Can a Woman be Trapped in a Man's body?
It's a well known phrase in our language. A person claims to be a woman trapped in a man's body. This statement entails some unavoidable implied statements. First) It implies that the essential self is the soul. It's not the body. It's that which, as Christians believe, survives death. "You are not your body." Even if one is an atheist that doesn't believe in souls and the afterlife, it still implies the mental self is the essential self. Other things that are true about your body are not essential to you. You can grow taller and still be yourself. Second)It also implies that the gender is part of the essential self. For, I will quickly agree that the mental self is the essential self. I am a Christian. But all of your mental properties cannot be essential to you. Your mental properties can change and you will still be you. You can learn things you didn't know. You can forget things you...