> the best part is you can just see the feminist studies diversity hire woman they hired to write this script
> "make sure you include the core values"
> "yes xir"
I hate the pronouns including the usage of "They" it's painful to say and write, but i recognize the pain from misgendering of people with gender dysphoria
@numberonedonaldtrumpfan @JSDorn @borzoi @cosmo
> some of you care way too much tbh fam
it's not too much care.. it's basic human decency to recognize gender dysphoria
@Elfman @numberonedonaldtrumpfan @borzoi @cosmo @JSDorn
Feel free to propose a better solution until then this is the best we can do.
@TinyFern @numberonedonaldtrumpfan @borzoi @cosmo @Elfman @JSDorn
> People should be on hormonal medications permanently with horrific consequences for hormonal systems, bone density, etc
Do you have any credible research on that?
> People should be surgically castrated
> People should be surgically mutilated
yes that's the current treatment for gender dysphoria
> The rest of society should pretend that these people are the gender they cosplay as (gaslight everybody into compliance - "trans women are real women" is literally not true)
Using an uncomfortable pronoun to people with gender dysphoria inflicts a mental pain on them.. I am not aware of any alternative solution to that and personally i don't mind using the pronoun on which they look i just really hate `they/them` and `xe/xhe` and shit alike.
> Try exercise
i am not against that as i am not aware of a case where exercise wouldn't have a positive effect on the overall health.
> anti-psychotic medication, therapy or personal growth into faith
Agree that this feels unethical
> Nobody should have to participate in your delusion
i agree that none should be forced into a certain behavior what i argue for is for them to understand why is that expected from them so that they can make an informed decision.
@TinyFern @numberonedonaldtrumpfan @borzoi @cosmo @Elfman @JSDorn
Why is it unethical to continue with the current treatment for gender dysphoria by giving the affected people the option of a reconstructive surgery if it enables them to have a close to normal life instead of being locked up in a mental hospital?
> Oh this person is anorexic, we need to ~respect their view of themselves as a fat person~ and help them lose weight through liposuction until they're at their ideal body shape (i.e. starved to death)
I don't have a political opinion on that subject and i highly doubt that any licensed surgeon would proceed with liposuction on a malnurished patient (hypocratic oath).
> Oh this person has Munchausen syndrome, we should treat all their imagined illnesses because we can't possibly contradict their ~profound understanding of themselves~ so I guess we give them chemo and antibiotics until they die of complications.
I am not against giving Munchausen patient sugar pills and making them feel like we are curing the disease that they are convinced that they do e.g. instead of chemo giving them a ringer with laxative and things to make them feel bad or even other medication so that they temporarely lose hair and feel like they are going through a chemo on an imaginary cancer.
Like why would i be against it? It seems to have a major positive impact on their mental health that enables them to manage it..
> It's not about respecting trans people, it's about gaslighting you until you agree that objective reality is less important than their feelings.
Like if a patient with a mental disorder prefers to live in their own bubble with a distorted reality to manage their disease than why should I not support it assuming that it has a positive effect on their mental health.
@Crux_Invictus @numberonedonaldtrumpfan @borzoi @cosmo @Elfman @JSDorn @TinyFern
> Why is it unethical? Because a man cannot become a woman and a woman cannot become a man. You take someone who could be saved and damn them to a lifetime as an abomination.
I don't find it ethical to force such medical procedure on someone what i am doing is to provide my point of view and informations i know about it for the invidual in question to make an informed decision. If you have info that you think that they should know about then consider contributing that to a wikipedia.
@Crux_Invictus @numberonedonaldtrumpfan @borzoi @cosmo @Elfman @JSDorn @TinyFern
My view is that we lack the required technological and medical knowledge to make a full gender transition, but i also don't find it ethical not use the preferred gender of the relevant transwoman/man
@Crux_Invictus @numberonedonaldtrumpfan @borzoi @cosmo @Elfman @JSDorn @TinyFern
you can quite easily change the form of a clay after it was shaped and dried to pretty much indefinetly as long as it's hydrated enough.
