arromdee@inetnow.net wrote:

On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Gary Kleppe wrote:

Now this I don't get *at all.* Why does Ranma have to learn *anything,*
apart from basic biological necessities like how to handle menstruation?
Why should he need to change his taste in friends or what he does for
fun? He's still the same person underneath his feminine body that he
always was. He is still going to have the same likes and dislikes.

I think this is a big problem with treating Ranma like a real-life
transsexual.  A transsexual is mentally the opposite sex; Ranma is physically
but _not_ mentally the opposite sex.

If you assume that Ranma has to "adjust to acting feminine" because a
real-life transsexual would, you're ignoring the difference.

Of course real-life transsexuals are beside the point.  Akane and Nodoka
both might very well decide that Ranma must "learn how to be a girl" 
regardless of whether it's healthy or it makes sense.