sunny@sun.uucp (Ms. Sunny Kirsten) (08/10/85)
I believe you're confusing the physical effects of cramps of the uterus, about which your questions are relevant, with the mental, emotional, and psychological effects resulting from the monthly changes in levels of hormones. > Just out of curiosity- can a transsexual get PMS? > If my knowledge of sexuality doesn't fail me, a transsexual > on appropriate doses of female hormones cannot menstruate. > > It makes me think twice about taking Sunny Kirsten's > opinions on comparative hormonal evils seriously. > > I seems biologically improbable that an individual > could experience, at separate times, the full effects of both > maleness and femaleness. Any female-to-male transsexuals > out there to refute or concur? > > -todd jones -- {ucbvax,decvax,ihnp4}!sun!sunny (Ms. Sunny Kirsten)
greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) (08/12/85)
In article <2599@sun.uucp> sunny@sun.uucp (Ms. Sunny Kirsten) writes: >I believe you're confusing the physical effects of cramps of the >uterus, about which your questions are relevant, with the >mental, emotional, and psychological effects resulting from the >monthly changes in levels of hormones. > You might have misunderstood the referenced article, Sunny. I *think* the point was whether or not a transsexual could menstruate, and whether menstruation is the factor to consider. Since I'm not a transsexual (last time I checked) this may not be valid, but I feel that the symptoms that we've been discussing are due to the varibility of the hormones, which are regulated in a transsexual, and are not naturally produced. Therefore, in a transexual, the mental, emotional and psychological would not be "natural". -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ross M. Greenberg @ Time Inc, New York --------->{vax135 | ihnp4}!timeinc!greenber<--------- I highly doubt that Time Inc. would make me their spokesperson. ---- "I had a cat. She died. Had a goldfish. Died. Guppies. Died. Gerbils. Died. Tippy. Died." - little girl "Alright! So I don't like small animals!" - Mr. Death