But we do label things don’t we. Calling an actress an actor, or calling all postman & postwomen postal-workers etc. dumbs down our language at the expense of salient information. What’s wrong with specifically identifying race or gender. This clumsy attempt to equalize is nonsense. What’s wrong with an actress being called an actress? It’s a limited mind that thinks a woman can’t play any role. Is there shame in being a woman? So why not be specific? If we are pandering to the same mentality that needs words removed because of the fear they may be used as ammunition where exactly is the enlightenment or progress? Should we just point at things and grunt so that, heaven forbid, no one is offended? You are not a woman. You are transgender. What’s wrong with that? Aren’t you proud of whom you choose to be now? Let me ask you this, do women who receive artificial breast implants have larger breasts, or have they stretched their skin ornamentally and factually carry large bags of plastic goo under their skin? Which is the truth? The illusion or the reality? Some men don’t care, some of us do. Why should we be expected to play along when we stand firmly in reality? Like I said ‘you’ can think or yourself as female all you want but reality gives me the right to say different. Folks losing grip with reality seems to me to be the bigger issue in the world these days. As far as telling someone about yourself it’s simply being considerate of others since our existence is driven by genetic attraction for healthy reproduction. Why wouldn’t you feel the need to be upfront in a social situation and allow the other person to understand? What are you hiding if you & your doctors truly believe you are a woman? No one can give you self-respect but yourself. You assumed you we’re being attacked because you are defensive. I simply objected to the use of a word in context that I know to be a load of crap. Your denial is exactly the reason you need to be forthcoming with others in certain situations.