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Ngokusho idatha yakamuva I-UK kanye ne-US, i-10-30% yabantu abasanda kuguquka bayayeka ukushintsha phakathi neminyaka embalwa yokuqala inguquko.

Ukuthuthukiswa kokunyakaza kwabesifazane kwanikeza umfutho ekwakhiweni kwemfundiso mbumbulu yesayensi "yobulili", ethi ukwehluka kwezintshisekelo namakhono phakathi kwabesilisa nabesifazane akunqunywa ukwehluka kwabo kwemvelo, kepha kukhuliswa kanye nezinkolelo-mbono umphakathi wobukhokho obubeka kubo. Ngokwalo mqondo, “ubulili” “ubulili obungokwengqondo” bomuntu, obunganciki ebulilini bakhe begazi futhi abuhambisani ncamashi nalo, maqondana nokuthi umuntu ophilayo ngokwengqondo angazizwa engowesifazane futhi enze izindima zabesifazane kwezenhlalo, futhi okuphambene nalokho. Abalandeli bomqondo babiza lesi simo ngokuthi "transgender" futhi bathi kuyinto ejwayelekile. Kwezokwelapha, lokhu kuphazamiseka kwengqondo kwaziwa njenge-transsexualism (ICD-10: F64).

Akudingeki ukuthi kushiwo, yonke "inkolelo-mbono yobulili" isuselwa emibonweni engenangqondo engenasiqiniseko nasekwenzeni imibono engenasisekelo. Kufanisa ubukhona bolwazi ngokungabi bikho okunjalo. Kodwa-ke, eminyakeni yamuva nje, ukusakazeka kwe- "transgender", ikakhulukazi phakathi kwentsha, sekube ubhadane. Kusobala ukuthi ukungcoliswa komphakathi ngokuhambisana nokuphazamiseka okuhlukahlukene kwengqondo nobuchopho kudlala indima ebalulekile kulokhu. Inani labantu abasha abazimisele “ukuguqula ubulili” selikhuphukile eminyakeni yamuva kashumi futhi yafika ezingeni lamarekhodi. Ngesizathu esingaziwa, i-3/4 yazo zingamantombazane.