can anyone explain how transgenderism works in a physicalist worldview?
as a physicalist to me it just seems impossible that someone could be "born in the wrong body" unless the mind is separate from the body, but as a physicalist i believe consciousness comes from the physical body, and i dont believe in minds but rather only believe in brains (i also think psychology is a meme study since it studies the "metaphysical mind", and think neurology aka the study of the physical brain can instead explain everything)
the idea that youre born in the wrong body, implies something akin to a soul where youre incarnated in the wrong physical body, this implies some mind body dualism (substance dualism) which is the belief that there is a physical part of the world and a metaphysical one, but as a physicalist i just dont believe in that, i think theres no proof for the metaphysical.