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This is interesting, but I don't consider it an animal model of transgenderism.There is one model for it.
It's an interesting read.
It's also animal abuse.
It just sounds like a very aggressive surgical solution for bladder stones in a male dog. This also doesn't sound abusive, since it was done to save the dog's life. A lot of male dogs get neutered, but this doesn't change them into female dogs or make them trans dogs.
I know there are some subjective, hard-to-diagnose psychological conditions that seem to occur in both humans and other animals. Depression is one. Cats can actually experience depression and anxiety, and some vets will prescribe them Prozac. Feather-pulling in birds is pretty similar to trichotillomania in humans.
So what would transgenderism in animals even look like? A tom cat being depressed unless it was given female hormones by a vet, and not responding to other treatments? Male dogs who are depressed and listless until they get their balls removed? Dogs responding to name changes or different color collars? Transness is something that's supposed to just arise spontaneously from a person, due to the nature of their "true authentic self", not something that can be induced by bladder stones.
It seems to me that gender identities are a human-only madness that people can be successfully talked out of, and that elaborate surgical interventions are unnecessary and the "affirmation only" model is a disaster.
I know there are some subjective, hard-to-diagnose psychological conditions that seem to occur in both humans and other animals. Depression is one. Cats can actually experience depression and anxiety, and some vets will prescribe them Prozac. Feather-pulling in birds is pretty similar to trichotillomania in humans.
So what would transgenderism in animals even look like? A tom cat being depressed unless it was given female hormones by a vet, and not responding to other treatments? Male dogs who are depressed and listless until they get their balls removed? Dogs responding to name changes or different color collars? Transness is something that's supposed to just arise spontaneously from a person, due to the nature of their "true authentic self", not something that can be induced by bladder stones.
It seems to me that gender identities are a human-only madness that people can be successfully talked out of, and that elaborate surgical interventions are unnecessary and the "affirmation only" model is a disaster.
Realizing that he is not responsible for Jeanette's actions, that he is not the problem, and that nothing he does will ever be good enough for her is going to be an important step in him getting out.Jazz needs to realize that the bitch will never be happy.
A lot of former trans-supporters stopped going along with it once they realized that they were not responsible for the actions of trans people, and that nothing they ever did, no amount of pronoun circles or affirmation or ass-kissing or slogan-repeating, would ever be good enough.