Evan Urquhart

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 

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.

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.

I feel similarly. Hated clothing marketed towards women in any form (even if it’s ‘masculine’) because I truly continue to feel removed from that. But I’d contest the notion that transition would exist without the contruct of gender.

Maybe for a lot of people it wouldn't, but for me my body could never feel like it belonged to me until it was masculinized. I did a lot of therapy aimed at "accepting myself" and it was worse than useless. But post transition I have little or no dysphoria at all.

Much like when I was anorexic. I would look in the mirror and desire a certain image of my body, not for anyone else but for myself, so I could be satisfied. I still wouldn’t encourage liposuction as treatment for such an affliction.

Hey, I was anorexic too! Fully symptom free for years before I transitioned, but I never lost the crawling feeling of body hatred... until I transitioned and now I no longer live with that. Transition is a medical miracle for those it helps.