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Comment by Teever

Here's a thought experiment. What if we had a simple, effective, and side-effect free pharmacutical treatment for BIID? what if someone could take a cheap pill every morning and they suddenly felt fine with their leg that they would otherwise be compelled to cut off?

This would obviously be better than hobbling someone with crutches or a wheel chair and a disability cheque, better for society abd the individual too.

Now what if a doctor decided one day to test this treatment on someone with gender dysphoria and lo and behold it worked just as well for them? The patient suddenly felt great about their body, great about their appearance and they stopped obsessing about changing it with risky and painful surgeries.

This cheap and effective pharmacuticial treatment would instantly become a first line treatment for gender dysphoria, right?

That sounds pretty fucking great to me. Why wouldn't you want people to live their life how they were born to?

parent Teever 4 years ago

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