That issue you talk about (in terms of hormones) is what's euphemistically referred to as "bottom growth." I'm well aware of that, but you're mixing apples and oranges now, because I was talking about surgery, not hormones.
And I'm not sure why you feel that this discredits my point. Bottom growth is seen as an unwanted or unforeseen side effect of hormonal treatment (be it on it's own or in prep for a metoidioplasty). It's not something that FTMs were fully briefed on and accepted as a condition of transitioning/acquiring male genitalia. In other words, it's not a thing where FTMs were all like, "Oh, I know it'll be uncomfortable and everything, but I understand that such is the cost of transitioning." Most of the ones who experience the issues you mentioned (sensitivity, discomfort, etc.) wound up getting blindsided, having no idea that their clitoris was going to react that severely to hormone treatment.
This lack of awareness is why there are so many videos and blog posts on this issue now, because the ones who were blindsided are trying to alert the rest of the community about it. Google "chella man bottom growth" for a typical "I had no idea; I was shocked" post. (I can't link because it's too NSFW.)
The point I'm trying to make is that you're mischaracterizing bottom growth as a thing that FTMs willingly embrace as just a growing pain of transitioning. It's not, because they often are not warned about this beforehand.
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Lord Rake (4509)
a year ago
The notion that crazy people are alerting other crazy people about problems with their psychosis is kind of funny. It's like mental patients who play with their own shit telling other mental patients with the same predilections to stay away from the green ones because they'll get sick.
Lets just save them all the trauma and stop feeding into their insanity.
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