Here we go again. Susie uses gender pronouns based on genitals, not gender. I have read that headline before.
Anyway...
Susie- While you are right to point out that language can be affected by ignorance, that is not always the case. Of course people are ignorant about the word "peruse" if they use it to mean "skim" rather than "read closely."
But language is merely an attempt to represent reality. The "frailties and weaknesses of our species," as well as ignorance, dictate that language will always be flawed and used in a flawed manner- even when it is grammatically correct.
You say that any evolved version of language is inferior to the original version. But whatever you identify as proper English, that language evolved into that system from other languages and other versions of language over the course of the entire history of mankind in a certain part of the world. That language was not contrived all at once, and it has never been perfect because human beings have never had a perfect understanding of reality. As you say, perception does not equal reality. I am sure that you can agree that those people were ignorant and wrong about a lot of things, even when they used impeccable grammar to express their false beliefs.
We cannot be expected to refer to things exactly as they did, now that we know their perception was not always reality.
As time goes on, our understanding of reality will inevitably improve. In order for language to remain an accurate representation of our understanding of reality, language has to change.
In this particular situation, the perception used to be that sex dictated gender. Anyone born with a penis was thought to be a man, in terms of gender. Anyone born with a vagina was thought to be a woman, in terms of gender (and no one knew how to handle people with intersex conditions). In your case, that is still your perception. But if sex dictates gender, then whence cometh transgender people? If you believe they are delusional about their gender, you are claiming that you know them better than they know themselves. Yet you have not met the majority of transgender people. Your thinking reflects your own preconceived notions, or at least the preconceived notions that you have inherited from whatever subjective version of an education that you have. There are all kinds of educations and areas of study. Your comments in this discussion suggest that you are apparently as uneducated as anyone when it comes to gender studies, which leaves you quite out of your element regarding this topic- unless you want to learn something from those of us with the patience to present it to you.
If you value education so much, why don't you get educated about this subject?
Whether you, Susie, refer to someone as a "he" or a "she" is based on whether they had a male or female formation of flesh and blood between their legs at birth. You have made that clear. Nowadays, the correct usage of language is for us to refer to someone as a "he" or a "she" based on their gender. That may not always reflect the "reality" of their sex at birth, but it does reflect the reality of their gender. When identifying a person, we have to prioritize the more relevant aspects of their identity. Gender is more relevant than the shape of a person's genitals. That is why the use of "he" or "she" is based on gender, rather than genitals.