You aren’t trans so maybe you shouldn’t talk about the experiences of trans women, especially when one says that this doesn’t align with our experiences.
I have never known a trans woman to have “reasons”, especially ones as superficial as this, and I am one my self. There are signs but not reasons. To say otherwise is to imply that there are things that make someone trans - would you like being told something made you gay, like a trauma? We are born this way. You know that.
If she really did consider her micropenis a factor, it’s just a mental confabulation to help her along her journey.
I’m human, and I’m speaking on the issues of self discovery, a progress path we can all share as people learning who they are, so maybe you shouldn’t assume I’m stepping where I have no ground.
As for being told something made me gay, I have been. I’ve been told it was sexual assault (that did not occur) when I was young. I’ve been told it was the media and my friends. I’ve had those experiences, and yes, I know that we’re born that way now but I did not always have the space to make that discovery. I lived a life where I thought there had to be a reason because I thought it was a negative quality in myself. I hated it because I grew up around others who hated it. Insults behind closed doors, threats of violence and hate, and I agree with you that if they believed it was the reason they discovered their identity, they have more to learn. That does not mean they have learned it.
You aren’t trans so maybe you shouldn’t talk about the experiences of trans women, especially when one says that this doesn’t align with our experiences.
I have never known a trans woman to have “reasons”, especially ones as superficial as this, and I am one my self. There are signs but not reasons. To say otherwise is to imply that there are things that make someone trans - would you like being told something made you gay, like a trauma? We are born this way. You know that.
If she really did consider her micropenis a factor, it’s just a mental confabulation to help her along her journey.
I’m human, and I’m speaking on the issues of self discovery, a progress path we can all share as people learning who they are, so maybe you shouldn’t assume I’m stepping where I have no ground.
As for being told something made me gay, I have been. I’ve been told it was sexual assault (that did not occur) when I was young. I’ve been told it was the media and my friends. I’ve had those experiences, and yes, I know that we’re born that way now but I did not always have the space to make that discovery. I lived a life where I thought there had to be a reason because I thought it was a negative quality in myself. I hated it because I grew up around others who hated it. Insults behind closed doors, threats of violence and hate, and I agree with you that if they believed it was the reason they discovered their identity, they have more to learn. That does not mean they have learned it.