As I mentioned, I think it's totally foreign to think people can relate to it. We can't. I have no clue what it's like to wake up feeling like I am a woman in a man's body.
That said, at least as mentally disturbing for me are the people who can only react to those people with hostility. As if the guy who wakes up thinking he's a woman in a man's body did so as a personal affront to insult some random dude on the subway who freaks out at the sight and wants to beat him for it. Not only can you not condone that kind of physical reaction, it suggests some big time insecurity about yourself on top of that.
This is a very difficult debate and it has become very toxic in recent years.
First of all, South Park has a perfect episode about this. People aren't heroes because they are transgender. In fact the only thing they are that someone else is not, is simply transgender.
Personally I think it would be wonderful if we would treat it as a disorder and not as a choice. I'm not talking about stigmatising these people, but about accepting it for what it is. There is a mismatch between brain and body. It's not about choice or expressing yourself, it's because you have a problem that needs fixing. The same way a diabetic needs treatment.
This being said, the question imo remains whether it is the body or the brain that needs fixing. I personally don't know enough about the issue to have a worthwhile opinion either way.
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