To genetic women, or "cis-females" according to some in the feminist and transgender communities - a word I hate, who don't understand why male-to-female transpeople want to undergo vaginoplasty to transform their male gentalia to female, ie. having a vagina, it is very simple.
It is both ridding themself of the physical male identity which society defines them by their sex, excluding genes which we know now is not an fair indicator of gender (different than sex), and getting what every woman was born with and experiences everyday.
It is the freedom to be complete and whole, even if the vagina was not a gift of birth but of medical science. It is the freedom to have the experience free of the former body sex for the rest of their lives, just like every woman already knows and feels.
It is the freedom to wear clothes, from the most intimate to the most fashionable, without having to hide something you hate and fear the discovery would give the opportunity for people to not just hate you but to attack and even kill you.
If you don't understand this idea, consider the question Jennifer Boylan asked Oprah when she didn't undestand, a question which can be asked of any woman who doesn't understand why, "What would you do if you woke up tomorrow with a penis and testicles?"
Yeah, see, it's very simple isn't it?
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