Yeah, children and adults are two separate things. Children first of all don't have the capacity to make those kinds of decisions, and also have not fully matured into who they will be.
I have to admit that while I've looked at quite a bit of literature on adolescents, have never seen any literature on adults. I have though read a few acc…
Yeah, children and adults are two separate things. Children first of all don't have the capacity to make those kinds of decisions, and also have not fully matured into who they will be.
I have to admit that while I've looked at quite a bit of literature on adolescents, have never seen any literature on adults. I have though read a few accounts by adults, both male and female, who transitioned in adulthood, typically in their mid 20s, and were living satisfied lives after transitioning. The common threads I saw for all of them were that they had been dysphoric since childhood, they had given it a good go at conforming to the gendered expectations of their sex through adolescence, upon entering early adulthood they were still trying to give it a go, but to no avail, they sought counseling, not with a gender councilor, reflected quite a bit, and decided to transition, went to a gender clinic of some sort, where they went through quite a bit of gatekeeping and transitioned. Notable that they all were cognizant of and accepted social norms, were committed to adhere to those norms, and just wanted to get on with their life. And they are.
And I'm also aware of the grotesque crap you can see on X.
So yeah, I think it actually can work for some adults. Seems to be related to how well adjusted they are besides their dysphoria, and along with that if they have professional or career goals, that is they are not obsessed with their sex and gender.
Yeah, children and adults are two separate things. Children first of all don't have the capacity to make those kinds of decisions, and also have not fully matured into who they will be.
I have to admit that while I've looked at quite a bit of literature on adolescents, have never seen any literature on adults. I have though read a few accounts by adults, both male and female, who transitioned in adulthood, typically in their mid 20s, and were living satisfied lives after transitioning. The common threads I saw for all of them were that they had been dysphoric since childhood, they had given it a good go at conforming to the gendered expectations of their sex through adolescence, upon entering early adulthood they were still trying to give it a go, but to no avail, they sought counseling, not with a gender councilor, reflected quite a bit, and decided to transition, went to a gender clinic of some sort, where they went through quite a bit of gatekeeping and transitioned. Notable that they all were cognizant of and accepted social norms, were committed to adhere to those norms, and just wanted to get on with their life. And they are.
And I'm also aware of the grotesque crap you can see on X.
So yeah, I think it actually can work for some adults. Seems to be related to how well adjusted they are besides their dysphoria, and along with that if they have professional or career goals, that is they are not obsessed with their sex and gender.
And then there are total loons.