mrt (imported) wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:17 am
I disagree on the Estrogen part of you comment only to this extent. I think based on my experience with lack of testosterone and how it makes me feel that its not the same thing. ie it really does rewire things and I mean this not for its physical changes but how it "wires" you to think and how you act.
If that is the case, you'd think I would have an identity crisis about what my gender would be? Matter of fact is, I'm a lot more secure about my gender than many transwomen who're on estrogen are. 'Nuff said really.
Sure for some, it helps, but a blanket effect on all transwomen? I don't think so. And thats what I wish more transwomen would realise. Hormones really AREN'T everything, AREN'T the cure-all for EVERYONE. Just because some transwomen find their happiness and validation in hormones do not mean others will too, and sadly what happens when some transwomen find that their lives haven't dramatically improved like they were expecting and hoping once they start hormones? The sad, long downward spiral begins.
I have to admonish you here Mr T, although it'll be a gentle admonishment in case I get automatic snickers bars miniguns pointed my way, that you really shouldn't be pushing me, or indeed, anyone, quite that insistantly towards the hormones path. Could very easily be some young transwoman beginning her journey, she sees your insistance, and she, in her ignorance, or inexperience, or perhaps even desperation, take what you say to be true for all transpeople, and pin all her hopes on hormones. It can very very easily lead to the sort of downward spiral I've mentioned.
Share our experiences, yes, but I think we all need to provide whatever perspective we can, so that people who're lost and are trying to find their way can realise that there are more than one path to salvation.
