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Cake day: 2025年8月22日

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  • I hear you, but I really don’t think that’s it. And yes, I really don’t know the complications, I’m only surmising based on what I know about surgery, and about the way humans can get permanently damaged and can heal. I’ve had other surgeries and it’s very not fun, and there are always scars, limitations on recovery, and prolonged issues, and then recurrences of more issues as I get older. Srs seems like there’s a lot of complicated rearrangements and lots to go wrong. I really wish there was an easy foolproof way for people to change their genitalia if they wanted, but I simple don’t have the faith in our medical capabilities. I really don’t think I have have any social line about changing gender. People should be free to do whatever they want if it doesn’t hurt anyone else. I was brought up with the notion that there shouldn’t be considered any differences between sexes. Wear a dress, play with trucks - it doesn’t matter what’s between your legs. Being gay was normalized, and any fashion sense was independent of sex. Of course I realize society hasn’t moved that far, and I see how just buying into conservative sexual prejudice but changing your gender is basically the same thing, and maybe easier. But to me it’s the wrong fight / wrong direction. And so unnecessary surgery (from that perspective) seems really silly. But I truely get that I don’t understand what it’s like to be trapped in the wrong body sex.


  • That’s interesting, and I totally believe it. Knee replacement recovery is much longer than the 2-3 weeks they claim for mtf srs. And some people end up with further problems that require more surgery to fix. And artificial knee joints only last a decade max and need to be replaced. But it’s also very different because no one cares about their knee except that it works without pain. I wonder the amount of complications that a srs patient would ensure and still be happy because of the psychological improvements. And of course those psychological improvements are very real and matter. I do have a hard time understanding that and maybe that’s just because I’m older and my genitalia really doesn’t matter to me as much as it once did. Like there’s plenty else about myself that I’d like to change, like my weight, painful joins, weak muscles, saggy skin, age spots, etc, before I’d worry about the shape of my genitalia. But I understand that everyone has different perspectives and I’m ok with that.