Marisa

This is the trans double bind.

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I am a counterexample to Führer's theory.

I was an adolescent social outcast weeb but did not transition.

I spent 14 years actualizing as a man, then transitioned at 31 only after becoming crippled by dysphoria.

My example shows that Führer's phenotype can co-occur with or mask medically significant dysphoria.

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A. Biologically Transgender.

In the OP, Führer presents the body map theories under the umbrella of arcane neuropsychological phenomena, and then dismisses medical theories because the body map theory doesn't fit her friend group.

The body map theory is a straw man for biological causation because there are significant sex differences between men and women that are a. are not learned and b. not reducible to subconscious expectations about one's anatomy.

The easiest way to see this is CAH.

To quote from Berenbaum and Beltz, 2021.

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Studies of females with congenital adrenal hyperplasia, CAH, show how prenatal androgens affect behavior across the lifespan, with large effects on gendered activity interests and engagement, moderate effects on spatial abilities, and relatively small, or no, effects on gender identity.

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The sex difference in people versus things interests, hobbies, occupations, has been discussed extensively in our community.

CAH shifts females towards male patent interests with small effects on gender identity without changes in anatomy.

This finding is also notable because it shows male patent interests and female gender identity can coexist, at least in natal females.

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Twin studies a la LLM.