Opinions on SRS?

[Stephenie S]

Why not, Reine?

Because having a penis colors your whole life. Sure, no one else needs know. Well, your doctor and your lover will know. AND YOU WILL KNOW. A penis and a vagina are the ultimate sex differentiations. Noses are not. Guys have penises, girls have vaginas. It's as simple as that.

Can someone FEEL feminine or masculine with the wrong equipment? Sure. But they aren't. In the end, when you drop your jeans, a pre-op has a penis, a post-op has a vagina. And it's incredibly deterministic to their self awareness.

Don't you think, Reine, that you would feel and act differently if you had a penis? Don't you think it would color your whole life? How feminine would YOU feel with a penis dangling between your legs? I'm gonna come down on the yes side of that question.

I'm gonna state this again. The real job of becoming a woman STARTS with having a vagina. It's just a fact. Do pre-ops feel feminine? Yes they do. Many live and work 24/7 as women. I can't denigrate that self awareness. But there's that old bugaboo, the penis, hanging down there. There is the constant self awareness that with that penis you will be placed in a particular hospital bed, a particular prison or jail cell, a particular nursing home bed when you get that far, and hated and judged for your possession of that penis by a significantly large segment of our population. Your doctor will treat you differently. Your drinking buds will treat you differently if they find out. The paramedic will treat you differently after you have a motor vehicle accident. The ER will treat you differently when you have a heart attack. It's not quite as simple as just saying, "I know I am a woman, therefor I am". You can't always DEMAND admission to the girl's club.

OK, I have said enough. I know this will offend some. I hope not too many. It's not meant to offend. It's meant to educate.

S