slyscorpion said:
A thing I did find interesting when looking up this stuff is twin souled or third sex was a "gender identity" some people were using that has been used on here to refer to people in this catagory.
I don't really like the term "third sex". I understand that it's used in some cultures because it makes it easier to accept that some people are different in terms of sexuality or expression, since you can just dismiss those things by saying they're like that
because they're "third sex" (even though it's supposed to be a descriptor rather than a prescript).
But I think it's better to go on a more individual basis and let such people discover their nature for themselves, instead of putting them in a category that only means "not a normal man or woman". I think there are so many insightful intricacies that can be found this way regarding the self that might otherwise go overlooked, and it might also help to keep such people from feeling like outcasts over it.
"Twin soul" is an even more confusing term; I don't think many people understand what it's even really supposed to mean, especially with that wording. A duality between masculinity and femininity exists in all humans anyway, so that isn't what it's about. What I was able to understand about it myself is that it has less to do with masculinity or femininity, and more with being both male and female, whether in a physical or spiritual sense. However, just like physical intersex conditions, it might as well be considered a disorder rather than something "special". I can understand why some people like that might want to change their body. I think it's different from people who want to be the opposite sex for psychological reasons, or people who feel like they should be the opposite sex because they don't fit in with their sex. There's certainly a distinction to be made.
But again, rather than prescribing such things and putting a label on it, it's better to give people room to understand themselves, and hope they don't fall into delusion about it. Although that may be easier said than done. But I find that putting everyone like that into an unclearly defined category only ends up confusing most people. There's only a risk of innocent people being lumped together with degenerates because they're already lumped together in the language, described with the same word. And due to that, sometimes it starts to look like "gay" doesn't mean you're interested in people of the same sex, but that you want to go on a parade wearing weird costumes and sexually harass children. Of course that example is a bit exaggerated, but I think to some people out there who aren't too familiar with all that stuff it might really look that way, because the extremes always stand out the most. You know?
