GC: Can you explain why a neopenis/phalloplasty is not a penis? If a man is something with a penis, then if a man removes all of his genitals in surgery, why will he still remain a man after surgery?

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[–]DogeWalker 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Thanks, but I already understand that SRS and reconstructive surgery aren't the same thing. That's why it's merely an analogy... it is somewhat similar, in that an organ is being assembled from different tissue. If you have a better, more apt analogy, let's hear it.

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

Analogies are flawed by definition? "SRS" is far more like a cosmetic procedure than a reconstructive one. It's like the difference between getting breast augmentation surgery even though there is nothing wrong with your breasts vs. getting breast reconstructive surgery after having undergone a double mastectomy due to being diagnosed with breast cancer. The former would be a more accurate comparison to "SRS" than the latter.

[–]GarageCar[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think the eye analogy is very good, it is the exact same case of taking a different tissue to create an organ (an eye), the same thing that happens with the neopenis

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Back to the eye analogy, though -- an eye is a special sensory organ (some would say it's actually part of the brain). You can't construct a functional eye from forearm tissue. Full stop.

Simulacra are simulacra; organics are organics.