Post-op Reason.

[johndowe]

Hi there.

To Alanamead, women who get breast implants do it to recapture their youth and be more attractive to their mates, tattos are acquired as an act of defiance or acceptance, you get some to piss off your parente or because your freinds are getting some, hair color is for change or to look like a woman they admire and find attractive.

These are the why people GENERALLY do the things that you mentionned, if you get the SRS because you think it would make you feel better about yourself, your problem is not your penis as such, you need to find the real problem solve it and then decide if you want or need to get the SRS, if you are to do it do it for the right reason iof you don't you may regret it later.

JohnDowe.

[johndowe]

Hi there.

To Bionca.

When i wrote that i was thinking more in the lines of with your freinds, liesurely activities, i hadn't considered that angle and you're right it would be a real pain it the a** to go through that, thanks for enlightening me, that IS why i started the thread.

Violence, i know that there are some very small minded people out there that have more balls than brains, and not that much in way of balls, but i haven't heard of any tg's getting beatup on the news, then again they might not see it as news worthy, and there is gay bashing and it is not reported on the news either, do you have any official statistics? Not that i don't believe you but i'm not totally convinced it is on the rise.

But i was also asking about penis size and functionality, as a corolation with size and functionality and the desire for the SRS.

And thank you to all that ansewered this thread so far and i think i have a BETTER understanding of the whole situation.

JohnDowe.

[Bionca]

For starts, here is the most recent study on violence against Trans women:

http://forum.transladyboy.com/showthread.php?t=5939

As a matter of fact, in Washington DC it was reported today that two Trans women were attacked, and one died.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/lo...-55119857.html

(Note the title of the article "Transgender Man.." nothing like a slap in the face on top of it all).

We also had the recent trial of Leticia Green's killer in NY and Angie Zapata in CO. In NYC there has been a recent upswing in attacks on Trans women in the Bronx.

[Bionca]

I do want to note that I am not exactly opposed to the general premise of the topic. SRS is not the holy grail of all Trans Women and should not be presented as such by either other trans women or our doctors. SRS is by no means a "fix" for being trans. On the other hand, for many trans women it is a very important step on their path to feeling like a whole functioning productive member of society. It is a deeply personal decision and one that absolutely must be respected.

Being somewhere in the middle - that is not feeling particularly compelled to have SRS, but not having any real emotional/sexual attachment to my penis (I'm really quite ambivalent about the whole thing - it's just not important enough to spend much time on). I see both sides and having anyone try to influence someone in either direction isn't pretty.

[johndowe]

Hi there.

Bionca, i see your poin better than you may think, i just posted on the "new t-girl" thread i think you should go read it.

http://forum.transladyboy.com/showthread.php?t=6410

JohnDowe.