4thWaveNow

Young FTMs and hysterectomy: “It’s all stagnant down there.”

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 not have children at such a young age seems…hasty.

While I had viewed 10 or so YouTubes from FTMs reporting on their sterilization, I never actually googled “FTM hysterectomy,” but did so today after reading some of your comments. Guess how many videos came up in the search?

2720.

Most of the video titles have the words “recovery” or “post-op” in them as well.

But, as one FTM said in a post-op video, “it’s all just stagnant down there” when you’re taking testosterone.

Might as well drain the swamp?

Anonymous asked:

re: your post on Blake Brockington's suicide, something that the trans community absolutely refuses to discuss is how much they themselves promote the "transition or suicide" narrative to young gender-questioning people. the blog "Transgender Reality" is documenting cases on reddit where often very young teenagers are egged on by peers and older trans people to go from "I don't really feel like a boy/girl" to "if I don't get hormones now I'll kill myself" in literal days. it's frightening.

4thwavenow answered:

I have read every post on “Transgender Reality,” and there is no question that some in the transgender community are heavily indoctrinating young teens who just have questions about their identity and gender. I think kids who are socially isolated are especially vulnerable to online pressure.

I agree—it is terrifying, and the most scary thing is that very few people are raising the issue as you just have. Thank you. Here is a link to the site for those who are not familiar with it:

http://transgenderreality.com/

vulvapeople:

But back on the topic of sterilizing trans kids. The trans activist community at large seems to have a very narrow and selfish viewpoint on these issues. I’ve seen too many examples of this not to conclude it’s a trend, namely that trans people want transitioning, they want it now, who are you to question it, so what if it might harm someone else. Basic medical ethics dictate that you don’t push something that might harm 95 percent of your patients when only 5 percent benefit. If most of these kids, as adults, regret being sterilized, there’s going to need to be a serious revision of guidelines for treating trans kids, and those trans people who are angry that the medical establishment “knows better” than them are going to have to learn to deal with it (or they’re going to have to self-treat illegally). Them’s the breaks.
And I really hope, actually, that all of this is going to work out wonderfully for everyone, that none of these kids are going to regret their decision, that none of them are going to come looking for a medical malpractice payout, regardless if they actually regret transitioning, but I’m also kind of naturally a pessimist.

What do we want? Sterility! When do we want it? NOW!