It's rather closed-minded to think that perfect transition is and always will be impossible (in fact, I think you'd be surprised with what they achieve now). If someone could become indistinguishably the opposite sex, why would they be obliged to disclose the fact that their sex had been different previously?
Better still, what if all children were born sexless and later in life, probably puberty, chose a sex? Would you judge them on that first choice, rather than an initial assignment at birth? What if they went on to change their mind? Obviously currently issues over sex are currently based on two things- historically, the sexual binary existed because there just wasn't any other option, and right now, we have yet to achieve safe, easy and flawless sexual transitions.
Also, the idea of changing sex is far from an alien idea- there are very old stories about individuals changing sex or swapping bodies and modern story-telling hasn't let up on that subject, while intersexed individuals have been well documented throughout history. The only different is that modern medicine is making the reality of changing sex far more possible.
Back to the OP, there are a number of people who have body dysmorphic issues that can be confused for transexual feelings, which is why seeing a specialist psychiatrist is very important. I mentally lump transexuality in with body integrity identity disorder and those sorts of issues- there is an obvious mismatch between what the brain believes the body should be, and what the body is. Regardless to the cause, the best solution is successful psychiatric care merely because this avoids the risks and expenses that surround surgery. As suggested before, if such changes to the body were safe and easy, there'd be no good reason to prevent it and I'm sure a number of curious people would give it a go to (possibly to the outrage of a number of transexuals who feel like their experiences are cheapened by people treating sex change so casually? I'd love opinions on that concept).
Better still, what if all children were born sexless and later in life, probably puberty, chose a sex? Would you judge them on that first choice, rather than an initial assignment at birth? What if they went on to change their mind? Obviously currently issues over sex are currently based on two things- historically, the sexual binary existed because there just wasn't any other option, and right now, we have yet to achieve safe, easy and flawless sexual transitions.
Also, the idea of changing sex is far from an alien idea- there are very old stories about individuals changing sex or swapping bodies and modern story-telling hasn't let up on that subject, while intersexed individuals have been well documented throughout history. The only different is that modern medicine is making the reality of changing sex far more possible.
Back to the OP, there are a number of people who have body dysmorphic issues that can be confused for transexual feelings, which is why seeing a specialist psychiatrist is very important. I mentally lump transexuality in with body integrity identity disorder and those sorts of issues- there is an obvious mismatch between what the brain believes the body should be, and what the body is. Regardless to the cause, the best solution is successful psychiatric care merely because this avoids the risks and expenses that surround surgery. As suggested before, if such changes to the body were safe and easy, there'd be no good reason to prevent it and I'm sure a number of curious people would give it a go to (possibly to the outrage of a number of transexuals who feel like their experiences are cheapened by people treating sex change so casually? I'd love opinions on that concept).
