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Nimessa

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Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:19 am

Below is Josh's very intriguing question on gender roles in society and how they effect trans* people.

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I wanted to put out this question to all of you.
If we lived in a truly post-gender-role society, do you think that there would there still be transgendered people? If they didn't disappear and desired to undergo gender reassignment surgery, the case being that the only thing that would change would be the outward appearance of their bodies (and not how they were treated, in any way) would the operation be considered to be a purely cosmetic procedure?

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Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:53 pm

I'll reiterate the gist of what I said in the other thread.

From what I understand of gender dysphoria, the issue is that one's assigned sex doesn't match one's gender; the individual feels trapped in the "wrong" body. Even if gender roles were non-existent in society, I assume an individual could still experience this kind of dysphoria. If so, they may still feel the need to undergo sex reassignment surgery in order to correct the issue. So no, I don't feel the operation would become purely cosmetic.

I can certainly see the term "transgender" falling out of use, though.

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Nimessa

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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 3:27 pm

Mmm, yeah, I think my stance (from a pretty firmly cis point of view) is the same. smile

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