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[–]peakingatthemomentTranssexual (natal male), HSTS 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

My first thought, whenever questions like this come up (or when transwomen post they are so sure male pregnancy is coming), is that it just seems like the wrong place for scientific resources with all the human suffering in the world (even if I’d be someone who could benefit). Putting that aside though, I feel like it wouldn’t change many gender critical concerns or my concerns about safety because so much of that comes from socialization. I’d probably still assess whether a natal male trans person was more or less safe based things like age of transition and sexual orientation, plus more obvious things like appearance, behavior and mannerisms.

[–]transwomanHesitantly QT?[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree that it's definitely not something that would come anytime soon, if ever. It's more of a thought experiment, I suppose, given the uncertainty of what is to come in terms of future medical technology. Certainly there are far better ways that we could be applying medical and scientific resources that could potentially lead us to "complete" sex changes, especially given the amount of people who unnecessarily suffer in current society.

I agree with your assessment of gendered socialization, which is something a "complete" sex change wouldn't really be able to change. A 60 year old natal man could get one of these sex changes, but all of the socialization as a man would remain.