[Arlo had written]
The reality is always that the others we interact with are always
contextual presentations of a self bound to that arena. Whatever form
SA's corporeal host takes, whether female or male, for me SA is
"male" because this is the presentation he gives and I accept. I
don't care if its "really" a Heather on the other end "pretending" to
be a Nick. That is, quite frankly, unimportant to me. What matters is
the SA that I know and care about and accept as "real" because of his
value to me. Now if I wanted to make babies with that body, then it
would matter and it would be meaningful to know the biological form
"his" corporeal form takes. And that part of "our co-reality" would
have meaning. And if I was deceived I'd find that dishonest. It
wouldn't matter to me if "Heather" was a female self inhabiting a
male body if my goal included mating with "Heather". On the other
hand, if "Heather" was just a friend and I found out her body was
male, and found it meaningful to ask, and "Heather" told me she was a
girl trapped in a male body, I'd be okay with that. "She" would still
be "Heather" to me, even though her corporeal body is male and is
legally named "Nick".
[Arlo corrects]
In the speed of editing of retyping, a crucial word was left unedited
that changes the meaning... it is changed below.
The reality is always that the others we interact with are always
contextual presentations of a self bound to that arena. Whatever form
SA's corporeal host takes, whether female or male, for me SA is
"male" because this is the presentation he gives and I accept. I
don't care if its "really" a Heather on the other end "pretending" to
be a Nick. That is, quite frankly, unimportant to me. What matters is
the SA that I know and care about and accept as "real" because of his
value to me. Now if I wanted to make babies with that body, then it
would matter and it would be meaningful to know the biological form
"his" corporeal form takes. And that part of "our co-reality" would
have meaning. And if I was deceived I'd find that dishonest. It
**WOULD** matter to me if "Heather" was a female self inhabiting a
male body if my goal included mating with "Heather". On the other
hand, if "Heather" was just a friend and I found out her body was
male, and found it meaningful to ask, and "Heather" told me she was a
girl trapped in a male body, I'd be okay with that. "She" would still
be "Heather" to me, even though her corporeal body is male and is
legally named "Nick".
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