ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the notion of normality and intersubjectivity, to the case of gender identity. An important commonality is that both cases refer to “A disruption in an individual’s gender identity, which is directly related to his or her sexuality”. For E. Husserl agapic love represents an absolute ought when it is capable of conveying the essential lawfulness that underlies and constitutes society. Since love is a social bond, we might run the risk of creating a totalitarian society in which every personal feature is erased in virtue of an essential command that leaves no choice and therefore no space for personal responsibility. The chapter analyzes the meaning of normality and abnormality in relation to the notion of intercorporeality. It proposes to use the notion of intercorporeality as complementary to construing an embodied idea of normality. In the case of gender identity disphoria, agapic love would command respect toward those who seek ongruence between their bodies and their assigned sexuality.
