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Should 'trans-sexuals' MOD CUT be required to tell their partners of their change?
Would you feel comfortable finding that a sexual partner is actually a member of the same sex as you? Would you be progressive and embrace such diversity?
In my opinion, they should be required to. Just like I believe that those with sexually transmitted diseases should be required to inform their partner or face legal consequences.
Last edited by NewToCA; 04-15-2008 at 03:51 PM..
Reason: pointless additional comment
You're wrong about every human being born male or female. You're proven wrong with this definition:
Hermaphrodite: noun
1. one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
You can also be born with neither male nor female reproductive parts. Not common, but I knew someone like that.
I think a decent person would tell their partner...just as a decent person would tell their partner if they had HIV or an STD (not to equate being transgendered with an STD) but not all people do.
Not unless you want to provide an in depth "required" list of everyone's you've slept with, who they are, what baggage you carry around with you, what secrets you have, etc.
Besides if you aren't sleeping with a woman of a trans past you shouldn't be concerned.
Required? Absolutely. We're not talking about one's favorite color or ice cream flavor here.
We're talking about a procedure that makes someone the polar opposite of how they were born. A procedure that requires a extensive psychological testing and analysis. That's a little more than scar removal or breast implants.
I have a hard time believing that the "area" still looks the same...but I'm sure a woman turned to a man would have a much more difficult time concealing this.
But the OP isn't about if the person should or shouldn't tell...it's if they should be legally required to tell. IMHO, decency requires that the person disclose this but there is not a legal basis for requiring this.
The area as it were looks normal in a mtf, but from what I've been told the ftm does look semi "different" but I have no first hand knowledge of that.
I have seen a mtf genitalia and it looks exactly the same, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Now as far as ftm, that I have not seen, only pictures in a Human Sexuality textbook, and there were some where you could not tell, and some that you would know right away. But why would it matter? You wouldn't be able to have children, but it's not like you are sleeping with someone of the same sex. Would it really matter that much?
If you sleep around it might be your fault you slept with a transexual and did not know. Personally i think you should tell especially in a committed relationship. If you can lie about your past what else can you lie about.
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