tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post3826264295723344062..comments2024-02-20T15:17:48.594+11:00Comments on A.E.Brain: Non, Je Ne Regrette RienZoe Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13712045376060102538noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-42063576816825361162008-09-13T19:51:00.000+10:002008-09-13T19:51:00.000+10:00Not commenting specifically as to his identity, lo...Not commenting specifically as to his identity, lots of trans people lied to get treatment because of the cisnormative and heteronormative requirements for treatment. :(<BR/><BR/>Sucky, though.Maddie Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701960869234061244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-31219402180759620362008-09-12T22:20:00.000+10:002008-09-12T22:20:00.000+10:00Yes, I caught that docu on MSNBC by chance, Zoe. T...Yes, I caught that docu on MSNBC by chance, Zoe. The weight-lifter person seemed very content having changed back to male. Interesting tho how he had developed huge male pecs and gave a little tease for the camera at the end by pulling the muscle-T down in front. I wonder what was up with that. The motor cycle person seemed very much like they were presenting a fake exterior, or shell, and did not seem content or stable at all. I felt sorry for that person. A lot of suffering there. Hi, Leah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-66901562445202949252008-09-12T15:52:00.000+10:002008-09-12T15:52:00.000+10:00You won't say it Zoë, but I will: Finch is an ass....You won't say it Zoë, but I will: Finch is an ass. Then again I said about Josef 2 years ago. Turn out Josef still had issues to work out and is now at peace. Maybe Finch will eventually too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-80500587309724131282008-09-12T14:35:00.000+10:002008-09-12T14:35:00.000+10:00Clearly significant study needs to be done into th...Clearly significant study needs to be done into the failures and those with regrets, especially to determine the cause of said regrets, how much is due to poor surgical outcomes, how much is due to later cultural/social factors and how much due to the surgery having been innappropriate for those individuals.<BR/><BR/>That way a reliable screening process can be developed that will ensure less people get surgery that is innapropriate for them and when surgical outcomes are the cause further investigation into that could further improve surgeical techniques to minimise that further.<BR/><BR/>But until such studies are done a nice chunky 'at your own risk' disclaimer should suffice.<BR/><BR/>That and there needs to be an utter rejection of surgery required for recognition or for treatment paths that presume a surgical outcome.<BR/><BR/>Clearly restricting access to surgery is bad and forcing people to surgery is bad.<BR/><BR/>So essentially the rational decision is to make surgery an option, a choice made by the patient after consultation with doctors and ensuring they are informed of all the facts pro and con and all possible outcomes.<BR/><BR/>The unhappiness of a significant minority certainly shows more work needs to be done to meet the needs of these people whether 10% or 1%. However the pausing of treatment of so many people, 90%+ being happy with the results, because of it? Is that even precedented?Battybattybatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18030389503526882755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-18691674535573142832008-09-12T06:38:00.000+10:002008-09-12T06:38:00.000+10:00Regret. Well there is some, that I didn't have the...Regret. Well there is some, that I didn't have the ressources that are available nowadays - I would have changed before puperty. But than it occoured to me, that my pasts and my struggles and the fact of a masculinezed skeleton are well worth it. It made me the person which I am today. One that is very confident for example. And that is a point. It's not statistical relevant, but I heard of a lot of young transitioners who, despite of their natural grace seek lots of operations to make them more perfect, often very unhappy with themselfs.<BR/>I had to learn confidence in myself to survive the time before I finally transitioned and I can say I'm a bit proud of that. I think if I'd transitioned that early I would always have lived up to social expectations of women. And I would have a typical underpaid (but satisfying) Job - I wanted to become a kindergardener, but the fact that it is so underpaid you can only do it, if you can rely on a partner with better income (and as being male gendered by others I think I would often have had to fight against preduidice). But I found a job that was both satisfying and well paid later in my life (Software Engineer), and I established a hobby that is typically male gendered by society in classical sportscars. And now I'm grown enough and rest enough in myself to be me.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I have no children, but I think that is the best cause not to regret.Bad hair dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02074719911527566883noreply@blogger.com