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Feelings? Nah (slrpnk.net)
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Able to? Maybe, maybe not. Required to? Definitely.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    We can never truly say for sure, but it's the closest situation that can give a side by side comparison. Either testosterone allows better emotional inhibition, or estrogen reduces it. The main point is that men aren't emotionless. Our emotions are just as strong as women's, we are just better able to contain them (for better or worse).

    Society then amplifies what is already there.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You're going off of a sample size of one. Somebody who is transitioning probably has a lot more factors in play than a change in hormone levels.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It was when she started on the hormones. Apparently, it wasn't surprising to her friends going through the same process.

    Unfortunately, I only know 1 trans person well enough to ask them about it. Also, considering it's a binary (either men feel less, or are better at containing it), I would be surprised if it goes the opposite ways when transitioning.

    It's not a scientific study however, just an interesting and relevant observation.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago*

    Puberty makes everyone emotional, regardless of gender. Women are not in constant puberty, and are not constantly overflowing with emotions.

    And while some women may have strong support networks that allow them to be more openly emotional, that is not the baseline for all women and it never has been.

    Men are not better at containing their emotions either, if they were violent crime and sexual harrassment would be much less of an issue.

    This idea that if women aren't behaving like men about their problems, they must not be having problems- is a really short sighted one.

    (All uses of 'men' and 'women' here are trans inclusive.)

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