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It doesn't cause extreme mental anguish, I just... don't have to play along with childish games like pretending someone can be the opposite sex. I just don't! However easy or respe…

I agree with absolutely everything you've said here! Just my alternative conclusion is: you can't fix anything by compelling people to play along with someone else's delusion, whet…

This is a really thorough reply to what I said and very thoughtful, thanks. Regarding "liking woman a lot", I was quoting the original author - it seemed like an autogynophilic sta…

These are good points and great questions! Your description of getting surgeries based on a distorted view of what they see in the mirror sounds exactly like gender dysphoria to me…

What does "such" mean here? How should I treat someone with body dysmorphia who believes they are 130 kg when they're closer to 50? Should I agree with them and affirm them as fat …

The claim that 1-2% of the population is intersex is a common myth: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12476264/ "Many reviewers are not aware that this figure includes conditions whi…

It's not unthinkable, but in practise there's usually strong pressure in play: sunk cost fallacy, children to support, the threat of social ostracism. This is mostly true for wives…

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What you're saying is interesting but I think the causality is backwards here and I can provide some examples to show why. (By male hormone I'm assuming you mean testosterone, and …