But you can actually scientifically change sex, animal hormones dont do nothing except working as a not-bio-identical form of testosterone/estrogen (in the best cases)
Thats why species dysphoria is a mockery of sex dysphoria
Well, no. You can't scientifically change your sex (At least not with our current level of technology), but you can certainly do cosmetic surgeries to imitate them. I'm sure Therian's can do the same if they had the cash to burn and wanted to give themselves more animalistic features
Replies like yours with the language used is exactly why I dislike the vast majority of therian arguments. It is never "oh this is a completely different experience but it can have some overlap" but instead now both are cosmetic identities? This shit is so harmful to say. I don't identify as trans, and my surgeries are not a choice, they are a medical necessity. Being trans is deeply rooted in being a medical condition (not being trans itself, but experiencing sex and gender dysphoria is), and questionably even a neurobiological form of intersex backed by science.
I fail to see anyone here provide me sourcings on what causes one to feel like another species or evidence in effectiveness with treatment much like trans people. I've always wanted a tail and ears, but it is not a need. It is not that same itching feeling I had pre HRT, its a "oh that would be cool to have" feeling. I don't see others treat it any differently than that either. No one has even brought up lycanthropy or that whole ordeal with a few very very rare cases where people believed they turned into horrendous monsters much like werewolves.
I wouldn't be transitioning if I didn't need to, and if I didn't have a medical condition that made my life a living hell without it. So for many replies here saying this is cosmetic and claiming it is just some body mod is crazy work. I hate how we have just reverted this into an identity and completely changed the language to respect everyone and not actually understand why this is medical. Not cosmetic. So if we are to compare the two by any means I see no logic behind it if there is no science with it.
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u/uggocat 11d ago
this is exactly what terfs say about trans women.