Re:What Is It Like to Be a Bee?
by yipopov on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @10:11AM
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> Your comment also appears to suggest that a life of depression and potential suicide is preferable to the medically accepted palliative treatment that has shown itself to be quite life-altering indeed,
That only follows if that outcome is inevitable and that highly invasive treatment is the only solution. For example I have a hard time seeing it as particularly necessary for patients with autogynephilia, which seems to be the largest group among men.
That only follows if that outcome is inevitable and that highly invasive treatment is the only solution. For example I have a hard time seeing it as particularly necessary for patients with autogynephilia, which seems to be the largest group among men.
> at least enough to prevent this outcome.
Hardly enough, see http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....
Maybe there is some comorbidity, which if treated, the gender dysphoria could be resolved as well without invasive treatment.