[Gaius]

Originally Posted by Quiet Man Cometh

I've never thought about that story in relation to someone's perception of their own sex but it's occurring to me now. David was unhappy as "Brenda" and it says a lot that he chose later to live as a male despite how he was raised. Do we assume that the choice was related to biology when other people also feel that they aren't living as the right sex when they don't happen to have the matching parts?

Not thinking of an answer for that, just rolling the notion around in my head.

That's what I was thinking the whole time. I don't think this story is anymore tragic than one of a little girl who is forced to act feminine and grows up unhappy. I don't think David's parents are any worse for making him grow up acting like a girl than many other parents who make their children grow up acting like their biological sex. I admire the parents who are trying to give their children a choice, even if in our society it always feels like the choice is limited to one or the other. ._.