The pre-existing conventions/cultures you mentioned cannot be overlooked as part of the factors that mould and help us to adapt to our specific gender.
I think Judith Buttler's idea cannot be said to completely ignore the biological and psychological twist as we all are aware that culture and conventions are the product of long-standing beliefs.
It is interesting to note from the research involving the monkeys that male monkeys took to more rough plays and tended to disengage from the family ahead of the females which expose them to risks earlier than the females. And also, it drives them towards having an affinity for risky ventures later in their lives. The female on the hand played parents and are closer to the mothers and are more reserved.
From the above explanation, we can conclude that gender is a product of both psychology and biologically pre-determined. But is there a way we can correlate Camille's case with the above findings?
What intrigues me is how a child can become so much aware of his or her gender at that early age?
Based on the functional MRI, why hypothalamic responses of prepubertal girls and boys failed to show a clear pattern?
Can we say what Camille felt could be transitory and could disappear with time with a little push toward rediscovering his real gender?
@kaydee my dear, your comments are always, always so impressive! They are like evaluative reviews of my posts :D It just makes me so happy. Thank you!
Well, it seems like after all we share the same queries regarding Camille and the certainty children her age appear to have regarding their own sexuality. Even though there is research that indicates that the transgender brain present some differences, the MRIs taken in these studies were those of adult transgenders. The issue with this is that, as you know, an adult brain has been highly influenced and therefore shaped by the individual's experiences and behaviour! Therefore, it would be impossible to propose, accoring to such findings, that they are born like that.
The question then still remains, and until we find the answer for it (if there is one) we can use the understanding that we have managed to obtain so far to fight discrimination and bullying. After all, it is well-established now that who we become in life is not a result of our biology only, but rather a combination of biological, sociological and psychological factors :)
All the best to you always !!