/r/shortguys: This is a cautionary tale, not a joke or troll attempt. Do not transition due to height.

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[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

All those people in the comments acting shocked and asking about muh real dysphoria are so fucking stupid.

If "real gender dysphoria" even exists (beyond just, like, people who watched waaay too much porn and became überfaggots), I guarantee you it's much less painful than being a short man.

I mean, I am indifferent towards being a man. If I'd been born a girl, but with the exact same brain... meh, I'd figure it out. But I'd gladly spend a decade doing hard labor in prison just to be an inch taller.

That's just how it is as a man. It starts in adolescence- your peers look for signs of maturity in determining worth, and height is #1. Kids don't even drive anymore, so maturity is basically equal to height during those formative years.

In adulthood, height differences even out, but the die is cast. You were the short one in high school? Well, you probably had a shitty life, and don't have sports on your resume, so you wind up at a shit college. You're probably a virgin, so you end up simping for the first girl that lets you kiss her.

All this shit cascades into your professional life and your personal life, forever. (Oh, but boo hoo! I'm not a pretty princess! Honestly, who gives a fuck?)

[–]Lifecantrulysuck 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

People have roped for either reason. Saying one is categorically more painful than the other is ignorant. People are individuals and both gender issues and height issues have a range of severity. Theres no such thing as one level of either for a comparison.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

We know that being short is a real phenomenon. I can't get inside someone's head with a tape measure, though. What evidence for "real gender dysphoria" is there, beyond people's comments to psychologists?

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

The suicide rate. The rate at which people go in for gender surgery. It shows it has a real effect on people. I mean by what metric would you call it real or fake if not by the effect it has on the people with it? If you say height has a severe effect on men cos of ppl getting surgical interventions, or roping or depression, then all those apply to people with Gender dysphoria too.