Explaining Gender Identity
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ค. 2024
- As we near the end of LGBT History Month, we sat down with Associate Instructor of Women's Studies Leandra Preston '98 '02MA '15PhD to discuss gender identity and address common questions that often arise. Learn more 👉 www.ucf.edu/news/gender-ident...
00:00 | Explaining Gender Identity
00:43 | Terms Related to Gender
02:20 | Navigating Your Identity
02:36 | How Can You be a Better Advocate?
03:22 | Resources on Gender Identity
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I’m trying to understand this and apply it to myself.
How do you feel your gender in your mind?
What am I supposed to be feeling?
Comfortable or uncomfortable.
@@kadables1823 couldn’t that just be a confusion of secure vs insecure? I don’t think of my gender nor do I really care. I don’t quite understand why anyone would feel non binary.
don't try to understand ideological psychopaths.
If you don't feel your gender, you may be agender. Or you may just be a very intelligent person who doesn't buy into the whole gender game at all, who is sensible enough to just be who you are and focus on your personal identity instead. That's far more important. :)
Whatever it is, just because you don't understand it, it doesn't mean gender non-conforming people don't exist. I have struggled to understand this as well.
What are the Gender Identity choices then? Are there a list of gender identity that I can choose from? Or can I invent another gender identity I feel like I am?
You identify as whatever you want today a male, tomorrow a female, the day after neither.
I I'm a 6'5 male who identifies as a dog an sometimes a zebra (depending on how i feel that day in particular..sometimes i feel like a tesla for how efficiention i feel, I hope yall understand the context.. I mean I respect Trans peeps but they should have their own categories ( not belonging to either female or male, and vise versa, since male (who grown up as male to female is simply unfair.. there are males smashing female weight lifting records identifying as trans just to show how unfair this idea is.. seriously, look it up
I would say you don't *choose* your gender identity, because it's what you actually feel and are. But you can research to find out if a description fits you and use that label, or you can just choose your own label for your own unique gender identity. Since it's all about how we feel, I fully believe that there are actually eight billion gender identities.
@@heliusfacenna4109 Are you kidding😡😡
@@colinbray6408 Can you elaborate...?
Thank 🥰
JOHN MONEY'S SOUL IS TRAPPED IN H3LL! LMAO! :)
Why are you blocking other opinions?
I'm a UCF alum (class of 2005) and I've had my comments removed several times. I consider myself quite hard left too - just not enough to find myself indoctrinated to the level they expect with these BS videos. UCF was an AMAZING place in the early 2000's. If these videos are representative of what's being taught there, it's really gone down hill.
Bc they're hate
@@asmrplushpaws No it's not
@@chad3232132 It is every university. They are all captured.
@@chad3232132 Keep crying.
If a person gets mugged and makes a police report. Q. Was the attacker a man or a woman? A. I don't know. I didn't ask.
That's right transphobe
It was a man in disguise 🤣🤣🤣
It’s funny how all the comments are people who aren’t professionals that have opinions on how the real definition of gender is wrong and lies
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one noticing this. It shows perfectly how arrogant most humans are to think that they must know better than the actual professionals.
@@TM-hb9pk and they’ll defend their wrong thinking with their life, they seek to be understood, they never seek to understand
@@spotifysuperfan Couldn't agree more
@@spotifysuperfan they need to be re educated to stop them from wrong think.
They changed the definitions of words and then appointed themselves "experts" in their new made up definitions. They are experts in nonsense and this is why they are going after the kids because most grown adults can see right through it.
I identify as a man. I was born a man and will always be a man and that will never change.
Did someone ask?
ok kevin
you were born a male*. You were raised as a boy* If you want to stay a man, good for you :)
@@aaronrosenberg6633Thank you!😂
Aw TRANSPHOBE
At least we're not speaking german
I identify as an alligator.
so many sad people who are unhappy with how they were born. some want to be taller, thinner, blonder, etc.... I want to be younger (I'm 60), but I can't go around demanding people to play along with that. I can't get mad when the bartender doesn't card me or when young people don't want me at their frat parties. It's ridiculous.
True 😢 l'm 18 btw
Its totally different than what you are saying, shut up and do some research
People in the comments are experiencing whats know as "wrong think" they need to be re educated and we must change what they believe.
