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Society seems to be divided between those who follow their feelings to account for their identity, particularly their sexual identity, and those who believe in biology. Some jurists point out the abuses to which the law can lead when it is based on feeling.

Giving priority to one's emotions, for example when it comes to choosing one's sex, cannot be reduced to a fad or a whim. Even if it were, it is the outcome of a philosophical option that began in the Renaissance and continues to this day, notably with feminism.

Descartes can be seen as the starting point of subjectivism, not only because of his famous «I think, therefore I am», but also because he established a new relationship with the body: the real person is the soul, which directs the body through the gland.