2026-04-23 21:08 UTC
the "established guidelines" of what estrogen levels a trans woman should have, are not based on any studies of trans womens physical or mental health.
They come from a culture fostered by doctors over half a century ago that wanted to make sure trans women were meek, unsexual and "normal".
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@siege@masto.hackers.town 2026-04-23 21:11
the fear that trans women might want to have sex and that this is "unwomanly unchristian behaviour to be avoided" is baked into medical transition guidelines.
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@siege@masto.hackers.town 2026-04-23 22:05
@Callanbellwether they're not like normal cats, this breed is very tempramental!
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@IsabelB@mastodon.ie 2026-04-23 21:23
@siege@masto.hackers.town 'established' equating to opinionated bullshit and not based on any actual science at all...🤷♀️
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@dubiousblur@social.treehouse.systems 2026-05-02 22:19
@siege@masto.hackers.town specifically in the Netherlands, this particular thing (level of estrogen) is not part of the gatekeeping. There are other things still; I can’t speak for elsewhere in the world.