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Body dysmorphia is a mental illness.
originally posted by: Turquosie
originally posted by: AlienBorg
a reply to: JumpTheGun76
What does a biological male want in a female beauty competition then?
You haven't answered this question. Still waiting.
I think the real question is; why do we care? It's a beauty contest in which trans women don't have an advantage. If people want to elect a trans woman to win it, then so be it. I completely understand the controversy of allowing trans women in women sports, but who cares if its a beauty contest.
originally posted by: Turquosie
originally posted by: AlienBorg
a reply to: JumpTheGun76
What does a biological male want in a female beauty competition then?
You haven't answered this question. Still waiting.
I think the real question is; why do we care? It's a beauty contest in which trans women don't have an advantage. If people want to elect a trans woman to win it, then so be it. I completely understand the controversy of allowing trans women in women sports, but who cares if its a beauty contest.
originally posted by: JumpTheGun76
a reply to: DBCowboy
Body dysmorphia is a mental illness.
So, everyone who has plastic surgery, tattoos, skin implants, piercings, tounge splitting etc, they all suffer from a form of mental illness?
So, I have tattoos and piercings. So I suffer from a mental illness because that's a form of Body dysmorphia?
originally posted by: JumpTheGun76
How they can become happy? By living the life they have the way they want to live it. That is how they become happy! Just like gay people! How many gay people are there abound the world who are hiding the fact they are gay, for reasons like religion, country they are from, thrir family etc
Are they happy?
originally posted by: Annee
Are you lumping sports and beauty contests together?
Pretty sure I mostly agreed with you on sports.
Most sports already have divisions on age, weight, etc.
You are mixing things here that do not mix. Being gay is still abnormal for the majority, but is it a mental illness? The short answer is no. There are a lot of abnormal behaviors out there, but to be a mental illness too they need to have negative effects on a person. Being gay is not a negative thing, they are actually happy they are gay, love men, are happy other men love them so on and so forth. Trans can never actually be what they want to be and so no matter what they do they just can't quite reach what they desire. They also typically carry other mental illnesses too that all are intermixed with what they can never be.
I'm sure some become happy because they finally accept who and what they are, but a very large percentage do not and that is why they have a high suicide rate
originally posted by: Turquosie
a reply to: JumpTheGun76
I think that's the biggest reason to avoid jumping to call trans people "mentally ill". That was done for a long time with homosexuals, like you stated.
Most who were converted to "straight" reversed back to being homosexual after societal pressure slowly stopped pushing homosexuality as a mental illness that could be fixed.
It did a lot of harm to those people that were pressured into going straight. From broken marriages to suicides. We should avoid making the same mistake with trans people.
Although, I think part of the left is making a similair mistake sometimes by pushing kids to take hormone therapy or surgery.
originally posted by: JumpTheGun76
originally posted by: Turquosie
a reply to: JumpTheGun76
I think that's the biggest reason to avoid jumping to call trans people "mentally ill". That was done for a long time with homosexuals, like you stated.
Most who were converted to "straight" reversed back to being homosexual after societal pressure slowly stopped pushing homosexuality as a mental illness that could be fixed.
It did a lot of harm to those people that were pressured into going straight. From broken marriages to suicides. We should avoid making the same mistake with trans people.
Although, I think part of the left is making a similair mistake sometimes by pushing kids to take hormone therapy or surgery.
The annoying thing, is thst the people on this thread saying its a mental illness and its cruel, are also taking the micky out of trans people. Making fun out of trans people. Saying horrible stuff about trans people.
What does that tell you?
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: JumpTheGun76
a reply to: wdkirk
Your use of “All” is bait.
Rephrase your argument.
The scope of “All” was not cited until YOU said it.
And you are either lying, or you are not reading! DBcoboy stated that teans people are all unhappy, hence the reason I brought it up!
Body dysmorphia is a mental illness.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder has a very low rate of being affected by surgery or changes in appearance. One study put it at 2%, meaning of the 200 BDD patients they identified who had gone for surgery, only 4 of them reported their issues were gone. 196 people were not helped. If we compare to gender dysphoria, then 96% report improved quality of life. In addition, of the people who didn't, some of them reported poor surgical outcomes - that the lack of satisfaction was due to the outcome, not a poor choice of treatment.
originally posted by: JumpTheGun76
a reply to: AlienBorg
What does a biological male want in a female beauty competition then?
You haven't answered this question. Still waiting.
I have answered this time and time again! Take of your trump goggles and actually read!
originally posted by: JumpTheGun76
Again, you are generalising. There is still a high suicide rate among gay people. Why do you think thst is!
So, majority of trans are not happy? How do you know this? Can you post data thst backs thos up with actual facts?
I know a lot of trans people, and majority of them are happy with who they are.
originally posted by: JumpTheGun76
originally posted by: Turquosie
a reply to: JumpTheGun76
I think that's the biggest reason to avoid jumping to call trans people "mentally ill". That was done for a long time with homosexuals, like you stated.
Most who were converted to "straight" reversed back to being homosexual after societal pressure slowly stopped pushing homosexuality as a mental illness that could be fixed.
It did a lot of harm to those people that were pressured into going straight. From broken marriages to suicides. We should avoid making the same mistake with trans people.
Although, I think part of the left is making a similair mistake sometimes by pushing kids to take hormone therapy or surgery.
The annoying thing, is thst the people on this thread saying its a mental illness and its cruel, are also taking the micky out of trans people. Making fun out of trans people. Saying horrible stuff about trans people.
What does that tell you?
originally posted by: JumpTheGun76
a reply to: DBCowboy
Studies have shown that the suicide rate from non-transitioned versus transitioned is basically the same though there is a small decrease with transitioned folk.
There is a high suicide rate amongst gsy people too. Does that mean all gay people are not happy?
originally posted by: Turquosie
a reply to: DBCowboy
What does it have to do with "rights". If women really don't want to compete in a beauty contest with a trans woman, then they don't have to. It's not violating any rights or preventing them from competing. At the most, maybe judges were compelled to have her win because it will create headlines and generate more income/funding for the next event. But, that's nothing new.
originally posted by: Turquosie
a reply to: DBCowboy
What does it have to do with "rights". If women really don't want to compete in a beauty contest with a trans woman, then they don't have to. It's not violating any rights or preventing them from competing. At the most, maybe judges were compelled to have her win because it will create headlines and generate more income/funding for the next event. But, that's nothing new.