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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8684067" data-attributes="member: 6796468"><p>Trans people exist because the human genome is incredibly complex and the brain is only slightly less so.</p><p></p><p>There's tons of switches that can get turned on or off, for sure, but all kinds of scenarios and variables can lead to X, Y, or Z structure to form in an "Enlarged" or "Diminutive" state which is sort of like a slider for various aspects of self. Sometimes brains produce too much of X, Y, or Z chemical compared to baseline. Sometimes not enough. Human variety is massive because of it.</p><p></p><p>That's it. There's no evolutionary advantage to being trans or nonbinary. It's just a thing that happens. Same with homosexuality. And y'know what? We kinda -found- it in the brain. And hormones. It's a -thing-.</p><p></p><p>Like. AFAB embryos have to create a specific protein to stop estrogen from reaching their tiny developing brains so that it alters their undifferentiated gametes and changes their genital structure into a vulva and all, because if the estrogen penetrates the brain tissue that kid will develop mentally like an AMAB person.</p><p></p><p>Take the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, for example. In people who state they are men, it is about 50% larger than it is in people who say they are women. And it bears out in trans men just like it bears out in cis men. And men with a larger than average (for men) BSTc express attraction to men. Well generally.</p><p></p><p>So in addition to the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BSTc) there's also the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area (SDN-POA) and the vasoactive intestinal peptide suprachiasmatic nucleus (VIP-SCN). All three of these, together, determine gender and sexuality to some degree.</p><p></p><p>Based on the size of each region a person will feel male or female, and if they go beyond the "Standard" size (either smaller or larger) than normative for a given gender, they produce erotic attraction toward that gender.</p><p></p><p>So there's at least 8 different "Brain Sexes" assuming it is flatly binary, which it isn't automatically since someone's particular BSTc, VIP-SCN, or SDN-POA (or all three) could hover in the middle. Or all be "Too Big" or "Too Small" or something similar, which creates at least 5 points on each for 125 different potential "Brain Sexes w/Orientation"</p><p></p><p>There's... it's a -lot-... Here. This guy helps make it easier.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]szf4hzQ5ztg[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 8684067, member: 6796468"] Trans people exist because the human genome is incredibly complex and the brain is only slightly less so. There's tons of switches that can get turned on or off, for sure, but all kinds of scenarios and variables can lead to X, Y, or Z structure to form in an "Enlarged" or "Diminutive" state which is sort of like a slider for various aspects of self. Sometimes brains produce too much of X, Y, or Z chemical compared to baseline. Sometimes not enough. Human variety is massive because of it. That's it. There's no evolutionary advantage to being trans or nonbinary. It's just a thing that happens. Same with homosexuality. And y'know what? We kinda -found- it in the brain. And hormones. It's a -thing-. Like. AFAB embryos have to create a specific protein to stop estrogen from reaching their tiny developing brains so that it alters their undifferentiated gametes and changes their genital structure into a vulva and all, because if the estrogen penetrates the brain tissue that kid will develop mentally like an AMAB person. Take the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, for example. In people who state they are men, it is about 50% larger than it is in people who say they are women. And it bears out in trans men just like it bears out in cis men. And men with a larger than average (for men) BSTc express attraction to men. Well generally. So in addition to the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BSTc) there's also the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area (SDN-POA) and the vasoactive intestinal peptide suprachiasmatic nucleus (VIP-SCN). All three of these, together, determine gender and sexuality to some degree. Based on the size of each region a person will feel male or female, and if they go beyond the "Standard" size (either smaller or larger) than normative for a given gender, they produce erotic attraction toward that gender. So there's at least 8 different "Brain Sexes" assuming it is flatly binary, which it isn't automatically since someone's particular BSTc, VIP-SCN, or SDN-POA (or all three) could hover in the middle. Or all be "Too Big" or "Too Small" or something similar, which creates at least 5 points on each for 125 different potential "Brain Sexes w/Orientation" There's... it's a -lot-... Here. This guy helps make it easier. [MEDIA=youtube]szf4hzQ5ztg[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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