A few people who follow this blog expressed surprise that young women who are “transitioning” would choose—and readily receive from surgeons—complete hysterectomies. Making a permanent decision to have or not have children at such a young age seems…hasty.
While I had viewed 10 or so YouTubes from…
So no one explained to them the possibility of incontinence and a plethora of other issues from a hysterectomy? I mean, don’t get me wrong, if they’re going to take testosterone, then yes, it’s probably better to not have a uterus. But the uterus is not just an empty box waiting for a baby to be inserted. It’s a vital organ and part of a woman’s system. Removing it can result in organ displacement, vaginal collapse and goodness knows what else.
I guess if you have thoroughly convinced yourself that you no longer have a “woman’s system,” you just want to be rid of all that internal garbage taking up space. Dissociation from biological reality is the hallmark of “transition.” I have watched enough of these YouTube confessionals to know that, not only do they not “identify” with their female organs, they see them as an enemy that “triggers” dysphoria. Menstruation, in particular, is frequently experienced as a horrible cross to bear every month.
Oh, I get that. My question is where in the hell do they find doctors willing to remove healthy, FUNCTIONAL organs to treat a MENTAL disorder?!? Your uterus has many other purposes, and there are far less drastic ways to get rid of a menstrual cycle than by taking out your internal organs. Are they having their ovaries removed as well?
Yeah, that’s my question too, and I sure as hell am not justifying it. I place the blame far more on the medical establishment for enabling this than on the patient. I’m sorry, but how is this REALLY different from body dysmorphic disorder, where the patient wants (say) their arm cut off because they don’t “identify” with it?
I can’t help but think of lobotomy, which was practiced as a solution to a variety of psychological issues. The procedure was so well respected for a time that its inventor, Egas Moniz, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1949. Lobotomy at least sometimes “worked.” The emotional pain and behavioral issues some patients experienced were reduced. But at what price? Society realized the price was WAY TOO HIGH and now lobotomies are considered barbaric.
There are treatment trends in medicine that wax and wane. Is it only a matter of time before surgery and hormones as treatment for gender dysphoria are also discredited?
As far as removing ovaries, it seems some are keeping them, some not. The ones who opt for removal then have to supplement their testosterone with estrogen.
