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Originally Posted by Paloma
I disagree with the point that sex changes are stupid. There genuinely are people who do not feel they're the right gender, and that doesn't really make them stupid at all. I have a good friend whom I met as Amanda, who is now referred to as Adam and while he's pre-op I don't think it's stupid for him to want to be a full male. Everyone had always thought, when he was playing the part of a she, that she was a male anyway,so it's easier for him now. I'm really happy for him now, because he's becoming who he feels he really is, and he's very brave for coming out to his family about it.
Personally I think people like this are absolutely fascinating, being that I'm so at home in this female body with my decidedly female mind (I'm so girly that I wear nothing but dresses), I can't really understand feeling otherwise, so it's interesting to hear from someone who isn't.
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But even as someone who has on occassion had thoughts about being the opposite sex I can't fully grasp how anyone could go through with it.
I'm not at all saying though that people who feel like one gender trapped in another are stupid. I recognise Gender Identity Disorder as a legitimate biological disorder. I guess it's because I don't have this disorder that I can't grasp how desperately those with the disorder feel the need for transgender surgery.
I apologise for putting it so bluntly earlier. What I really meant is I think it would be stupid for me to have transgender surgery just because I think being a chick would be groovy because if I ever go through with it and I'm not satisfied, there is no penis return policy.
As in sex change is something I'd only recommend for people who truly suffer from the disorder. I'm just not sure that every transexual does. I see the possibility that some sex changes are a result of an emotional reaction to something that could be sorely regretted in the future.