Once upon a time, an evil witch transformed a prince into a frog, telling him that only the kiss of a princess could restore him to his proper form. But although he searched around the world, he could find no princess who was willing to kiss a hideous little frog. Finally, he went to the Wise Wizard. “Gender is a social construct,” said the Wise Wizard. “Just declare your gender identity to be female, then kiss yourself on the hand or something.” So the frog did that, returned to human form, and ruled the land for many years as a wise and benevolent queen.
Moral: Ability to self-modify is just ridiculously powerful.
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Scott Alexander
Assuming the spell was keyed on “gender identity” and not any more objective aspect of gender/sex.
Well, being a princess is socially constructed more than one way!
Powerful doesn’t mean easy.
Most certainly it doesn’t. I just wanted to add some positive spin to your quote.
Pretty sure this is a repeat, but not sure from where.