives will be destroyed! Similar to how TPKA tyred was involved in the outing and the destruction of an unfortunate BoyLover who trusted TPKA tyred and the other dangerous people that TPKA tyred is associated with off-board (one of whom--believe it or not--tried to have the whole BoyChat board taken down a number of years ago!). At least, it is the theory of TPKA "tyred" that I (secretively) am preparing long-term plans to "out" everybody. This is the same "tyred" who also recommends that we all (the males, I mean) have ourselves voluntarily castrated, turn ourselves over to (so-called) "mental health" professionals to be "treated" and turned into (what TPKA tyred calls) "normal". And that we should accept the (possibly imaginary) religious figure known today as Jesus of Nazareth as our personal savior. What could be crazier than all that? M. TPKA "tyred" will be unable to resist responding to this post. TPKA "tyred" has been involved in a "campaign of harassment" against me for years--I suspect because I am so much more intelligent and informed than that poster is. As usual, I will ignore that poster's response--as you should too. Eventually the cogs will, when they finally come to their senses, ban that poster forever. Until then, I'll post the "spam" I am accused of posting (does it look like spam to you?), and "tyred" will post the garbage (and lies, etc) that disgust others here and drives them away from BoyChat. Which is, after all, TPKA "tyreds" real reason for being here. No other BoyLove board would tolerate what TPKA "tyred" does for five minutes! That's why WE have to put up with it... |