Reply #71: I'm not inclined to think that there's much of a 'choice' in that, personally.

[TahitiNut]

Yes ... I'm a straight, white, male and have lived a life where S-E-X was sorta like what anyone might read and laugh about in Reader's Digest. It was the stereotypical, awkward, ignorant, Braille-method learning process with the stereotypical body consciousness and nightmares about getting caught naked.

But I never felt like an "alien" in my own body. I can't even begin to imagine the emotional adjustment difficulty of gender dysphoria or intersexuality. It's difficult enough for me to imagine being sexually attracted to another male - but thinking of myself as a male and having the anatomy of a female .... well, getting that "fixed" wouldn't be a 'choice' in my opinion. It'd be essential - like having an inflamed appendix removed, I'd guess, at least from a 'necessity' perspective.

But it's not a matter of whether I can imagine it or not ... it's a matter of generously respecting what folks have to say who actually have to LIVE that experience.


On edit: Ooops! Sorry ... I didn't mean to "pile on" here ... I was thinking and composing my reply as others posted, I guess.

Peace! :hi: