transgendered 7-year-old (news video)

[ryberg]

I don't even know what to say, myself, except wow...

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Steve

[jamesblonde]

I'm kind of speechless. Such a sad thing for a child to go through. She is very lucky to have parents who love her enough to let her be who she is. I hope life isn't going to be too hard on her.

[hrlydavison]

Its pretty simple...You take a human being which is one of the most varied and complex organisms out there and you give them two choices of how to live. Be a boy think like a boy or be a girl and think like a girl.

The thing is however with 9 billion of these organisms living on this world we live in...sometimes you get people born who arent built to fit the two available molds our society deems correct.

But they are still human beings and that makes them like everybody else who needs love and understanding and most of all acceptence from their fellow human beings.

How brave those parents are...and how brave that little girl is.

[ryberg]

Yes, very hard on that child.

Being a language guy, I'm interested in the fact that the child's mother consistently refers to the child with she and her, while not only the father (who they spelled out did have a harder time with the whole situation) but also the narrator/reporter consistently referred to the child with he and him. Points to the same question: to what extent do particular entirely physical characteristics of a person's body frame (limit?) our view of that person?

Steve

[hrlydavison]

Originally Posted by ryberg

Points to the same question: to what extent do particular entirely physical characteristics of a person's body frame (limit?) our view of that person?

Steve

A lot!

Black

Fat

Short

Need I go on...The easier the label...the less intelligent the user of the label is.

[ANDY&JEN]

What a brave little girl, i hope she has a happy life and eventually becomes the person she so wants to be .


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[SunKneeMarie]

Originally Posted by ryberg

Yes, very hard on that child.

Being a language guy, I'm interested in the fact that the child's mother consistently refers to the child with she and her, while not only the father (who they spelled out did have a harder time with the whole situation) but also the narrator/reporter consistently referred to the child with he and him. Points to the same question: to what extent do particular entirely physical characteristics of a person's body frame (limit?) our view of that person?

Steve

I thought the father referred to the child as "she" when speaking in present tense and "he" only when he was recounting the story of the first time "he" put on a dress. But I only got to hear it once.

Not sure of your question... if a child is born with a penis, that child is a boy... parents even look for that in the sonogram BEFORE the child born so they can buy gender appropriate items... that's really all we have to base gender on in children....

As the child ages and shows a proclivity to one gender over another, it still can't change their physical attributes. Although longer hair, feminine clothing and painted nails would make most people "see" a girl on the playground. Very rarely do they see a child's genitals.

It's interesting that girls can act like boys (be tomboys) and no one has any issue with it. A boy acting like a girl is much more socially unacceptable.

The tougher test for this child will be when puberty hits. Hormones will cause changes. And I wonder if an increase in testosterone levels will change how she feels (i.e., make her feel more like a boy) or whether, if she really should have been born a girl, will those levels not increase?

It has to be a tough thing for her to go through. I applaud her parents being able to recognize and accept her. Let's hope her future is a happy one.