Should neutrality be a part of gender?

I’m confused. Nothing new there, then.

The era of gender choice, and any other choice for that matter, is now embedded into our lives.

Relaxing in bed this morning, having an extra few minutes of snoozing before I simply HAD to get up, I was shaken out of my slumber by a female voice declaring “I am identifying as an Elf”.

Before family and friends call concerned about the welfare of SWMBO I need to point out that the person uttering those words was American Kimberel Eventide, who refers to herself as an Elven, also known as an Otherkin, a person who “feels more like an elf than human at times.”

She was being interviewed on GMB and explained that being an Elven is “about a way of life and being connected to animals always”.

Kimberel, who wears prosthetic ears, told Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid: “It’s not about the ears, it’s who you are on the inside and how you carry yourself. But ears do make it fun.”

Sorry, Kimberel, but did you find some funny tasting mushrooms in the woods of Middle Earth?

And then there are the children as young as nine who can chose to identify as a boy or girl or even declare themselves to be gender neutral with the full backing of parents.

Which leaves me in something of a quandary. If a nine-year old is mature enough to understand the choice they are making about their gender how is that Shamina Begum, the ISIS girl, did not know what she was doing when she went to Syria aged 15 with two friends?

Just asking.