- 28 May 2023 15:16
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@Pants-of-dog
To clarify what I mean here, consider a 16 year old physically normal biological (46,XY) male who's suffering from body dysmorphic disorder, and feels he doesn't look manly enough.
Should he be allowed to take steroids or other anabolics so he'll grow more muscle and get leaner, thereby looking more masculine? Should the taxpayer or insurers fund this?
This would all fall into the "gender-affirming" care spectrum, wouldn't it? As in, if this male was a physically normal biological (46,XX) female (a completely random event) who identifies as male and therefore naturally wants to look manlier then the answer would be "yes".
I just want to understand how far would society go in this regard. Steroids and anabolics in general are illegal in the US and at least heavily regulated elsewhere.
wat0n wrote:Out of curiosity, would you also be for letting cisgender children get gender-affirming care?
@Pants-of-dog
To clarify what I mean here, consider a 16 year old physically normal biological (46,XY) male who's suffering from body dysmorphic disorder, and feels he doesn't look manly enough.
Should he be allowed to take steroids or other anabolics so he'll grow more muscle and get leaner, thereby looking more masculine? Should the taxpayer or insurers fund this?
This would all fall into the "gender-affirming" care spectrum, wouldn't it? As in, if this male was a physically normal biological (46,XX) female (a completely random event) who identifies as male and therefore naturally wants to look manlier then the answer would be "yes".
I just want to understand how far would society go in this regard. Steroids and anabolics in general are illegal in the US and at least heavily regulated elsewhere.