A few questions for pro-op womyn?
May. 25th, 2011 09:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marjaerwinDo you believe that the difference between post-op and non-op womyn who pursue medical transition such as hormone replacement therapy is greater than the difference between non-op womyn and, for example, crossdressing men?
Do you believe the decision to have reconstruction surgery surgery should reflect the patient's own needs, without social pressures or monetary barriers?
Do you consider laws which require surgery for sex recognition an unacceptable social pressure? Do you consider proposed policies which require surgery before attending womyn-only events a reasonable measure, an unacceptable pressure, or something which may be appropriate in some contexts but would not be desirable in all?
Do you consider access to hormone replacement therapy a more important goal, or a less important goal for transsexual activism, than access to genital reconstruction surgery?
Do you believe our culture can affect our perception of our bodies, and cause body-image problems? Do you believe surgery is an acceptable solution to body-image problems? Have you tried to apply the same techniques to accept your birth genitalia that many other feminists have tried to accept their weight, cancer scars, etc.? Would you encourage or discourage a trans sister who wished to use such techniques to try to accept her birth genitalia? Would you say she is transsexual if she does not succeed, and transgender if she does succeed?
Do you believe anyone is born a womon?
Would you say you were born a womon and/or born female in no sense, in certain senses, or absolutely? Would you say you became female without having already been female?
Do you believe the decision to have reconstruction surgery surgery should reflect the patient's own needs, without social pressures or monetary barriers?
Do you consider laws which require surgery for sex recognition an unacceptable social pressure? Do you consider proposed policies which require surgery before attending womyn-only events a reasonable measure, an unacceptable pressure, or something which may be appropriate in some contexts but would not be desirable in all?
Do you consider access to hormone replacement therapy a more important goal, or a less important goal for transsexual activism, than access to genital reconstruction surgery?
Do you believe our culture can affect our perception of our bodies, and cause body-image problems? Do you believe surgery is an acceptable solution to body-image problems? Have you tried to apply the same techniques to accept your birth genitalia that many other feminists have tried to accept their weight, cancer scars, etc.? Would you encourage or discourage a trans sister who wished to use such techniques to try to accept her birth genitalia? Would you say she is transsexual if she does not succeed, and transgender if she does succeed?
Do you believe anyone is born a womon?
Would you say you were born a womon and/or born female in no sense, in certain senses, or absolutely? Would you say you became female without having already been female?
