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Originally Posted by ni'k
im not so stupid as to think theres a need for some moralising generalisation against transexualism. it's basically a consumer scam that involves body mutilation. a form of body art, like those tribes that put stones in their tongues. notions of what male and female are are false, so you can't change into what doesn't exist. unless you were to grow new parts from stem cells and have them transplanted onto your body and then go through all the hormone therapy and stuff.
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In all likely hood, there's not a soul out there that doesn't have something about themselves that they wish they could change. If for some this amounts to having a gender-related operation, and they have the funds to do so, more power to them. Wouldn't go as far as to call it a "consumer scam", as such an extreme operation wouldn't exist had there not been, in the beginning, a desire for it. Same goes for any sort of body art. These tribes you speak of are not actually paying to have stones put into their tongues, and originally, no one was paying for tattoos, either. Perhaps "consumer scams" have over the course of time been worked into the equation. It's like that with most anything, though.
I can agree that a "sex change" does not truly amount to the changing of one's sex, which is something I think most would agree with me on, but there are those that feel as if after such an operation they are owed the respect of being treated as whatever given sex they feel as if they have become. It's not a fair thing to be expected out of anyone. Just like it's not fair for a homosexual to continuously pursue someone that is not, or for the straight to continuously pursue the uninterested.
But then again, I know all to well that what is fair, and what is natural, do not always go hand in hand. But this is despite the fact.
I remember reading a story some time ago about a pre-op that started dating this guy. She refused to offer him anything other than oral sex, which I am sure is something that confused him a bit. One day while she was out, he had some urge to plunder through her things...+ after discovering a passport and several other items that proved she was anything other than what she presented herself as, he killed her (or technically..."him"). A sad thing, yes, and in no way do I think his actions were justified...except for the fact...that he'd been deceited into pursuing something that he would not have pursued had he been given the truth @ the beginning of the relationship. But still, this is one case to where killing should not have been OK, and it wasn't (thankfully, he's in jail). I know there is nothing isolated about this particular case, either, as it is something that has happened numerous times.