Talk:Akito Sohma/@comment-30302124-20190131195252/@comment-5728015-20190623053140

I think you're talking about gender-identity, which is a far more complex topic. But sex and gender are alternate terms for the same concept, and have been defined as such since long before the concept of gender-identity was ever represented in the English language. 'Sex' is simply the clinically preferred term.

Sex/Gender, gender-identity and sexual orientation are each technically independent attributes, albeit with strong statistical correlations between certain values, which have a definite causative relationship, in they, if such a relationship would not exist, neither would our species.

That does not, however, make any particular combination superior or preferable to any other, outside of the express purpose of procreation and passing on of genetic information. They are simply physical and psychological attributes like any other, and, ATBE, have no inherent positive or negative effect on the individual themselves.

There is certainly no need for any form of confrontation based on personal beliefs or ideals relating to these subjects here, regardless of personal position.

The character in question is heterosexual and has a gender-identity conforming with their gender; through a combination of childhood abuse and maliciously-intended child-rearing practices from the earliest developmental stages, they were forced to falsely present themselves, and made to develop a strong inferiority complex regarding their true nature. The behavior shown is clearly the result of long-term maternal abuse, rather than any factor of individual gender-identity, and as such, discussions on gender-identity are somewhat out of place here.

Much like attempts at "curing" homosexuality do little more than suppress an individual's outward behavior in line with their sexual orientation through psychological manipulation and emotional abuse, without affecting the innate nature, forcibly raising a girl as a boy against their nature will only affect their outward behavior without affecting their innate gender-identity.