26-08-2011, 07:43 PM
Thank you Pansy Mae,
I did the cogiati ten years ago, and it said androgyn. Now it said so again, with a score of 20.
The advice they give looks insufficient to me though. I need more than "slight" counseling. I spent five years living in both genders, and then five years living in none. I really need a lot of time and effort to prepare to express myself in a gendered way.
As for early onset, I spent the first three years of my life with my elder sister, nannies, my mother and a couple of aunts. I didn't really notice I was different.
Most people call me Isabelle. The women characterize me as male, for reasons outside brain sex, which is what the cogiati is based on. They notice I give my car a little push when it's not in the middle of the parking space. I wear short sleeves in November. I never have any issues with taking the garbage outside, or cleaning up a mess.
That is the value of the brain sex concept: it can measure even a slight difference between the brain and the body. I want to finish Swaab's book in one sitting tomorrow. He sees a clear parallel between gender identity issues and BIID. But the book that really taught me it's OK to adjust my physical appearance to the body I feel I should have is this:
http://www.amazon.com/My-Gender-Workbook-Something-Entirely/dp/0415916739
I did the cogiati ten years ago, and it said androgyn. Now it said so again, with a score of 20.
The advice they give looks insufficient to me though. I need more than "slight" counseling. I spent five years living in both genders, and then five years living in none. I really need a lot of time and effort to prepare to express myself in a gendered way.
As for early onset, I spent the first three years of my life with my elder sister, nannies, my mother and a couple of aunts. I didn't really notice I was different.
Most people call me Isabelle. The women characterize me as male, for reasons outside brain sex, which is what the cogiati is based on. They notice I give my car a little push when it's not in the middle of the parking space. I wear short sleeves in November. I never have any issues with taking the garbage outside, or cleaning up a mess.
That is the value of the brain sex concept: it can measure even a slight difference between the brain and the body. I want to finish Swaab's book in one sitting tomorrow. He sees a clear parallel between gender identity issues and BIID. But the book that really taught me it's OK to adjust my physical appearance to the body I feel I should have is this:
http://www.amazon.com/My-Gender-Workbook-Something-Entirely/dp/0415916739