Any understanding, beyond the biological, of the part played by construct in regard to the idea of a (so called) opposite sex, involves addressing the role of cultural signifiers in prescribing 'gender' (in terms of different clothing, hairstyles, mannerisms, etc.) which come to encapsulate la difference.
Which leads to the possibility that desire for closeness with the 'other' may include a subconscious need for emotional connection with that part of one's own self that has been denied.
The transgender impulse is perhaps a stronger reaction to the imposition of such a narrow, artificial construct of masculine or feminine as an all-encompassing foundation for definition of self.
For it is in appropriating the appearance of the other gender the fashioned-longing that was created by separation is satisfied to a much greater extent, the mystery de-mystified, and a level of reconciliation experienced.
Which leads to the possibility that desire for closeness with the 'other' may include a subconscious need for emotional connection with that part of one's own self that has been denied.
The transgender impulse is perhaps a stronger reaction to the imposition of such a narrow, artificial construct of masculine or feminine as an all-encompassing foundation for definition of self.
For it is in appropriating the appearance of the other gender the fashioned-longing that was created by separation is satisfied to a much greater extent, the mystery de-mystified, and a level of reconciliation experienced.