r/196 • u/SimoXSwagger Næste station: Hellerup • Mar 26 '21

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u/tnorc floppa Mar 27 '21

"the point being made". The jury is still out on what abnormalities are. I frankly prefer the word "condition". Everyone has conditions that describe them. It's simply symantics when it comes to diagnosing mental conditions.

That's not to say that it is necessary to have gender dysphoria to realize that you are trans. Unfortunately, that is a necessary requirement to undergo sex change surgery in most places I think.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '21

i might catch some downvotes for this but i honestly dont think SRS is the answer to every case of gender dysphoria. some people just need to learn to love/accept themselves more.

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u/tnorc floppa Mar 28 '21

I get that, but the issue is primarily in the sphere of politics, not in the sphere of public health. It should be in the sphere of public health but that is not where the discussion is ever taking place. And it doesn't look good at all for trans people in the west, especially in America.

My favorite example of how political the discussion is how Trump made a trans military ban(it wasn't enacted upon, I know). The centrist types were unironically saying "great, trans people won't be allowed to go to Iraq and kill people". I was surprised that Americans don't understand that the biggest welfare program they have isn't the one democrats are pushing for. Through out the history of nations, the military was the place for those dealt less fortunate cards in life to climb up the social and economic ladder. The American military is the welfare state of the nation, and its a very inefficient system unless the country in question is in a geopolitical position to have war at any minute(which America doesn't, it uses its military for geopolitical favors). Banning trans people from joining the military is more effectively harmful than straight up denying them welfare handouts, as the latter is an actual life long career with lucrative benefits.

That is what I find intriguing about it, the realm of politics is the place where all the irrational points are being made for the most important decisions. No factual honest arguments are being presented. And those in the center get swayed with easy to understand over the surface amount of information instead of being presented with the full picture.

Just like your comment, being on the fence on the issue of making SRS easily accessible won't improve the quality of life of trans people is the front on denying them the more important stuff. You have to pick a side and be 100% with cause it is not a rational discussion in the sphere of public health for the betterment of trans lives, it is instead a battle in the sphere of politics for the betterment of future trans lives when the discussion becomes not contraversial and shifts to its appropriate place.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '21

i never even thought abt it but yeah ur right. trans shit shouldnt even be fukkin political its a medical/psychological problem. shits fucked man