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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
How? If they only know what it feels like to have the hormones and body parts they already have, how could they possibly know anything else would feel more "right"?
Comment by TankieErik at 15/01/2025 at 00:28 UTC
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Many trans people can feel that something is off or they are dysphoric with something, for example when starting puberty because hormones do change and the body does as well during that time so someone may realise then. Many trans people when they start hrt are proven right because they feel better on it.
There's ways for someone to emulated having a certain shape or parts with no medical intervention like binding that can allow one to simulate sort of what it makes be like to have that (not to mention that everyone at some point didn't have breasts so they can notice a change in that). Just because something is all you've had doesn't mean it can't feel bad.
For example many trans men (people who transition to male) may experience similar symptoms and mental effects that cisgender men with low testosterone do, which are alleviated by taking testosterone.