Biochemical dysphoria

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[–]Femaleisnthateful 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Male and female bodies produce both estrogen and testosterone, but in different quantities, obviously.

And why is the brain 'biological' but the body isn't? Make it make sense.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Hormonal imbalances are certainly real and probably play a huge role in disphoria. I'm just not sure why the general line of thinking isn't to try giving people hormones that match their sex rather than giving them hormones for the opposite sex.

[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It doesn't work for the same reason trying to change the body with hormones doesn't work. Because it can only make surface-level changes, anything that's already grown will not change. Sometimes it can work for young boys, and usually that's by puberty happening naturally. But otherwise not much can be done.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Fun fact, a 60 year old man has far more estrogen in his body than a 60 year old woman.

[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

But testosterone is a 1929495960287161749503x stronger hormone than estrogen, so it probably doesn't matter. This is why men change so much during puberty and women don't have to deal with every aspect of them changing, just a few things. And why transition largely works for female-to-male but not the other way around.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Are you serious?