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[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

So? Why do you constantly want us to answer for what people say on ovarit? You’ve been told we aren’t a hive mind monolith but still act as if we are.

They take testosterone to induce desired cosmetic effects claiming the cosmetic effects ease their mental distress. It’s absolutely nothing like inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin. This insistent misunderstanding is exactly why random adults are not qualified to decide that drugs are good for them just because they like the effects. Prescriptions handed out to every Jane, sally and Harriet are so far removed from a comprehension of what the prescription is doing to their body they might as well be on different planets.

[–]GenderbenderShe/her/hers[S] 3 insightful - 8 fun3 insightful - 7 fun4 insightful - 8 fun -  (4 children)

So? Why do you constantly want us to answer for what people say on ovarit? You’ve been told we aren’t a hive mind monolith but still act as if we are.

GCs say they are not a hive mind but when there is a post for example like this where a trans man is stalking someone most of them jump in to say trans men should not have access to T. Granted, I know not all GCs are hivemind. Here is a comment from the thread:

This is obviously terrible but am I the only one confused as to why everyone is blaming testosterone for violent behaviour? Violence in TIFs if hardly common it is feels like baseless speculation to say HRT makes women violent. It also removes responsibility from violent men by suggesting that they have no choice but to be violent because its "in their nature" or because all men are somehow born violent. Violence is always a choice regardless of hormones.

That's exactly what I am thinking. Granted, the hive mind thing is probably just an Ovarit thing. s/GenderCritical called out Ovarit users when they wanted to ban all forms of plastic surgery. Some GCs say they don't like the tone on Ovarit. I do think Ovarit is mostly a hive mind, based on the threads I read there.

They take testosterone to induce desired cosmetic effects claiming the cosmetic effects ease their mental distress. It’s absolutely nothing like inhibiting the reputable of serotonin.

But we are all taking these medications for one very basic reason: to be mentally healthy.

Prescriptions handed out to every Jane, sally and Harriet are so far removed from a comprehension of what the prescription is doing to their body they might as well be on different planets.

This is why doctors should explain medications to their patients. Patients are responsible for understanding their condition, what the meds do and deciding if this is working for them.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

People sharing an opinion is not the same thing as a hive mind and it’s really disturbing that you think we act as one. We’re humans even when we disagree with your feelings. It’s disgusting to act like women you don’t like are incapable of individual thought or intelligence.

Reasons for taking it are nothing close to being similar drugs. You need to understand something, anything, about pharmacy if you’re gonna lecture about their supposed necessity.

Patients are responsible but they aren’t doctors. They don’t have the background to assume they totally understand complex biochemical processes. You’re not even being as responsible as you say patients are obliged to be because you don’t know what an SSRI is or does.

Patients get to decide what’s working for them? Lmao tell that to beta blockers, chemotherapy, insulin, or a billion other drugs.

These statements are precisely why I’m confident stating the average person has absolutely no business trying to decide what chemicals are best for them. Because this is the level of understanding held by advocates for it.

[–]GenderbenderShe/her/hers[S] 3 insightful - 7 fun3 insightful - 6 fun4 insightful - 7 fun -  (2 children)

Many trans men take testosterone without serious health problems.

[–]MarkTwainiac 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Many trans men take testosterone without serious health problems.

This might be true in the very short or near term, but it's definitely not true over time for most female persons taking exogenous T for decades.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So? Do you actually think this is even relevant let alone convincing as an argument?

You come here and insult us like a colony of goddamn ants then refuse to address a single flaw pointed out in what you argue as if we’re too stupid to notice you never have a rebuttal other than “well I don’t feel that way”

Do you have any actual point to make that isn’t pushing your opinion at us like it’s the one true moral way? Can you actually answer any of the questions you’re asked?