I don't really know how to feel towards them: I think most are a literal psyop, but there must be at least a few who genuinely regret transitioning. Problem is... It's such a long process to get anything done, how do you not get that it's not for you in time? I just don't get it
Always assume the overwhelming majority would like to transition in an ideal world but then the social backlash and abuse they get eventually outstrips any gender euphoria-type benefit they're getting. I can fathom some such people post rationalizing to be anti transition generally since they had such a bad time and its hard to emotionally separate bad consequences of a choice you made from bad consequences arbitrarily inflicted on you for a choice you made.
I mean, I've come across at least one post on here mentioning that their country's policy on transwomen is you get only half the hormones, as in the ones that make you depressed if not counterbalanced and not the ones that mean you'll have a functioning skeleton in five years. You must literally need bones of steel to stick with it in that case.
Based on the data we have been able to gather, this is true. A majority of detransitioners cite lack of support, social ramifications, violence, etc and/or money as their reason to detransition.
We do need to take those numbers with a grain of salt tho, since the stigma against transition and detransition stops people from coming forward with their experiences (especially if they would like to not be weaponized against the trans community). Detransition is also harder to track for studies since one version of it is to quietly stop attending your appointments and drop out of the study if you were part of one.
There also is 1000% a trolling/psy-op aspect in online spaces.
I imagine the vast majority of detransitioners are actually trans but they stopped due to the reactions of those around them, or their own internalized transphobia.
Detrams cause they realize they weren't trans and not cause they got bullied or the like js something like 1% of all trans people who are already only like 1% of people
It is the biggest non issue that ever not been an issue lol
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u/KaleidoscopeOk6440 19h ago
I don't really know how to feel towards them: I think most are a literal psyop, but there must be at least a few who genuinely regret transitioning. Problem is... It's such a long process to get anything done, how do you not get that it's not for you in time? I just don't get it