Comment on As a man, the easiest way to get someone to care about my feelings would be to transition to female.
Ileftreddit@lemmy.world 6 months agoListen, I am not trans; I don’t think I’d have the courage it takes. It’s definitely a very difficult path. The post was just meant to highlight that it’s hard to find someone that cares.
I mean, it’s not about difficulty, if you are trans, you find it more difficult to not transition than to transition, even though it involves pain and effort.
If you want have the opposite sex’s body, if you would take that option if it was just a simple button press, then you are trans. It’s not about a choice or a ‘path’. Your comment seems a bit confusing on that.
Yes, I was confused- thank you :)
Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You don’t become trans by transitioning. You become trans by your brain being exposed to to much of the wrong sex hormone during early foetal development. It causes the wiring in the brain to largely develope according to the opposite biological sex. By the time gonads are present all the hormones in the world aren’t going to change what is hard wired into the brain. So if someone who is for example genetically and phenotypically male has a female brain, and they choose not to medically transition it doesn’t mean they’re cisgender. It just means they’re sad.
Ileftreddit@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I think I understand this much at least, that one transitions because they are trans, not the other way around
Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yes