Is it because of the possibly more “accepting” society we have molded throughout the 21st century?

Option three: The article discussed that traits determined to be more masculine and more feminine were initially thought to be caused by the differences in hormones in the body. After reading the article, do you think statements such as “girls and boys play differently. They learn differently. They hear differently” is still caused by differences in hormones? Or are the differences environmental? (submitted by Whitney Hawley)
Option four: The article mentioned that the current method for labelling gender at birth is imperfect. Do you believe it should be kept the way it is, or is there a better system that could be implemented? Explain. (submitted by Whitney Hawley)
Option five: Now that we know hormones don’t actually play as large of a role in our gender identity, do you think articles such as this one should be presented to the public and applied in arguments of transgender sports? Often times the argument that arises with the allowance of transgender individuals competing in their non-assigned gender sports, is that of hormones. For example, an argument on a transgender woman competing in a woman’s tournament may be that the individual was born with more testosterone in their body therefore they will only naturally be stronger, and capable of building up more muscle. However, according to this article, social experiences and identifications can actually change the hormone levels in one’s body, and the difference between male and female’s hormone wise is actually not as large as we’ve assumed. So, has this evidence influenced your opinion on this common topic of arguments in present day media? (submitted by Rachel Sherlock)
Option six: This article provides many different sources and studies with evidence showing that gender identity is a, “stronger predictor of experience than sex category assigned at birth” (Hyde et Al, page 10). It jogs the question in my mind, that if social experience does play such a large role in gender identity, then why now, is it becoming a more common occurrence that people identify as trans- or cis- gender? Is it because of the possibly more “accepting” society we have molded throughout the 21st century? Have a large number of human beings always felt different from their assigned gender identity, and now it’s just more “okay” to come out as who we feel we are? Do you think that there’s a trend? Or that some people who identify as non-binary could be doing so just because of the social movement and they want to be a part of it? (submitted by Rachel Sherlock)

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