[ReactiveJelly]

> to me particularly it feels like something that is part of the sensations of my body.

I promise I am being completely serious: This is a point in the mis-judged sci-fi story about being an attack helicopter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Sexually_Identify_as_an_Atta...

> My gender networks have been reassigned to make me a better AH-70 Apache Mystic pilot. ... Look at a diagram of an attack helicopter’s airframe and components. Tell me how much of it you grasp at once. Now look at a person near you, their clothes, their hair, their makeup and expression, the way they meet or avoid your eyes. Tell me which was richer with information about danger and capability. Tell me which was easier to access and interpret. The gender networks are old and well-connected. They work.

There was supposedly a study where scientists saw that when monkeys used tools, their brains treated the tools as extended body parts. If you get good enough at something, your brain wraps around it and it becomes as obvious to you as your own gender and social status.