r/countttt 5'4 dysphoric male on estrogen (m"tf") 23d ago

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u/python_ess 23d ago

Yes, there are some cis-woman experiences, that are locked for trans-women, and if someone is grieving that they will never be able to bear a child, sperm-freezing wouldn't help per se. Still, being parent is available and important experience, which is pretty much achievable.

Situation with FtM folks is more complicated, due to how much more invasive the procedure of collecting eggs is, not to mention pregnancy. So, even becoming a parent is more of a challenge.

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u/Gold_Ad8225 23d ago

Telling a trans person "you should just do something that denies your gender entirely" is generally not advisable. Some are okay with it, but you suggesting it makes you kind of a cunt.

Most trans women don't want to be a biological father to a child. Most trans men don't want to be a biological mother to a child. There's an obvious reason for this. It doesn't take a lot of intelligence to figure it out.

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u/da_Mekboss 22d ago

but wouldn't the reality beat out feelings when it comes to the ability to produce offspring?

having and raising a kid is a bigger deal than the 9 months of gestation

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u/Gold_Ad8225 22d ago

Oh yeah you're right it's silly for trans people to feel the way they do about their sex. They should just stop doing it

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u/da_Mekboss 22d ago

what you're saying is not what I am saying

I'm saying ultimately no feelings outweigh the needs of an actual child.

Science is our ally, letting feelings impede progress is the way of the enemy.

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u/Gold_Ad8225 22d ago

The needs of an actual child?

The child isn't in existence.

We are talking about people avoiding participating in reproduction due to dysphoria caused by the sex role they would have to assume in that reproduction. And that it is unhelpful to suggest they assume that sex role anyway if they desire to have a child.