Maybe it does but where does dysphoria come from? Transition is not like birth control, it’s only purpose is to make the body conform to a societal standard. Much like when I had an eating disorder & believed my body ‘should’ look a certain way. https://t.co/4uHbLXZg57
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I can't speak for anyone else, but I'd have medically transitioned even if I lived alone on a desert island. I lived for about 5 years as a gender nonconforming woman and the reason I did was because men's clothing made my body look different.
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I remember in the period right before I realized I was trans there was a ton of publicity for companies that made men's (style) clothing for female bodies. It made me feel ill. It's almost funny how disturbed I was by the thought of having to wear these clothes.
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And the only reason I would contest this is that if we truly did live in a world free from these constraints, where would we get the idea that how we present ourselves is somehow tied to our biology?
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Perhaps I wasn't clear enough- it was never about how I presented myself. The discomfort was w/ my body feeling and looking wrong. Certain clothing camouflaged that to an extent. Nothing to do w/ presentation or social role.
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If dresses had somehow resulted in my looking like I had the body of a natal man, I'd have worn dresses! And- this wasn't about passing, either (I never once passed pre-hrt). It was solely how my body looked to me in the mirror.
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