01-08-2017, 05:08 PM
Thanks for the link, Ski. I read the article.
The transgender author appears to disagree with your theory -- she is not suggesting that if society ceases to hold people to binary gender stereotypes and expectations that gender dysphoria will be eradicated.
Instead, she advocates for sex reassignment surgery for people with severe gender dysphoria, which, she highlights, is different from body dysphoria. (When it come to body dysphoria, the author feels surgery is not generally as effective.)
Anyway, I don't care how people identify and present themselves, regardless of their genitalia. And, I have no problem with qualified adults getting sex reassignment surgery.
The idea of murderers getting tax-payer funded sex reassignment surgery and being moved to corrections facilities that match their post-surgical genders is not something I feel comfortable with, however. But, given the changes in societal views and medical diagnoses, I understand why prohibiting that is becoming a challenging legal issue for prison officials and courts.
The transgender author appears to disagree with your theory -- she is not suggesting that if society ceases to hold people to binary gender stereotypes and expectations that gender dysphoria will be eradicated.
Instead, she advocates for sex reassignment surgery for people with severe gender dysphoria, which, she highlights, is different from body dysphoria. (When it come to body dysphoria, the author feels surgery is not generally as effective.)
Anyway, I don't care how people identify and present themselves, regardless of their genitalia. And, I have no problem with qualified adults getting sex reassignment surgery.
The idea of murderers getting tax-payer funded sex reassignment surgery and being moved to corrections facilities that match their post-surgical genders is not something I feel comfortable with, however. But, given the changes in societal views and medical diagnoses, I understand why prohibiting that is becoming a challenging legal issue for prison officials and courts.