The real world is messy, gritty, real. The matrix is what humans want for themselves. A reality that most of us can accept without issue. We see this time and again in the matrix movies.
Because as the wikipedia quote illustrates, the uncanny feeling of the matrix is a metaphor for gender dysphoria. Taking the red pill helps you transition to your true self.
So if we strictly apply that to Switch, the Matrix assigned them as female when their true identity is male.
That kind of runs counter to the idea that the rest of the metaphor though.
The real world is messy, gritty, real. The matrix is what humans want for themselves. A reality that most of us can accept without issue. We see this time and again in the matrix movies.
How does what I said run counter to the metaphor?
Because as the wikipedia quote illustrates, the uncanny feeling of the matrix is a metaphor for gender dysphoria. Taking the red pill helps you transition to your true self.
So if we strictly apply that to Switch, the Matrix assigned them as female when their true identity is male.