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Yes, there are several studies showing no differences in various task-based studies. There is also at least 1 MRI study I am aware of that didn't find sex-atypi

by sarahj 12y ago

Yes, there are several studies showing no differences in various task-based studies. There is also at least 1 MRI study I am aware of that didn't find sex-atypical differences, but did find a difference between the subjects and the cisgender controls. However, and I repeat myself, as a whole - we now at around 30-40 studies most of which fall on the side of there being neurological differences in subjects with gender dysphoria. And in a few key areas we have replication of these findings too. When you couple this together with long term treatment studies a picture starts to emerge - one of gender dysphoria being an intersex condition which response to hormone therapy and gender confirmation surgery. And most psychologists and endocrinologists now accept that when you take this approach, it is the most successful in producing happy and healthy patients.

ZanyProgrammer 12y ago
The problem is that not everyone who is gender dysphoric can transition. That might be a shock to bi-coastal progressives, but for a large chunk of people, stuff like cross dressing might be the only way to deal with it (very, very secretly for people assigned male at birth).
brighteyes 12y ago
The treatments do not depend on the cause being an intersex condition or a brain syndrome. Modern medical support for trans people helps them far better than anything we had before, but not because it is tied intrinsically to any theory of what causes one to be trans. Instead, the treatment makes sense for someone that feels as their physical form is inappropriate - it helps change that. It doesn't matter why they feel that way. The danger, as I see it, with your approach is that you predicate society's view of trans people on medical grounds. Being trans is a medical condition, from your perspective. Of course, being trans can be medically relevant, but we aren't talking about that here - we are talking about how society should treat them. For that, the cause is simply irrelevant, and tying it to scientific findings is risky as we don't know what science will find.
- ZanyProgrammer 12y ago
  And its not uncommon in the trans community to tie "biological causes" with "more valid and real." Ultimately I bet gender dysphoria is indeed a biological issue, but it seems presumptuous to think the science is completely settled on it.

by sarahj 12y ago

ZanyProgrammer 12y ago

The problem is that not everyone who is gender dysphoric can transition. That might be a shock to bi-coastal progressives, but for a large chunk of people, stuff like cross dressing might be the only way to deal with it (very, very secretly for people assigned male at birth).

brighteyes 12y ago

The treatments do not depend on the cause being an intersex condition or a brain syndrome. Modern medical support for trans people helps them far better than anything we had before, but not because it is tied intrinsically to any theory of what causes one to be trans. Instead, the treatment makes sense for someone that feels as their physical form is inappropriate - it helps change that. It doesn't matter why they feel that way. The danger, as I see it, with your approach is that you predicate society's view of trans people on medical grounds. Being trans is a medical condition, from your perspective. Of course, being trans can be medically relevant, but we aren't talking about that here - we are talking about how society should treat them. For that, the cause is simply irrelevant, and tying it to scientific findings is risky as we don't know what science will find.

ZanyProgrammer 12y ago
And its not uncommon in the trans community to tie "biological causes" with "more valid and real." Ultimately I bet gender dysphoria is indeed a biological issue, but it seems presumptuous to think the science is completely settled on it.