Evan Urquhart

It's an extremely common experience for trans women to transition and then to their shock discover that they, all of a sudden, are terrible at their jobs. At my last gig, I went from golden child to screwup almost immediately after i transitioned. https://twitter.com/razorfemme/status/1172548559658336256 …

Is that a result of other's perception or was there an actual change in your skillset?

Are you asking if I suddenly forgot how to be a writer?

I genuinely worried that testosterone might degrade my writing. But even if that wasn’t total paranoia a) estrogen would tend improve writing not the other way around and b) it would be a slow, subtle process taking years- and be impossible to prove in any individual case.

why would t degrade your writing?

I read the study, and it’s being misinterpreted for sensationalism. There was a reduction of grey matter, but the researchers also found increased connectivity between the two regions which probably compensates. Also, no actual measurement of verbal ability was taken.

Generally speaking, mainstream media tends to misinterpret and/or exaggerate individual scientific studies to get attention. That’s not how science works. I wouldn’t pay any attention to what they’re saying; Dedicated science publications like psychology today are more reliable.