Gender Dysphoria
We read about sex changes all the time and debate the morality of it even more. I’m not talking about corrective surgery when life dealt somebody a bad hand and both organs are present. I’m talking about apparent dead normal people wanting to change their gender. People who had several relationships with the opposite gender.
Should such surgery be allowed? And would you marry a person after he/she had a sex change?
But my biggest question is; does the alteration of the external appearance of organs change your gender? What about the internal workings and hormones produced by your body? Can a person really claim to be a man or a woman just based on the altered appearance of their genitals or does it go a bit deeper?
Surely the role you take in s*xual activity does not determine your gender. Is it not the part you play in reproduction that determines your gender?
Gender Dysphoria is a condition where a person experiences discomfort because there appears to be a mismatch between their genitals and gender identity. It is a recognized medical condition and not a mental illness. It is not the same as transvestism or cross-dressing and is not related to s*xual orientation. People with the condition may identify as straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual or asexual, and this may change with treatment.
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Comments (70)
Good thing that your presiding lady officer had better sense in her
I'm heading off to bed soon, almost 2am here. Good night
You have just gained yourself countless female fans.
I bet Michael Jackson featured in the first episode.
I don't think I need help here. I'm quite happy with what nature dealt me. I would have like a shorter nose and smaller ears but those are family traits and I got used to them.
There must be some plastic surgeons where Michael Jackson is now.
Because there is an app for that. And you can download it!......
Maybe I should reconsider. Where can I download the app to make my ears appear smaller.
I can imagine it not being for the feint at heart. Nobody admire women more than I but I cannot ever see me with the guts to take such a step.
At: www.smaller ears.com
Ok but cat ears are rather cute. I will first try
OK! Good luck to you!.......
If someone really follows through because they think it makes their life better or happier, I just wish them best of luck.
I hear what you are saying but in my view they are fixing something that is not broken. The problem is not with the body; it is somewhere else. By 'fixing' the body you end up with two wrongs and a wrong plus another wrong has never been equal to right.
Mutilating - that is what it is - a perfect body to accommodate ill-functioning hormones or a confused state of mind does not fix the problem. It only removes the symptoms.
I agree that we should do something to help these people, it must be hell to be trapped in a 'wrong' body but then we should do it right. It is all ok to say that we can maintain the status quo with hormone supplements afterwards but what about the natural hormones that the body will continue to produce. How will the two opposing sets of hormones react in the body on the long run.
Hmm, and we don't know if the final result really satisfy the original expectations. It will be very hard to admit making an error after taking such a drastic and irreversible act.
I think that the doctors are the only people gaining by these procedures.
Sure, and I'm glad that I won't have to make such a decision. Not for myself nor for somebody else. And I sympathize with those who have to take such a step. I think they're getting a raw deal.
And what does it cost to maintain that hormone treatment? We did not even mention the financial implications yet. What happens when the person involved can no longer afford to continue the treatment.
In the end it is only the medical and pharmaceutical sector reaping the benefits.
Many people have difficulty with this subject matter but it is just a gene thing gone awry...too bad others cannot get it...nothing to do with religion...
Thank you for a very interesting comment.
Those you will get as well. That is about the type of response I will use too to get rid of a pain in the backside.
Until several months ago we had such a girl here on CS. But she met somebody (not on CS) and has left. I wish her good luck.
My question really is: Is it always a gene gone wrong?
I'm doing fine but I miss the space. I will soon start looking for a place of my own again.