"This strict categorisation didn’t stand the test of time. **There is no longer a wall standing between male and female**. We discovered that it is more like a spectrum, a gradual transition. "Gender fluidity has become more widespread than the traditional division of male and female, and it is therefore no longer taken for granted that young children should be operated on without them first giving their consent. Just because mummy and daddy want a ‘normal’ girl or ‘normal’ boy, it doesn’t mean that child should be moulded to their wishes. **You never know how such a child will develop**, and that is why we now prefer to wait." ([Location 151](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B089QJDCV4&location=151)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[gender]], [[sexuality]], [[transsexual]], [[intersexuality]] **Source** -- [[20250426112058 - B - Members Club]]