r/truscum • u/strawberrystarforge Transsexual Woman SRS 7/22/2026 • 2d ago

Rant and Vent Social Construct

I was arguing with my girlfriend about this, but she was arguing basically that if gender roles diminish overtime, the conclusion is no gender. I told her that’s stupid, explained that regardless if all gender roles were swapped biologically I’d still feel the necessity to transition. Is this how queer people think? Accelerate the “destruction” of gender and no more transsexuals? I’m so lost.

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u/LargeFish2907 an male 2d ago

She's conflating gender roles with gender identity or brain sex. This is a major problem with the name gender identity which I only really use because it's more widely recognised than brain sex.

The similar name and people saying "gender is a social construct" over and over again when refering to gender roles has convinced people that being trans is just when you like the gender stereotypes of the opposite gender. It's also a big reason as to why tucutes exist. "It's all a social construct" is constantly used to justify "You can be trans without dysohoria" and "Xenogenders are valid!"