Umm, no. The idea that you must change what I believe is actually quite funny. I will believe what I want to believe, thank you very much.
@@songbirds3712 wrong think!!! You must be put in a re education camp NOW!!!
Spoken like a true conservative impersonating a twitter leftist 😂
@@absolutechadd8895 youre a tool.
All of this can be summed up as, "some times you feel like a nut, some times you don't".
If you feel like a nut then you are a nut , then go get some help otherwise you end as peanut butter
True for gender non-conforming people. Most people (cisgender) don't have such feelings, therefore we have intellectual titans over here identifying as trashbags.
Just say hey human
Hey human
Hey human
If I had a nickel for every gender I would have 2 nickels
HAHAHAHA YOU'RE SO FUNNY!!!! 😂😂😂
You should be on the daily wire 😂
@@absolutechadd8895 no thanks😊
Go watch some Matt Walsh
No y’all just want your opinion to matter to people that don’t.
Gender identity research google scholar pre-reviewed is Science real?
The Emperor's Clothing ...written in the 1830's by Hans Christian Anderson reveals the fallacy of all of this. The king paraded around naked and all of his subjects except a boy pretended to like his imaginary clothing.
I know gay but I'm always a man, Allah makes me a man and always be a man. I'm a Filipino and I follows the Ambrahamic faith, therefore I need to suppress my feeling, to follow my faith..
you can be who you want, but we do not need to box and categorize the issue, it's a borderline mental health issue in terms of split personalities, self conscience identity disorder and so on. But what we're seeing in this day in age is political boxing taking advantage of this nonsense which creates societal divide .... there are many studies to back my statement up.
such as...? (meaning studies)
... what? I'm so confused
So what you are saying is that we can identify as anything? I can be a mermaid and everyone has to play along with me. No one cares what anyone wants to identify as but don't force others to go along with it. Soon adults will identify as small children and want to hang out with them.
Grow a brain
You can't choose an identity.
Furries can
@@janicemalone4472 no, that's choosing a WORD for your identity
No furries are for real, that is what the identity as it is their truth and their beliefs, just try to change their minds on their beliefs!
great video!
I wanna be a puppy.
Likely you are close.
Woof Woof
C'mon buddy, play dead for me 😂
Sad
This sounds like a cult - you all use the same expressions - be open to learning etc.
It's freaky watching this BS. I attended UCF in the early-mid 00's, graduating in 2005 and the university was an amazing place. Nothing like this level of propaganda happening.
Anti-trans ppl are a cult.
@@asmrplushpaws Anti-trans people are negligible in number and incoherent as an organisational entity. They can't be compared to a cult.
because it is a cult
@MrSparklesJD Why do you say that?
Gotta love how even the "experts" can't come up with an objective definition for "gender", "man" or "woman" yet they insist we follow them anyway.
We can still acknowledge the validity of people's identities, despite where the research is right now. The human brain is complex, and it's not an extraordinary leap of faith to acknowledge that there are people whose brains are wired to identify as non-binary or as a gender that does not fit your personal expectations or comfort level.
Rather than imagine yourself being wrangled into "following them," consider empathy instead. Digging your heels in for the sake of resistance leads to ignorance.
@@aaronrosenberg6633 "We can still acknowledge the validity of people's identities,"
What makes their identities valid? Can *you* provide an objective definition for "man" or "woman"?
"The human brain is complex, and it's not an extraordinary leap of faith to acknowledge that there are people whose brains are wired to identify as non-binary or as a gender that does not fit your personal expectations or comfort level."
Well, it's not about anyone's personal expectations or comfort level; your worldview should be coherent before you expect anyone to buy into it. As for people's brains being wired to *identify* as another gender, even if we grant that as an explanation for their beliefs, that doesn't make their beliefs true.
"Rather than imagine yourself being wrangled into "following them," consider empathy instead."
Empathy does not entail agreement. Don't you have empathy for people with schizophrenia? I'd imagine you do, but still don't agree with their beliefs.
@@Vic2point0
"What makes their identities valid? Can you provide an objective definition for "man" or "woman"? "
Regarding gender, no, I cannot. Can you?
