countarthur

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by countarthur 2y ago
It doesn't cause extreme mental anguish, I just... don't have to play along with childish games like pretending someone can be the opposite sex. I just don't! However easy or respectful you think it would be for me to play ma
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by countarthur 2y ago
I agree with absolutely everything you've said here! Just my alternative conclusion is: you can't fix anything by compelling people to play along with someone else's delusion, whether the source is social, psychological, bioc
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by countarthur 2y ago
This is a really thorough reply to what I said and very thoughtful, thanks. Regarding "liking woman a lot", I was quoting the original author - it seemed like an autogynophilic statement to me, the idea that you are sexually attra
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by countarthur 2y ago
These are good points and great questions! Your description of getting surgeries based on a distorted view of what they see in the mirror sounds exactly like gender dysphoria to me. I have a big nose like you and even having had romantic pa
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by countarthur 2y ago
What does "such" mean here? How should I treat someone with body dysmorphia who believes they are 130 kg when they're closer to 50? Should I agree with them and affirm them as fat as they believe they are? Or should I - if it
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by countarthur 2y ago
The claim that 1-2% of the population is intersex is a common myth: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12476264/ "Many reviewers are not aware that this figure includes conditions which most clinicians do not recogni
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by countarthur 2y ago
It's not unthinkable, but in practise there's usually strong pressure in play: sunk cost fallacy, children to support, the threat of social ostracism. This is mostly true for wives rather than husbands because of female socialisat
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by countarthur 2y ago
What you're saying is interesting but I think the causality is backwards here and I can provide some examples to show why. (By male hormone I'm assuming you mean testosterone, and by female hormone I assume you mean oestrogen.) i