Youngest Sex Change in History of History. How a Tim...Became a Kim

Originally Posted by Alice

I don't believe that any 12 or 14 year old could be that sure about their sexuality. I would question a decision like that even if the child were 18 or 19.

I'd agree entirely with what you wrote, except that this isn't about sexuality. It's about gender. If it were about sexuality, then it would be much easier for this individual to make the change.

Let me put it to you like this. You are very much a mother. It's such an intrinsic part of you that it's hard to imagine what you'd be like without the maternal side. That's a feminine quality, of course. So wouldn't you accept that there's such a thing as masculine and feminine personalities.

Now what if you're the wrong one to match your body? I think it might be much more clear (to you at least) if you feel as though you're a girl in a boy's body at age 14. I'd agree that few people are certain of their sexuality at such an early age, but Kim still has free choice of sexuality. She seems to be hetero right now. She could easily switch.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Skexis

There's an interesting side to this argument that I hadn't considered until now. Most modern feminists would open a dialogue by trying to dissuade you of the notion that there is an internal, intrinsic quality of motherhood in any woman.

Possibly. I might respond to them by saying that I don't believe it affects the way that said woman should be treated, or the other things that she's capable of.

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It makes me question whether this child is considering her options in the same way you do. (Ergo, I feel sentimental or maternal in some way, therefore I must be a girl.)

I'd have to at least suggest that it's been my observation that paternal feelings are normally a different (if similar) expression of parental love. I don't discount the notion that men can be sentimental, but I do believe they do so in a different way than women.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

The real question is not whether you liked "girly things" but whether or not that made you feel like a girl. Did you feel closer kinship to other girls than to boys? Did you desire to occupy what society designates as female gender roles?

I'm guessing not.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I wonder if anyone warned "Kim" before the operation. Obviously s/he will have girl germs now! =O

Maybe s/he always had them, and that's how they knew!

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Trigunnerz

I wonder if she ever tried masturbating a few times when he/she had a dick. I mean come on.

Ya know, I figure that's got to be one major drawback to this whole operation deal. I sincerely doubt that the operation can make s/he as sexually functional as someone who was born a woman... it' does strike me that a person needs to be prepared to sacrifice their sexual nature almost entirely to go through with this.

I was speaking idiomatically.