The biological origins of gender dysphoria

[Ayla]

Recently, Dr. Keith Ablow of the Fox News Medical A-Team dismissed any biological origins of gender dysphoria, stating:

I don't believe we have definitive data (although many psychiatrists with very impressive credentials, who seem to mean well, assert that we do) that any male or female soul has ever in the history of the world been born into the wrong anatomic gender.
Let me put that more clearly: I am not convinced by any science I can find that people with definitively male DNA and definitively male anatomy can actually be locked in a cruel joke of nature because they are actually female.
One might ask, "So what sort of evidence is there that being transgender has some sort of biological origin, that indeed someone can be wired to be one gender, and physically another?"

Short answer: Lots. Here are 15 studies showing a biological origin of gender dysphoria.....


The 15 studies listed above is a very small, partial list. V.S. Ramachandran has published a number of studies showing transgender individuals are wired to physically experience bodies of the opposite sex as well.

I'm not sure what would convince Dr. Ablow. It's very unlikely that we will develop a "soul-o-meter" that measures the gender of a person's inner essence. However, the body of evidence showing biological origins of gender dysphoria, of having a mis-matched brain and body, is overwhelming. Given his ability to ignore the evidence, perhaps Dr. Ablow should probably look at a board position with the Flat Earth Society membership. Or climate change denial. Either way, it gets him away from practicing psychiatry, a job for which he is obviously unqualified.

www.huffingtonpost.com/brynn-tannehill/how-much-evidence-does-it_b_4616722.html   

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I don't believe we have definitive data (although many psychiatrists with very impressive credentials, who seem to mean well, assert that we do) that any male or female soul has ever in the history of the world been born into the wrong anatomic gender.

Idiot!  You have the testimony of millions and millions of transpeople all over the world.  How many millions more do you need before you regard it as "definitive"?  Oh, right, of course: as transpeople our testimony isn't valid.  A cisgender man would know far more about the transgender experience than we would.

Let me put that more clearly: I am not convinced by any science I can find that people with definitively male DNA and definitively male anatomy can actually be locked in a cruel joke of nature because they are actually female.

Yeah, well, as this article points out, you can look at the science.  But you sound like someone who's not going to be convinced by any sort or any amount of evidence.  Which is OK.  We'll just ignore you.

It's like this, Mr. Whatsit: if you came to my little town and told the people around me that you're not convinced, they'd laugh their heads off.  You have no idea how stupid you're making yourself look.