tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post3433348688587697833..comments2024-02-20T15:17:48.594+11:00Comments on A.E.Brain: Another piece of the puzzleZoe Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13712045376060102538noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-65206152797705002552011-05-29T09:49:05.042+10:002011-05-29T09:49:05.042+10:00Hi Zoe,
"...the sexual orientation of the co...Hi Zoe,<br /><br />"...the sexual orientation of the control groups weren't mentioned in the abstract..."<br /><br />They were mentioned in the abstract:<br /><br />"...48 heterosexual men (HeM) and women (HeW)..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-80251666740940057082011-04-11T08:18:22.756+10:002011-04-11T08:18:22.756+10:00Trumpet - My son had genital reconstruction even b...Trumpet - My son had genital reconstruction even before I did.<br /><br />One of the reasons I'm so passionate about IS advocacy is for him, and those like him.<br /><br />On this blog you'll find the one psych report I've ever had, back in early 2006. Here, I'll quote it for you:<br /><br /><i>There is no evidence of psychosis or any mood disturbance apart from reactive euphoria when discussing her change.<br /><br />I consider Zoe has a gender identity disorder which is fuelling her desire for hormone treatment and surgery. I do not think there are any other conditions such as personality disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia, or mood disorder implicated.</i><br /><br />Transsexuality would have been diagnosed, but for the Intersex condition, also mentioned in the report - <i>unusual hormone-related changes occurring to her body before taking hormone therapy which had perplexed the issue</i> - That excludes such a diagnosis under the ICD-10.<br /><br />Had the psych seen me 8 months earlier, when the changes were in full swing and my hormone levels were all over the place, her assessment would have been quite different. The Hormones the endo put me one for purely physical reasons didn't just stabilise my metabolism, they may well have saved my sanity. It was hanging by a thread.<br /><br />So much for the "rap sheet".<br /><br />Now what drives you to comment in this way? How come it's so important to you?<br /><br />BTW - the euphoria's still there.Zoe Brainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712045376060102538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-884857566121949452011-04-11T05:36:58.009+10:002011-04-11T05:36:58.009+10:00Trumpet why does your post lack logic? Intersexed ...Trumpet why does your post lack logic? Intersexed women can have <br />a mental disorder rap sheet thanks to the inventors of psychopathology. SRS stiches would have come out long ago do do. Kepp blowing that trumpet. The scars can be the same as in non-trans and non intersexed women. Also by the way a Y chromosome can go through the germ line of an intersex perso .But that individual need not be a male either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-40864316777758860482011-04-11T04:11:37.440+10:002011-04-11T04:11:37.440+10:00"In summary, we can't tell someone's ..."In summary, we can't tell someone's sex just by looking at volumes of brain structures."<br /><br />So Zoe, we can't look at the brain to determine sex, can't look at the body either?<br />What do propose we look at then Zoe? Your earrings? Your pills? Your wardrobe? Your lack of logic? Your mental disorder rap sheet? Your SRS stitches? Your son (it's a boy, male sex).<br /><br />-- TrumpetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-83592242475021086662011-04-09T20:52:54.502+10:002011-04-09T20:52:54.502+10:00There is no single true classification of people. ...There is no single true classification of people. When classifying people into male or female or not exactly either we have to look at the purpose of the classification. If we are looking at social interactions and attitudes we will place primary emphasis on brain traits. If we are trying to understand development and physiology them we will also place weight on other body traits. There is no reason why these classifications should coincide.Lloyd Flackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00832519369660328832noreply@blogger.com