Lil Pip" data-cid="4665654" data-time="1473613833" data-date="11 September 2016 - 10:10 AM said:

Key Sharkz, on 11 Sept 2016 - 09:23 AM, said:Key Sharkz, on 11 Sept 2016 - 09:23 AM, said:

 

Everything costs money. Make up, clothing, etc. All costs money. That being said however, some people just can't look more feminine because they have too much of a masculine appearance.
Problem is that all of this is more or less saying that there is a "requirement" to being female/male. That there is a certain level of "enough" and we all get to judge when that is and when someone hasn't met the requirement. Who gets to decide the standard? Who is in a position to make the decision? No one. I get what you're saying but it becomes difficult to quantify it because there is no metric that can measure this kind of thing. Who is to say when it's "enough"?

This makes me notice transhumanism in a new light. What happens when otherkin and such want to be other species when we have the tech for it in a couple hundred years? You could ask alot of the same questions then.

 

But there is certainly a line where surgery is the next step to become more feminine. Also truth has power, if you presume you are more feminine than you really look you may end up disappointed even if you stave off sadness momentarily. And why that's relevant and realistic is because they have reassurance in the form of what they already have going for them to make them look more feminine and they were certainly less feminine before, it'd be overestimation of their looks and lowering their own standards. In the future there will always be more to do, and part of that habit is actually the issue why plastic surgery can go so wrong, people don't know their limits. I think those more educated can figure out and heed advice better, and int he future safer and more diverse techniques will be available.

 

Also its related to goals and dreams and wishes that are unattainable presently. Alot have them. And just because its not plausible now doesn't mean it will be impossible in the future, and it'd be a shame to not develop such further just to prevent risks. Also coping is a strategy, alot may turn to drugs or get depression, especially since they aren't as accepted as others. But I think what causes that depression, is something that Buddhists would prolly know, which is wanting it in the first place. It causes a feeling of urgency underlying daily activity, always in the back of the mind wanting to be attained, accepting defeat would be simpler. Like the pressures of an anarchist in a dictatorial society story (think final fantasy 7), it would certainly be emotionally easier to not face the world and challenge it. It'd also be safer, but for idealism people will anyways. What do you think of those transgenders living in tribes without electricity, or in third world countries. They just accept they are different, and don't even realize it might be possible to change, maybe dress up or imagine dressing up in secret. What I mean is, society has functioned before and can function before, the more society is capable the more people's desires will be realized, which causes more pain from inability to attain.

 

Humans won't be satisfied, but I think that's a good thing. It helps us strive for more.

Source: Is a person still a transgender even if he/she does not have treatments?