Aren't we still under Roman control?
Remember the ancient Romans? They prefered their male partners over women any day, at least, that's what's been portrayed in film and some books. However, this perception could have been a constructed one that fulfills the "new age" ideals of the "agenda," to bring about population control.
Anyway, I read something that was very interesting in the "Law of One," series (Book I). This experiment was done in the 1970's, where a college group successfully (supposedly) contacted a being from another dimension. This is from memory, so I may not have the words exactly right, but I believe I have the concept down fairly well.
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When asking Ra (the entity being channeled) about gender identity issues, he responded that throughout our reincarnations, the soul has it's preferences regarding the experience of life in the male, or in female body. Since we must explore all there is, we may choose to come back more often as one sex over the other.
When we are reborn into a lessor preferred body that is expected to perform within predefined behaviors set-up by society, it can be extremely difficult, not only emotionally but also physically, being that the soul is more inclined toward the other gender, and all of that which it entails.
Considering most of our memories are blocked, it can bring about turmoil at times, especially due to some of the preferences leaking through.
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Maybe this is part of an answer to some of the questions. I apologize to anyone if the way I've written this offends, as it's not my intention to do so. I'm not saying this is "truth" about anything, just that we know so little about so much, & maybe this info has a bit of truth to help better understand differences.
OR, it could be a bunch of Hogwash.
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