God created us male and female. Scientists studied about human DNA and genes and stuff. During the formation of gametes (sexual reproductive cells) the genes in our DNA are recombined in a different way so that we have different characteristics as our parents. According to studies, there are genes which controls hair color, skin color, and the list goes on. The are chromosomes that controls our gender. Males have XY-chromosomes and girl XX-chromosomes.
This is what I got from STARMAG (Sunday STAR), page SM4 or http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2009/10/4/lifefocus/4729310&sec=lifefocus.
1.Gender: A socially constructed system of classification that ascribes qualities of masculinity and femininity to people.
[I understand it as : people see you as male/female on the outside.]
2.Gender identity: The gender one sees oneself as – masculine/feminine, male/female, including refusing to label oneself with a gender. Gender identity does not cause sexual orientation. For example, a masculine woman is not necessarily a lesbian.
[I understand it as : who you are on the inside.]
3.Sexual orientation: Aka sexuality, the deep-seated direction of one’s sexual (erotic) attraction, for example:
·Heterosexual, or “straight” – a person who experiences sexual, emotional, and/or romantic attraction to a sex other than his own (“attraction to the opposite sex”).
·Homosexual, or “gay” – a person who is attracted to the same sex.
Given the extistence of intersexualism, transsexualism and transgenderism, these definitions are limiting and not entirely accurate.
·Bisexual, or “bi” – a person who is attracted to two sexes or two genders (not necessarily simultaneously or equally.)
·Pansexual – a person who is fluid in sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
Transsexualism is not a sexual orientation.
[I understand all these as : the sexual side of you determined by your abnormal genes (I consider these as an abnormality).]
4.Transsexual: Someone who experiences a mismatch between his/her biological sex and gender identity, and can be of any sexual orientation.
According to reports from the Malaysian transsexual community, they number close to 20,000, says sociology Prof Teh Yik Koon from the National Defence University of Malaysia. (In her 2002 book, The Mak Nyahs: Malaysian Male to Female Transsexuals, she estimated their numbers at 10,000.)
[I understand this as : serious abnormality in your sex chromosomes.]
5.Transitioning: A transsexual may undergo medical and/or surgical treatment to change his/her physical sex to match his/her gender identity. This is a complicated, multi-step process that can take years and may include sex reassignment surgery.
[To me this is some crazy process where you change yourself from male to female and vice versa. Not recommended for sane and normal humans like you and me.]
6.Trans man: A female-to-male transition (FTM).
[What I think : basically some crazy people.]
Trans woman: A male-to-female transition (MTF).
[What I think : more crazy people.]
All transsexuals are transgender, or “trans” persons, but not all trans-persons are transsexuals.
[This sentence means although some people are normal they still change their sex. Really really crazy people.]
7.Transgender people: Those whose gender identities differ from the social expectations for the physical sex they were born with, including transvestites (cross-dressers), transgenderists (people who live mostly in a gender role different from their biological gender), gender queers (people who blur the boundaries of gender even further), and people who identify as neither female nor male. “Transgender” is not a sexual orientation; transgender people can be of any sexual orientation.
[Comment : abnormal genes.]
Finally, a person can be in (secretive) or out (open with others) about his/her sexual orientation and gender identity in varying degrees.
So, this is what I get from The Star. Those in [] I added them myself.
What is happening actually? I have no idea, don't ask me. But there are somethings I'm curious about:
1.What are the causes of these?
My answer so far: abnormal sex chromosomes, parents drink too much alcohol or smoke too much or had some chemical in their bodies that causes the genes to become abnormal etc etc.
2.How long has these been happening? Is it just recently or it had been happening for as long as the population of humans on this earth is enough to have this abnormality happen? Did they hide these part of themselves for fear of being burnt at stakes as witches or demons?
3.Did God made them like this?
The possibilities I could think of : if God made them like that, then it must be the problem with the formation of gametes. If it is because of humans, then, it's their own fault.
I don't think it's their fault actually. The Bible says sins are passed down for a few generations, if it is caused by sin. If it's caused by God, it's also not their fault. But those who change their physical sex are crazy, and those who are genetically normal and changes sex, that's crazy.
If these phenomenon happens throughout the ages, why do people choose this time to come out to the open? Different way of thinking?
And many earthquakes and typhoons and floods and tsunami's all happen in one go... What next? Ice berg floating down from north pole aided by 100 typhoons and 500 tsunami's acquiring the speed of light and smashing it's way all over the globe and finally smash into the sun causing a supernova and then rampaging throughout the whole universe then the end of the world? Lol... How ah?
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