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This is not meant to be a troll post, but just sincere curiosity. From the site "My full name is Micah Elizabeth Scott, but I used to be Micah Dowty prior to F
by victorhn 14y ago
This is not meant to be a troll post, but just sincere curiosity.
From the site "My full name is Micah Elizabeth Scott, but I used to be Micah Dowty prior to Fall 2010. My friends call me Beth."
How can a woman who used to be a man can have a vagina? is there some kind of surgery? do you keep your sensitivity to be able to use vibrators?
- tankbot 14y agoMicah, though traditionally a male name, is sometimes given to females. There is no reason to assume there was a sex change, maybe she got married or just changed her name.
- cynwoody 14y agoNeither is Stanley. We have the example of Stanley Ann Dunham, do we not?
- ZoFreX 14y agoFrankly I find it rude to speculate. It's none of my business what someone has in their pants, or what they used to have in their pants.
- lmm 14y agoWhen the article's all about a device that goes into their pants? If we were talking about someone with a surgically reconstructed vagina I think that would be relevant in this particular story, just because physically it won't be identical and the effect of the vibrator could be different.
- NegativeK 14y agoYes; sexual reassignment surgery for male-to-female transsexuals exists (as does the other direction.) The short version: They form a vagina in the pelvis and reuse the head of the penis to form a clitoris. The urethra is also rerouted. Caveat: I am nothing more than a layperson on the subject. My short version may be wrong, and there may be other surgeries available. The longer version: Wikipedia [1] has quite a bit of information on the subject. Use incognito mode if you must; I've always found it to be a fascinating subject. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_reassignment_surgery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_reassignment_surgery (No images if you're worried about that.)
- lostlogin 14y agoTo quote a surgeon who does this operation: It is easier to dig a hole than build a pole.
- mikeash 14y agoI don't understand why a name change that doesn't alter the person's first name would make you think that there had to be a sex change involved.
- trhtrsh 14y ago"My friends call me Beth."
- mikeash 14y agoIt's her middle name. Not uncommon to go by one's middle name.
- twowaway 14y agoI appreciate your stubborn loyalty, it's commendable and, in a way, cute. In this case you're wrong though: http://www.flickr.com/photos/micahdowty/5150806818/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/micahdowty/5150806818/in/photos... http://www.flickr.com/photos/micahdowty/4698425505/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/micahdowty/4698425505/in/photos... http://www.flickr.com/photos/micahdowty/4371698700/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/micahdowty/4371698700/in/photos... (Just a few self-photos from Beth's public Flickr stream; all pics are work-safe. This is an extremely cool hacking article, btw, regardless of the author's gender history.)
- mikeash 14y agoNothing to do with loyalty. I just legitimately don't see how one gets from that name change to deciding there must have been a sex change. Knowing that the conclusion was correct doesn't help with that, but it's still good to know, so thanks!
- shinratdr 14y agoFew, if any, men go by the name Beth.
- trhtrsh 14y agohttps://www.google.com/search?q=hedwig+and+the+angry+inch https://www.google.com/search?q=hedwig+and+the+angry+inch
- rmc 14y agoIs Micah a male name? I'd have thought female initially. Sometimes names can be different genders in different countries. I'm in Ireland, and here Rory is a male name, but apparently in USA it's a female name. The world is big and weird. (And yes, modern surgery can create vaginas)
- rmc 14y agois there some kind of surgery? Yes it's call vaginoplasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaginoplasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaginoplasty . There's also one for penises, phalloplasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalloplasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalloplasty do you keep your sensitivity to be able to use vibrators? Some trans people who get genital (or "bottom") surgery report increased sensitivity, compared to before. Modern surgery is getting better all the time.