RE: Transgendered children
July 17, 2015 at 9:57 am
(This post was last modified: July 17, 2015 at 10:17 am by Regina.)
Height is important for women too, or lack thereof.
I don't want to be shady to Caitlyn Jenner, but lets be real she is very clockable. If you don't delay puberty that is how a lot of transwomen could end up. That can cause them a lot of emotional pain because their body has gone through irreversible changes and turned into a man's body (not just height, it's also broad shoulders, thin hips, mens' legs, deep voices they have to work hard to lose, maybe even balding).
I think it should be done on a case-by-case basis. If a child has just randomly said "I want to change my sex" on a whim out of nowhere, then sure they shouldn't get puberty blocked. However like I've said before, if you are talking about a kid who has consistently been saying "I want to be a girl/boy" from age 3,4,5 all the way down to puberty age that's not a "whim". That's a kid who is serious and knows what they want.
"playing with barbies" also isn't really that good an indicator of gender identity. I was one of those little boys you look at and can tell from a mile away, "you're gay you just don't know it yet". I was very feminine. However, at no point did I ever want to be female or feel discomfort at being male. This is about identity more than gender roles. Gender roles mean nothing, they are just what society tell us men do and women do, so often and casually that they become "truths". They have absolutely no meaning or no relevance to sex organs.
I don't want to be shady to Caitlyn Jenner, but lets be real she is very clockable. If you don't delay puberty that is how a lot of transwomen could end up. That can cause them a lot of emotional pain because their body has gone through irreversible changes and turned into a man's body (not just height, it's also broad shoulders, thin hips, mens' legs, deep voices they have to work hard to lose, maybe even balding).
I think it should be done on a case-by-case basis. If a child has just randomly said "I want to change my sex" on a whim out of nowhere, then sure they shouldn't get puberty blocked. However like I've said before, if you are talking about a kid who has consistently been saying "I want to be a girl/boy" from age 3,4,5 all the way down to puberty age that's not a "whim". That's a kid who is serious and knows what they want.
"playing with barbies" also isn't really that good an indicator of gender identity. I was one of those little boys you look at and can tell from a mile away, "you're gay you just don't know it yet". I was very feminine. However, at no point did I ever want to be female or feel discomfort at being male. This is about identity more than gender roles. Gender roles mean nothing, they are just what society tell us men do and women do, so often and casually that they become "truths". They have absolutely no meaning or no relevance to sex organs.
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