BIID actually is a disorder. It's a real disorder and it doesn't have to be associated with transsexuality. I know, probably better than damn near anyone here, that it IS associate with us, but it doesn't have to be. Truth be told, the legitimate medical professionals, most of the ones who actually matter, they'll dismiss that association instantly. They actually understand the difference. If someone legitimately has BIID, I don't hate them, I feel bad for them; the ones I get pissed at are the asshats in the media or in the political arena who don't know the difference between the two.
Why do we notice these stories? Because they're rare and because they're rare, they tend to be sensationalist. If it was something that happened all the time, we wouldn't even notice. This is how the news works.
Truth is, if she decides she wants to blind herself and a trained, licensed medical professional helped her with it, more power to them. I'm willing to bet that a professional who has dedicated years of his life to his field, and knows he can be sued and lose his medical license if something goes wrong, I would think he knows the situation better than I do and cares about the situation enough to resolve it properly. I mean, yeah, it might seem strange to me, but I'm surethere are plenty of people out there who think it's strange to want to have your testicles removed.
Why do we notice these stories? Because they're rare and because they're rare, they tend to be sensationalist. If it was something that happened all the time, we wouldn't even notice. This is how the news works.
Truth is, if she decides she wants to blind herself and a trained, licensed medical professional helped her with it, more power to them. I'm willing to bet that a professional who has dedicated years of his life to his field, and knows he can be sued and lose his medical license if something goes wrong, I would think he knows the situation better than I do and cares about the situation enough to resolve it properly. I mean, yeah, it might seem strange to me, but I'm surethere are plenty of people out there who think it's strange to want to have your testicles removed.
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