Our identities are shaped in our brains. That's what makes them valid. It's my observation that while gender is mostly a social construct, there may be some biological contributor. If someone tells me they don't identify as a he or a she, or that they identify as a gender that does not match their birth-assigned gender, I am in no position to refute them. Neither are you. Deciding to label them as something with which they do not identify would paint me as someone who's insecure, apathetic.
I may not understand what it feels like to be them, but that doesn't matter, and if I know what's good for me, I'll reach for empathy.
"Well, it's not about anyone's personal expectations or comfort level;"
Your post does seem to indicate a level of discomfort.
"your worldview should be coherent before you expect anyone to buy into it."
That's a loaded assertion, and it reeks of a certain inhumane callousness and selfishness, though ironically, it's logically incoherent. What it seems like you're saying is, "I refuse to validate your gender identity because gender identity is not yet fully understood." Historically, try applying your assertion to any population of people with differences from the norm: left-handedness, homosexuality, red hair, autism, bipolarity, ADHD, albinism. I group these together because they are all states of being which were at some point (or still are) subject to derision and hostility. _You get to learn from history if you want to_ !
"As for people's brains being wired to identify as another gender, even if we grant that as an explanation for their beliefs, that doesn't make their beliefs true."
Is your gender identity a "belief?" Or is it just who you are? I imagine it's convenient to label someone else's gender identity a b"belief" in order to invalidate it, the same way people label homosexuality a "lifestyle" just to invalidate it. No.
"Empathy does not entail agreement. Don't you have empathy for people with schizophrenia? I'd imagine you do, but still don't agree with their beliefs.
_Agreement_ isn't even a talking point. Schizophrenia is not a "belief." There is nothing to "agree" with. But imagine responding to people with schizophrenia with, "Gotta love how even the 'experts' can't come up with an objective definition for 'schizophrenia', yet they insist we follow them anyway." The Mayo Clinic says, "It's not known what causes schizophrenia, but researchers believe that a combination of genetics, brain chemistry and environment contributes to development of the disorder."
Yeah? Well tough! The experts' conclusions aren't _coherent_ enough, and I refuse to acknowledge that schizophrenia is valid. ← That's what you're saying.
@@aaronrosenberg6633 "Regarding gender, no, I cannot. Can you?"
So it's not even logically *possible* for their claims of being men/women to be valid, on your worldview. My definition for "man" would be an adult human male, with "male" being someone whose body developed primarily toward the purpose of producing small gametes (sperm). Similarly, a woman is an adult human female, with "female" being someone whose body developed primarily toward the purpose of producing large gametes (ova). This would include those who, due to aging, defects, etc., cannot actually produce their respective gametes.
"Our identities are shaped in our brains."
Sure, but so are all of our beliefs, both true and false. So it obviously doesn't follow that because a thought is shaped in our brains that therefore it's valid.
"Deciding to label them as something with which they do not identify would paint me as someone who's insecure, apathetic."
That doesn't logically follow at all. If a 10-year old identified as 40, I'm sure you would refuse to label them as such...
"What it seems like you're saying is, "I refuse to validate your gender identity because gender identity is not yet fully understood.""
No, I'm saying I refuse to believe your claim until you can make it make sense.
"You get to learn from history if you want to !"
I'm willing to learn, but you don't seem to have anything to teach so far... And I don't mean that as an insult; I'm just pointing out that your replies on this topic have been pretty empty at present. Appealing to generalities, implying it's about me being "uncomfortable", etc., anything to dodge the actual points I'm making.
"Is your gender identity a "belief?""
I don't have a "gender identity", any more than I have a race identity or age identity. I observe objective reality and acknowledge it rather than deny it (though it would be a lot easier for me to live as a 10-year old, believe you me!)
"the same way people label homosexuality a "lifestyle" just to invalidate it."
Well technically engaging in homosexual acts (which is what most of the religious types are actually disagreeing with) *is* part of a lifestyle. The question isn't, is it a lifestyle? or even is it a worldview? It's, is it coherent and/or harmful? I've showed why transgenderism is incoherent. That's enough to differentiate it from being gay.
ME: "Empathy does not entail agreement. Don't you have empathy for people with schizophrenia? I'd imagine you do, but still don't agree with their beliefs.
YOU: "Agreement isn't even a talking point."
It is for me, because it's the fact that I don't agree that makes people try to smear me as lacking empathy for, fearing, or even hating people.
"Schizophrenia is not a "belief.""
