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Sorry to derail, but I use Sigourney's Ripley as a great example of making a great, strong character without constantly reminding the audience that they're a woman. The chick that played Vasquez did a decent job too. Albeit Vasquez is a bit cheesy but I mean it was the 80s and she's playing a cocky marine. Her banter with Gorman are fun examples.
Now a days they write them as if it's taboo for women to be a "badass" character, like they're breaking boundaries so they exaggerate their roles. Now it's like a "anything you can do, I can do better, cuz am WOMAN!" instead of "holy shit there's creatures that'll spit acid on us and drag us into vents."
Example 1 Example 2
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Libido blues
So it feels like my libido has been constantly dropping since starting hrt about 1 and a half years ago, it had a big drop at first and then kept slowly lowering until now where its just depressingly non existent.
I keep hearing accounts on how libido goes away at first and then comes back even stronger but in a female way, now I experienced this change to female like libido but instead of getting stronger it's only getting weaker with time, which makes me feel like I'm missing out on a fun part of being a girl.
This lead me to think that perhaps my hrt regiment is to blame? Unlike cis women who produce optimal levels of estradiol, we just take pills and hope everything will work out.
It doesn't help that I'm diying due to where I live so can't do tests really.
Anyway so I take 6 mg sublingual estradiol daily, no anti androgens because unnecessary and you need some androgens to be healthy, but I'm starting to think perhaps this is too high? Usually I read that estradiol being too low is what causes low libido but seeing as I'm progressing well with no anti androgens and no signs of high testosterone that means my dose is high enough for monotherapy, unlikely to have too low estradiol levels.
Do any of you who have had experience with various doses and tests to show levels know if too much estradiol can actually do the opposite and inhibit libido? If so what would be the sweet spot for estradiol levels?
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I keep hearing accounts on how libido goes away at first and then comes back even stronger but in a female way, now I experienced this change to female like libido but instead of getting stronger it's only getting weaker with time, which makes me feel like I'm missing out on a fun part of being a girl.
This lead me to think that perhaps my hrt regiment is to blame? Unlike cis women who produce optimal levels of estradiol, we just take pills and hope everything will work out.
It doesn't help that I'm diying due to where I live so can't do tests really.
Anyway so I take 6 mg sublingual estradiol daily, no anti androgens because unnecessary and you need some androgens to be healthy, but I'm starting to think perhaps this is too high? Usually I read that estradiol being too low is what causes low libido but seeing as I'm progressing well with no anti androgens and no signs of high testosterone that means my dose is high enough for monotherapy, unlikely to have too low estradiol levels.
Do any of you who have had experience with various doses and tests to show levels know if too much estradiol can actually do the opposite and inhibit libido? If so what would be the sweet spot for estradiol levels?
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on top of that I have had zero desire for sex since then. After the incident I stopped taking my estrogen for just two days and turned into a bawling mess. I started back up but only taking half of the dose I was on (was 2.5 once per day, now only half a pill a day.) I've talked to my therapist but she won't provide any input other than I have to do what I feel is best for me...