Would posting pictures of real girls/boys on trans subreddits get trans people to actually kill themselves and be more depressed?

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[–]William_World 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

i think they're going to kill themselves anyway

whether it's from pics of real women or being out in the real world they'll realize they can't pass

[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Sometimes they pass at first glance

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/60/35/2d/60352d607f949d4a854d7905d1470cbe.jpg

https://sandratrappen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IJustNeedToPee-x400.jpg

[–]Musky 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

The first one looks like Tom Cruise in drag. The few that pass I think give unreasonable expectations to the majority who never will, which goes to the point of this post.

[–]ActuallyNot 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Hormone levels when you go through puberty matter a lot.

[–]Musky 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Yeah it's a catch 22, they never pass if they don't transition before puberty, but they don't have the capacity to be making that decision as a child. Which is sometimes included as being part of the illusory "trans genocide."

[–]ActuallyNot 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah. The grim reality is that they often wait on puberty blockers.

[–]Musky 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

How is that grim? Better to have 100 non passing trans than 1 fucked up normal kid who made a mistake.

[–]ActuallyNot 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree you have to be sure of your diagnosis before going onto the hormone therapy, and I don't have a better solution than what they're doing.

But puberty blockers themselves have unpleasant effects on development, and it would be better if we could avoid them.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Only a third of sex differences are caused by hormones. 2/3 are genetic.