I think looking down and seeing a penis with a slightly different skin tone is preferable to looking down and seeing scarred meat and suprapubic catheter. These penis transplants are only normally done to men who have had either catastrophic lower abdominal injuries (soldiers hit by IEDs make up the majority of cases, I believe) or those who were born with severe congenital malformation or complete absence. The subjects of the transplants also get considerable psychological support before and after (including looking at whether they can cope without the op completely).

The particular case I’m familiar with the guy was born with no penis and made it to his mid-forties, suffering with terrible depression that led to multiple suicide attempts. He had absolutely nothing to lose going into it, and any gain whatsoever was going to worthwhile and better than what he already had. The result was a functioning penis.

The madness would be in taking healthy female genitalia and trying to graft a penis on there. It will never be as functional as the genitals you removed and will never live up to the hype built in the recipient’s imagination. The ethics committee that approves this shit is on crack.

As for the man who gets the transplanted female genitals, the same applies.

This is an outrageous proposition and should never be approved by an ethics committee.