> I have no idea what it “feels like” to be a woman—and I am one. The crux of her argument seems to be that because she can't imagine feeling like she has the

> I have no idea what it “feels like” to be a woman—and I am one. The crux of her argument seems to be that because she can't imagine feeling like she has the wrong sex, nobody actually feels like they have the wrong sex, and it's all about identifying (or not) with cultural expectations of femininity or masculinity. But, > the statistical rarity of true gender dysphoria So she doesn't actually dispute that gender dysphoria exists. She asserts that claimed gender dysphoria is more common nowadays and most such claims are not genuine gender dysphoria, presumably because she doesn't believe that sociological changes could influence the prevalence of psychological conditions, and/or people's ability and willingness to identify as having the condition. > the whole trans movement does seem to have awfully [much] to do with clothes Clothes are one of the ways people in our culture signal their gender. It shouldn't be surprising if people who believe they are female want to wear clothes which are culturally associated with females. But, if you don't believe that (most) trans people have gender dysphoria then, sure, all you see is people worrying about clothes. > But I hate to break it to the converts to my sex: women who were born women schlep around most of the time in jeans and trainers. The version of femininity offered up by Caitlyn Jenner is foreign to me—exaggeratedly coiffed, buffed and corseted But you've heard of the Kardashians, right? It isn't as though almost always looking glamorous when in public is a trans trait. It's a trait that some people have.