You'd think that, but unfortunately not. This is a heavily politicized issue, more so than other disorder in existence.

But I will say, though, that it has been known for a very long time that what we currently call "gender dysphoria"(an intense hatred of one's sex and/or desire to be of the opposite sex) absolutely exists and can cause clinically significant distress(the requirement to be mental disorder). You can find articles of this.

But in terms of articles proving that gender dysphoria is caused by actually being the opposite sex "on the inside", you won't find any, because it's simply not true. The whole myth of a "male/female brain" has been debunked. It's not a thing. And you won't find scientific evidence anywhere of human beings having souls, much less sexed souls, so you can forget about that.

If it was we’d all have brain scans or something before we got to transition

This was one of the main reasons I decided not to transition. I personally felt that it didn't make sense to go and make permanent alterations to my body without definitive proof that it was the right thing for me, which to me meant official proof that I had a "male brain" and started looking all over the internet for it. I, of course, didn't find anything, because such a thing doesn't exist. That's when I realized that "gender identity" was all sexist nonsense.

Well first of all, I don't actually believe that people have souls, so I'm not touching on that.

Also, I am, in most cases, against medicalization. I am seeing gender nonconformity being medicalized these days, and I find it deeply disturbing.

But I also reject the notion that there is any such thing as a "male brain" or a "male mind" and I think that's all just sexist stereotyping. A man cannot actually feel aligned with womanhood, he can only feel aligned with what he believes womanhood should be, based on the view he's developed from living in a sexist society.

I would say your voice falls within the androgynous range, but closer to female. I didn't immediately think "woman" when I heard it but you definitely do not sound like a man.

Edit: Idk what answer you were hoping for here, but if it helps, your voice, to me, sounds a lot like mine.

What do you mean you "know that you're a man"?

I'm not the person you replied to but I'm in a similar boat. I have decided not to pursue medical transition for a number of reasons, but I still have bouts where I wish I had a male body and a deep voice, and I am pretty uncomfortable with she/her pronouns and wish I could be called he. But I've come to realize that this is ultimately caused by sexists perceptions of "man" and "woman" from living in a deeply sexist society. I've decided to just embrace myself as a gender nonconforming woman and just push through the discomfort, because as you said, the real problem is with society. So I'm doing everything I can to fix it. By conforming to it, I'd be making it worse.

I mostly agree with you, I just don't agree that a woman is anything other than an adult human being with a female body. I personally like that definition the best and wish the rest of society would accept it, because otherwise, and I'm speaking from personal experience, I feel like there is a lot of unnecessary pressure being put on people to claim a "gender identity" and pick a label.

Of course, if people could just judge us based on who we are and not the bodies that we have, a lot of these issues wouldn't exist in the first place.

Do you wish that you really were male, or do you wish you were a female who looks male? Because that's all you're going to get with medical transition. You can't change your skeleton, so the hips you have now are the hips you'll have for the rest of your life. You also most likely won't grow anymore, and you should take that into consideration. You can get top surgery and get a flat chest, but the scars will likely always be there to remind you that you were born female(Idk if that part matters to you, but it mattered to me. I also never got a binder and refused to even wear a sports bra for years for precisely this reason). Transitioning is also very expensive and contains a lot of health risks.

You'd also have to disclose your trans status in every romantic/sexual relationship, especially if you don't get bottom surgery. Your dating pool will be severely limited. Is this something you want to worry about?

Finally, do you want to spend the rest of your life worrying about whether or not you pass, and what might happen if you were found out to be trans?

Edit: And by the way, if you're just looking for affirmation about how "truly trans" you are, you're not going to find that here.

I'm on Ovarit pretty much every day, and most of what you said about how the users there treat detrans/desisters and those suffering from dysphoria is completely true, and it's one of the main reasons I came over here to discuss detrans issues. I don't view it as transphobia, though, I view it as a form of ableism towards the mentally ill.

But I did feel the need to point out, however, that radfems are actually not bioessentailist at all in regards to gender. I know it may look like that from the comments on that site, but you need to know that most of the users there are actually not radfems. It's just that the primary issue discussed there is the trans issue, which tends to attract a lot of conservative leaning women who think they're gender critical because they hate trans but don't really understand what it means. GC feminists believe that biological sex is the only classification that matters(or should matter)because gender itself is nothing but an oppressive social construct designed to subjugate women(human beings of the female sex) and therefore should be done away with altogether. The whole concept of an innate gender identity only reinforces this oppressive system, obscures the reality of sex-based oppression, takes away women's sex-based rights, and thus makes women's true liberation impossible to fight for. This is why radfems oppose trans ideology. It absolutely does not stem, in any way, shape, or form, from a hatred of gender nonconformity.

I consider myself a radfem, and I have to admit, I'm incredibly frustrated by the influx onto Ovarit of women claiming to be radfems whilst desperately clinging on to a lot of right wing values, often times without even realizing it. If it were up to me, there's be more of a screening process, at least for the feminists subs on there.

It also felt to me, and still feels in some ways, like a deep internal feeling. But here's the thing: our perceptions, particularly about sex and gender, run deep. They run far deeper than the vast majority of us realize. And if it's not a societal thing, why do you need people to see you as man? What does it mean to be seen as a man?

Thanks, I hope you can reach that point, too. But it is going to be very difficult, and at the end of the day you need to do what's right for you and will enable you to live your best life. I have decided to make some personal sacrifices in my life in order try to improve society and the world so we can all have a better future, hopefully one where people don't feel trapped in their own bodies. But you, of course, don't need to go the same route. It sounds like you've also decided not to continue with medical transition, which I think is a good thing, since there are a lot more health problems that can result from it, and you really shouldn't have alter your body because of society. If you are being unfairly judged and treated as something you aren't because of people perceptions around what your body should mean, that's on them, not you. You are not the one who needs to change.

If you ever want to talk, I'm here. This is an issue that I feel really passionate about and I feel is really important, so I'm always happy to discuss.