come on, give the bros some credit
come on, give the bros some credit
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So dumb question from someone who’s not trans:
Can you get your uterus removed? /me gestures at all the women I know. Periods supposedly suck
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Yes, it's called a hysterectomy. Around 600,000 people get them per year in the US, so very common.
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As others have said, technically yes but in practice it’s difficult. My friend has actual medical issues with hers, and the doctors were still like, ‘but you’re of childbearing age!’ and ‘what if you meet a man someday and he wants children?’ No consideration for her making decisions for her own body at all.
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Yes, but most insurance doesn't cover it if there's no medical issue with the uterus or high risk of cancer. I spent two years trying to get mine removed, and even with a medical history of excessive pain and very long and unpredictable periods I can't get it removed. For that problem they usually suppress cycles with progesterones.
They offered to take out one ovary when I was still considering medical transition 😭 I'm having pain and bleeding again with an implant that supplies progestin, and they still won't remove my uterus lol
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Medically? Yes totally safe to do so, but is it accessible? No. In my country women can only get hysterectomies if it's medically required or if they are well out of their child bearing years. Pretty sexist imo cos if I had periods id fuck my uterus off immediately lmao.
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I wouldn't call any surgery totally safe, but it is very safe.
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I don't know about surgery options for trans men, but for cis women where periods are a concern, we don't need our uterus removed. That would be like cutting off our whole foot because of an ingrown toe nail. Hysterectomies, as with the removal of any organ, comes with inherent risks.
Birth control pills, IUDs, shots, are all options that can allow periods to go away. If we need almost absolute certainty that we will never get pregnant, bi-salp and tubal litigation are an option too.
I imagine, for trans men it's not just a matter of periods, as owning female reproductive organs comes with body dysphoria that goes beyond periods.
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more like if most men had periods, there would be better treatments because they would give a shit about the pain and suffering that is caused
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That's one of the things Gloria Steinem mused about in 1978
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Is that picture of a trans man?
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It could be and that's all that really matters for the sake of the meme.
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Of course, I was just wondering if you happened to know :)
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and they were right. i couldn't handle them so i went on testosterone lmfao
Saaaame holy shit, the desire to never go through that again no matter what keeps me on T. RIP to dudes out there still dealing with it, it was just a 24/7 dysphoria factory for me.