@Lysana I'm sorry, my intended implication was that we don't need science to demonstrate whether or not it's okay for people to define their own identities, nor to decide whether or not to respect them if their ways of doing so are unfamiliar. The person I was replying to was expressing irritation about people who "[get] offended by being identified only as a male or a female."
I'm aware of the consensus among psychologists regarding questions of gender. I probably should have brought it up. It would have helped to highlight the hypocrisy of that comment.
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@Lysana I'm sorry, my intended implication was that we don't need science to demonstrate whether or not it's okay for people to define their own identities, nor to decide whether or not to respect them if their ways of doing so are unfamiliar. The person I was replying to was expressing irritation about people who "[get] offended by being identified only as a male or a female."
I'm aware of the consensus among psychologists regarding questions of gender. I probably should have brought it up. It would have helped to highlight the hypocrisy of that comment.