Actually in recent years, there are many people who argue exactly that.
Their claim being that taking medication to suppress testosterone and boost estrogen, as well as having various cosmetic surgeries (castration, inversion of penis, bone/cartilage/soft tissue reshaping of facial features), gives these males a "female body".
Some of these males even claim to no longer be trans as a result of these surgical and pharmaceutical interventions, referring to themselves as "cis women".
> That entirely depends on whether one considers "woman" and "man" to be social identities that anyone of either sex can choose to adopt.
Yes, but debates over the meaning or usage of words are social/philosophical/political issues, not biological issues.
> Many people don't accept that belief, for a variety of reasons, such as viewing that belief as being based upon sexist stereotyping of women and men.
This claim seems questionable. As far as I can tell, the origin of the opposition is mainly religious, and it has come to be political as a consequence of the religious leanings of political parties.
> Instead, they understand "woman" and "man" to be the words used to describe, respectively, female and male people who have reached adulthood.
Yes, but it's unclear how a study of brain matter would change anyone's mind. After all, their definition of female and male always depended on genitals rather than brain composition.
The fixation on genitals in this discourse is weird. It's an argument that tries to say "if you don't agree with me, you're a pervert that just thinks about genitals".
Men vs women can be clearly distinguished in many different ways while keeping their clothes on. Why bother trying to push a narrative that is obviously false? Is it an Emperor's New Clothes situation?
> The fixation on genitals in this discourse is weird.
It doesn't come from me. It comes from the people who demand purely biological definitions of "man" and "woman".
> It's an argument that tries to say "if you don't agree with me, you're a pervert that just thinks about genitals".
I didn't say anything about perversion.
> Men vs women can be clearly distinguished in many different ways while keeping their clothes on.
Highly inaccurately. For some damn reason, I've been called "ma'am" way too often, for example by grocery and retail store employees. I guess it's because of my height, which is shorter than average. (I don't have long hair, in case you're wondering.) Anyway, it really pisses me off, massive disrespect.
Having some brain measurements that are more similar to the opposite sex correlates with homosexuality, not trans.
The initial studies on this didn't control for sexuality and mostly used subjects who were both homosexual and transsexual. In later studies that also measured sexuality, no correlation of sex atypical brain measurements with trans was found, only with homosexuality.
Could you link to these studies, please? I made a quick Google search and I found quite the opposite, two studies from 2021 and 2022 supporting brain differences on trans people from their biological sex brain. I find quite hard to believe that correlation between sexual attraction and brain structures.
Their claim being that taking medication to suppress testosterone and boost estrogen, as well as having various cosmetic surgeries (castration, inversion of penis, bone/cartilage/soft tissue reshaping of facial features), gives these males a "female body".
Some of these males even claim to no longer be trans as a result of these surgical and pharmaceutical interventions, referring to themselves as "cis women".