It gets complicated when you apply a glaze on it as that then has to be broken off in other to shape the clay..
@Crux_Invictus @numberonedonaldtrumpfan @borzoi @cosmo @Elfman @JSDorn @TinyFern
it's not forcibly remaking it.. the wet clay binds to each other so it's just utilizing the available resources and forming it to do the desired workload.
@Crux_Invictus @numberonedonaldtrumpfan @borzoi @cosmo @Elfman @JSDorn @TinyFern
If it's just clay without additives that is not glazed then yes without major problems as long as it's allowed to hydrate in a water for few hours.. The clay then turns into a play-doh like consistency and can be shaped again.
@Tripp @numberonedonaldtrumpfan @borzoi @cosmo @Crux_Invictus @Elfman @JSDorn @TinyFern
Clay by itself doesn't turn into a solid when you put it into a kilm.. they have to add additives for it to have glass translation temperature instead of turning into a crumbly dirt.
@Tripp @numberonedonaldtrumpfan @borzoi @cosmo @Crux_Invictus @Elfman @JSDorn @TinyFern
lol did you even tried that?
I utilize this with making CAD designs by using clay and then constraining the shape using a hot air station to design ergonomic designs.
I agree that this is not possible with clay that has additives.
@TinyFern @numberonedonaldtrumpfan @borzoi @cosmo @Elfman @JSDorn
I read the references and flagged the provided article as "missing informations" as the references provided e.g. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gender-dysphoria/in-depth/pubertal-blockers/art-20459075 dependent party that fails to establish credibility and methods to verify their claims.
The research that you linked (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0004563215587763) concludes:
> Cross-sex hormone therapy is integral to the treatment of the majority of people with gender dysphoria and is effective in inducing the secondary sexual characteristics of the person’s desired gender. Cross-gender sex steroid replacement can be associated with side-effects, for transwomen thromboembolism and for transmen an adverse lipid profile but provide psychological benefit to the individual being treated. With careful monitoring and the use of sex steroid preparations with more physiological properties, these therapies appear to be safe in the longer term.
and from reading the rest of the references i can't in clear mind conclude that the provided treatment is harmful or safe in a long run due to the lack of information.
@TinyFern @numberonedonaldtrumpfan @borzoi @cosmo @Elfman @JSDorn
I feel that the political situation surrounding anorexia is sufficiently represented to provide points of view from all relevant sides so i don't see it as something that i should be politically interested in as i don't feel like i have anything to contribute in the subject.
I don't disagree with not proceeding with reconstructing surgery and/or engaging in hormonal therapy for minors and in some cases up to the 24 years of age, but i also don't find it ethical to make it illegal in case the doctor that is handling the case deems that it's required to proceed due to the severe case of the illness.
@TinyFern @numberonedonaldtrumpfan @borzoi @cosmo @Elfman @JSDorn
pretty much what i contributed so far where i find it important to recognize what gender dysphoria is that anyone can get it anytime and it's increased risk of suicide as a result
Where i don't believe that anti-depressants are a solution as from available info they can make it worse over the time
hormonal therapy i agree that it should not be used for minors unless they suffer from a severe cause of gender dysphoria in which it should be the doctor's decision to make the recommendation to their guardian and to the patient themselves to decide.
And that the ethicacy of reconstructive surgery is not known for a long-term. but it's currently the only way of treating gender dysphoria that i know of
@TinyFern @numberonedonaldtrumpfan @borzoi @cosmo @Elfman @JSDorn
I don't dispute that it can be caused by a mass hysteria/delusion pretty sure that it applies to everything at this point.
i don't dispute the side effects of sex hormones, but i am not aware of it not being managable in terms of the risk to benefit
Agree that lieing to a patient is unethical and enforcable through revoking the doctor's license for violating the hypocratic oath.
Legally enforced gaslighting is being forced to stare at a stubbled creature in a woman's dress and refer to him as 'she'. I'm against it.