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gender and choice

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 4:28pm.

"I do not choose to be straight and I do not believe that others choose their gender either."

I too don't think I ever "chose" to have whatever particular sex/gender identity I exhibit.  But some people clearly do, Roughgarden being a case in point.  My guess is that there is more "choice" for more people than it might appear at first glance.  And I'm not sure I'd call sex/gender without a choice "natural."  Maybe its more influenced by genes/hormones/experiences/culture, and we could all learn to make choice a greater part of it?  In which case that would be more "natural"?

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