Having read the text at the top, I think a lot of it can be explained if people think carefully about who they are talking about.
"Transgendered" relates to a lot of people most of whom are not transitioning. Drag Queens, Non-binary and cross-dressers all come under "Transgendered" yet most of them, almost all of them, are not transitioning and the biggest proportion of the transgendered population are crossdressers/transvestites.
There are estimates that around 5% of men crossdress and I have seen estimates as high as 10%, but it seems that only about 0.01% of the male population transitions. For all practical purposes transgendered = transvestite.
The main types of transvestite seem to be "dual role transvestites" and the more secretive lot for whom the sexual element is a part of it. The shrinks call them "Fetishistic Tranvestites". The original post says
and if M2F TGs really means closeted crossdressers then this statememt is, IMO, largely correct. She then goes on to say
Once again I would agree with that. Many of these people are indulging the fantasy of what they would do if they were female because they find it attractive in females that they see. Go to any TV/CD festival or event and mini-skirts and blonde wigs seem to be the favoured look usually with towering heels. In this group beard removal may not be an option simply because many have to live as men for most of their time.
So were do the herbals come into this? For many I have talked to they are a way of getting some reduction in male characteristics such as less harsh, less oily skin, maybe softer hair and possibly a fleshier chest that can plumped up with medical tape to have a breast-like appearance.
This paragraph is interesting because it says to me that she had actually had very little interaction with transsexuals. Her website is all about selling herbals and transsexuals are on pharma so I am not surprised that she has misunderstood things. Facial hair removal takes around 5 years and it can take longer. Physical transition, including surgery is done much faster - 2 to 3 years - and so the beard will still be there. How do you shave when you cannot get out of bed for five days?
Obviously she has dealt with some transsexuals, but given her website's main purpose (selling herbals) I suspect she mainly deals with crossdressers. Herbals do work, but nowhere as effectively as pharma and as many recent reports have shown many herbals actually lack any herbs at all.
"Transgendered" relates to a lot of people most of whom are not transitioning. Drag Queens, Non-binary and cross-dressers all come under "Transgendered" yet most of them, almost all of them, are not transitioning and the biggest proportion of the transgendered population are crossdressers/transvestites.
There are estimates that around 5% of men crossdress and I have seen estimates as high as 10%, but it seems that only about 0.01% of the male population transitions. For all practical purposes transgendered = transvestite.
The main types of transvestite seem to be "dual role transvestites" and the more secretive lot for whom the sexual element is a part of it. The shrinks call them "Fetishistic Tranvestites". The original post says
Quote:.. is that for most M2F TGs – especially those who are still in the closet – there is a significant sexual aspect to being transgendered
and if M2F TGs really means closeted crossdressers then this statememt is, IMO, largely correct. She then goes on to say
Quote:that aspect is significantly slanted toward male ideas and ideals of female sexuality
Once again I would agree with that. Many of these people are indulging the fantasy of what they would do if they were female because they find it attractive in females that they see. Go to any TV/CD festival or event and mini-skirts and blonde wigs seem to be the favoured look usually with towering heels. In this group beard removal may not be an option simply because many have to live as men for most of their time.
So were do the herbals come into this? For many I have talked to they are a way of getting some reduction in male characteristics such as less harsh, less oily skin, maybe softer hair and possibly a fleshier chest that can plumped up with medical tape to have a breast-like appearance.
Quote:I have wondered in amazment for more than a decade at the girls in recovery at SRS hospitals, who still are shaving a male beard, sometimes multiple times a day. But having the sexual parts of their body changed was so important to them, that they are willing to vehemently deny the necessity of beard removal. It is a dream world, full of sex and sexuality which consumes them; and it is male images and fantasies of that sexuality that are prized.
This paragraph is interesting because it says to me that she had actually had very little interaction with transsexuals. Her website is all about selling herbals and transsexuals are on pharma so I am not surprised that she has misunderstood things. Facial hair removal takes around 5 years and it can take longer. Physical transition, including surgery is done much faster - 2 to 3 years - and so the beard will still be there. How do you shave when you cannot get out of bed for five days?
Obviously she has dealt with some transsexuals, but given her website's main purpose (selling herbals) I suspect she mainly deals with crossdressers. Herbals do work, but nowhere as effectively as pharma and as many recent reports have shown many herbals actually lack any herbs at all.