Despite a popular pro-LGBT narrative that gender is a mindset, as opposed to being a matter of a persons physicality or biology, Bruce Jenner still feels confused about the dynamics of identifying as female.
During a preview for Sundays episode of I Am Cait, the 65-year-old former Olympian sits down for a discussion about what it means to be a normal woman, and expresses a desire to have his womanhood validated by a man.
It would be very attractive to me to have a guy treat me like a woman, Jenner tells fellow transwoman Jennifer Boylan.
What does that mean? the co-chair of GLAADs National Board of Directors asks.
Bruce replies, That you would be treated like a normal woman
like any other woman on the street. And not make it this big trans thing or this or that just a normal relationship.
Boylan, who was born James, promptly corrects Jenners rogue, unapproved tone, by reminding him, You dont need a man to make you a woman.
So you know what, Caitlyn Jenner? You are a normal woman, right now, today, says Boylan. You dont need a man to make you a woman. A woman can make you a woman.
The activist and I Am Cait co-star adds, I think its a thing that women do, we look to men to give us self-worth
Now that youre in the sisterhood, you have gone to such trouble to be a woman, dont be a stupid one. Be a smart one.
During an interview with Diane Sawyer in April of this year, Jenner, a father of six, was asked about his sexuality, but said there was confusion about where is attractions would lie following a gender transition.
I am not gay. As far as I know, I am heterosexual. Ive never been with a guy, Ive always been married, raising kids, said Bruce.
Sawyer pressed the reality TV star, asking, If youre assigned male and you become a female, but you like women, are you a lesbian?
Youre going back to the sex thing and its apples and oranges, Bruce responded. Sexuality is who youre attracted to, but gender identity is about who you identify with.
He added, So much confusion.