But it's a condition in which people often have beliefs that are untrue. You sought to accuse me of lacking empathy on the basis that I disagree with the beliefs of trans people. Why doesn't that make you lacking in empathy of those with schizophrenia?
"But imagine responding to people with schizophrenia with, "Gotta love how even the 'experts' can't come up with an objective definition for 'schizophrenia', yet they insist we follow them anyway.""
If the experts started saying we should go along with the beliefs of schizophrenics, it would be very appropriate to respond to them that way regarding schizophrenia too. Indeed it would make schizophrenics yet another group not getting the help they actually need.
You're still wrong because gender non-conforming people will continue to exist, whether that hurts your feelings or beliefs or whatever, and this is the only way to explain and understand their existence, which is inclusive of cispeople as well. This is not a matter of agreement.
This is not any mental illness like schizophrenia, because we have already treated it as a illness for a long time (gender identity disorder). This approach has never worked and hence it's called conversion therapy now. Facts don't care about your feelings mate.
If I explained how gender is defined today, you won't understand. I didn't understand it for a long time either. I always thought that I didn't have a gender identity and all this was nonsense too.
The thing here is that one would need a lot of empathy to understand. You need to put yourself in their shoes. Talk or listen to their experience. Once you do that your perspective completely shifts. You start to see just how complex humans really are and understand what these experts mean with their mumbo jumbo.
That was what I experienced, it was a very gradual process. It's very frustrating at first, but then you eventually understand why these people say what they say.
One warning thought, don't get triggered by what some people perceive as 'buzzwords' or political-correctness or whatever if you decide to listen or read about their experiences.
Also, just wanna point out, both gender identity and age are social constructs, but age is just a measurement. Hence, nobody says that they identify as a 40 year old when they're actually 6. Gender identity is more about how we perceive ourselves.
But I'm not 'cisgender' I'm just normal.
Normal?
@@voltaire3 Yes normal.
@@wendaltvedt4673 explain please
@@voltaire3 'Cis gender' is a bs term created by the trans movement. Because I do not have gender dysphoria does not make me 'cis', I'm just a normal heterosexual male without gender dysphoria. Heterosexual males/females did not ask to be called 'cis' and many if not most of us don't want to be called that.
that's gay
It sounds like you need to have a talk with a licensed therapist or psychiatrist
They would just agree with them ya numbskull!
I think gender is a binary but it isn’t a fixed point. There are masculine women and feminine men. But there are only two options. Man or woman.
Binary is computer language ....
It also means 'something of two parts'! The internet is very useful sometimes :)
Yes you can say all this stuff, but when average parents hear it they don't want their kids to be taught like this. No-one wants their kids to end up trans...sorry but just truth.
It's sad that most transphobes like you aren't willing to learn. And then you complain that we aren't teaching you. Also a kid doesn't 'end up' trans..
All i can hear is Bla bla bla
Go to the doctor
What a load of bs
For real. I don't know why we have to explain this to people who aren't willing to learn and become open-minded🤦♂️
@@voltaire3 Your mind is so open your brain has fallen out. This video is a load of nonsense, there is nothing of substance. Only lies.
I lost you when you said "feel" when talking about Gender.
Especially when you can't even define a "man" & a "woman".
"Gender expression" is another phony concept based on what you just decided defined.
Bullshit!
Stupid idea.
Do you have a smart idea?
@@voltaire3 it is stupid. If we put two men in a house and let them stay for long time. The result they will stay like the beginning.
But if we put man and women in a house ...after a while of time. We will find a society.
Result : stupid idea.
@@thee-lakestudio I don't understand
@@voltaire3 focusing on those subjects won't give to society anything.
@@thee-lakestudio it does. It tries to give people DIFFERENT views on gender in order to help a person UNDERSTAND what gender is. If this video is useless to YOU, that's ok, but that doesn't mean it's useless to EVERYONE.
So useless babbling
Get used to it😢
WHAT UTTER RUBBISH.
UGH I HATE LEARNING!!! 😡😡😡
@@voltaire3 I learned 40 years ago. Woman = Adult Female. Man = Adult Male. Until someone can actually change the definition, there's nothing else to learn.
I'm all for it, if it can be defined in a way that makes sense.
@@lamebot7164 and who taught you?