There is nothing wrong with people making modifications to their body. In recent years this has become more and more accepted though tattoos, piercings etc. If you wish to have a facial shape or body shape to reflect how you want to look I would be happy for you if you achieved this.Originally Posted by max
As Reine says, the problem is that so many are pushed to conform to a particular form of appearance (male or female) or behavior because of acceptance issues.
Something else that no one ever says out loud, is the addiction factor associated with "dressing" behavior. The combination of "getting away" with it, passing under the radar, not having people stare at you combined with some relief from inability to present in reflection to how one feels can release a lot of dopamine and often becomes a recurrent, addictive behavior. Most people including many who believe that they are transsexuals, if given the opportunity to live an accepted full life in which they can express themselves freely would never chose to transition let alone have SRS.
The danger is that they become pressed from one societal expectation to another. Not wanting to be a macho man, to be a feminine man does not equate being a woman. The same is true in reverse. There has been this recent huge surge in FtM self identified transsexuals. If society allowed a much broader range of personal expression as inside the acceptable range (like in large urban centers) transitioning would become something that only those with an intense gender /sex conflict would do. In this sense the gender conflict experienced by gender variant persons is a constructed one and arise less as a true conflict but rather as a social barrier.
