Crossdressing a lifestyle choice or genetic?

[Nicki B]

That is what I said. Like several others here you are using the term genetics without understanding what it means from a technical point of view. Your genes built two identical hands, your genes built your brain. The choice of which hand to use was a decision that became entrenched in your thought processes. This happened after your brain was built, so the choice of your handedness has got nothing to do with genetics. Science says it is chosen on the basis of which side a fetus lies its head.

Point me to a link where 'science' says that.. All I've ever read says the way the brain is built differs between left and right-handed people. It was only once that was realised that right-handers stopped trying to beat it out of us?

And the way the brain is formed is due to our genes. That's what I said?

[edit]A further thought - if handedness is determined by the side on which the foetus lies, surely the population would be closer to a 50/50 split - rather than the actual 90/10?[/edit]

They became ambidextrous, something which would not be possible if handedness was genetic since that would mean it was hard-wired so that only one hand can be favored.

No... Actually, they became damaged, by being forced to think in a sub-optimal way? Like many left-handers, I can easily mirror-write. That's not practised, it just comes naturally - we just have to become accustomed to writing the way the right-handed population do..

But handed-ness is variable in the population - just like gender? Some are very left or right-handed, some much more ambidextrous, some very ambidextrous..

This is impossible since the definitions of gender except for the sexual roles are created by society.

I'd say we're all pretty good evidence that that's not completely true?

Satrana, what are your qualifications for making such absolute statements? I don't think many genetic researchers would be so definite as you seem to be?

What is so difficult about accepting that it is a whole range of things that contribute to behaviour. Nature - yes. Nurture - yes. It is both at the same time, often one more than the other, but still both.

Absolutely. How can it be otherwise? But we didn't all turn out this way just because we laid on one side of our heads.. :rolleyes:

I firmly believe it is a lifestyle choice. I was never curious about wearing female clothes until I was a teenager. Sure I thought they looked nice before then, but one day I was curious about what a dress felt like. I tried one on and sure enough I liked it. Had I not done that I may have grown up without any crossdressing desires.

I'm really glad that works for you. Can you choose to stop?