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[–]Ricky_Ticky 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

If it's really dysphoria that a lesbian woman is experiensing, then she can't be a lesbian, I suppose. I heard from a few lesbian friends that they once thought they felt dysphoric but realized later that it was some sort of "penis envy" that has gotten so strong at some point that they confused it with dysphoria.

Certain circumstances in their lives have led them to wish so much they were born males because life would be so much easier, that they started to subconsciously hate their female bodies and kinda blame the bodies for all the problems. The friends I am talking about were not all butch. Some were butch and some pretty femme

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Huh, I guess I am not sure what dysphoria is, then. It is (at least in part) a feeling that you reject and hate your body parts, right?

Certain circumstances in their lives have led them to wish so much they were born males because life would be so much easier, that they started to subconsciously hate their female bodies and kinda blame the bodies for all the problems.

That makes a lot of sense. It also makes sense to me how any woman could arrive at that conclusion, not just butches.

[–]Ricky_Ticky 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I believe dysphoria is when you know you are supposed to have male body, be called he and sir and just live your life as male.

What dysphoria is not (from how I understand it) is when woman has masculine-ish face and big breasts and she hates her breasts and dreams to have a Shane type of body:). Or when a woman falls in love with another woman but realizes the woman is straight and she thinks "oh if I were a dude I would have a chance".

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

Ah, okay. I think I had a different idea of what dysphoria is then, because I have heard many places that some lesbians can have gender dysphoria but not be trans (not want to be a male).

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

    Ah okay. Thanks for letting me know, I appreciate it. :) I think some of the confusion is because people seem to define the word differently. I am not sure how much that has been influenced by the trans rights movement of the past few years.