2/ Little known fact from the world of tumblr drama: there's this subculture that considers itself "trans", but doesn't do hormones or surgery. They just...identify. Further, they are upset at the ones who DO do take those steps, bc that says "surgery cures mismatch", which...
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3/ (a) suggests that there's a solution, as opposed to eternal victimhood (b) those tumblr "trans" who don't solve their problems either don't actually have those problems, or are timid or weak
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4/ To make an analogy, imagine that it's 2080 and (a) huge numbers of college kids "identify" as being Downs, (b) there's a pill that cures Down's Syndrome, (c) the college kids are upset at the people with chromosomal problems who take the pill
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Replying to @MorlockP
On the trans issue, I have sometimes brought up this point. If your mental identity isn't conforming with your biological body, there are 2 options to 'fix.' 1. Surgery to bring the body into alignment with the mind 2. Treatment to bring the mind into alignment with the body.
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Knowing that 1. is an expensive, invasive, and risky process,, seems we should be trying really hard to find a way to implement 2. If taking some drugs and undergoing therapy for a while could change your gender identity to match your body, that seems inherently preferable.
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Replying to @thepiclord @MorlockP
I can understand concerns about messing around with your brain chemistry and structure and the potential changes to your personality and identity that entails. But if such a solution exists, preferring the surgical solution makes little sense to me.
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Replying to @thepiclord
Unclear to me. Why privilege the body over the mind? Not saying I'm arguing the other way. Just saying that I don't think "change the brain" is a slam dunk.
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I guess my point is that if we could 'cure' *other* mental maladies by conducting extensive surgery on the body, OR we could cure it by prescribing drugs and therapy, why would we ever choose the former? If amputating certain fingers could cure depression, who would choose that?
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yeah, if we're talking AMPUTATE fingers, sure. ...but if we had someone who had a brain telling him "I'm African American" and we could either do surgery on his brain or dye his skin ... it becomes a lot less clear.
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Point taken. Assuming we have magic nanobots in our cyberpunk future that allows quick gender/racial/species(?) swaps, most of these concerns go away. In the present, I'm confused why it is accepted that a certain mental condition is best treated by surgical body modification.
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/shrug it's not an area I particularly care about, so I know very little I care mostly where it impacts CURRENT YEAR POLITICS
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