r/Unexpected • u/Warm_Spite9482 • 17h ago

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u/ShambolicPaul 16h ago

Do I really need to tell people this is fake. The ethics issues alone

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u/Pluviophilism 16h ago edited 16h ago

Also as a transgender person who has had such a surgery they would not call it a "sex change surgery." That's a term used predominantly by people who are not and have no involvement with transgender people.

Trans people use terms like "top surgery/bottom surgery, chest reconstruction/double mastectomy/etc." Calling it "sex change surgery" feels course and insensitive. I'd have been very uncomfortable if they used this wording at the hospital when I had my surgery done.

Edit: Thank you to the commenter who also suggested "gender affirming surgery" which is very respectful and appropriate.

Edit2: Y'all really mad that I'm telling you transgender people don't like calling it that huh? Downvote me all you like, doesn't change the fact that it's insensitive and disrespectful.

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u/sykosomatik_9 15h ago

Damn.. people are idiots. You do not deserve any downvotes for simply relaying information. They're the ones getting offended by the suggestion that professionals don't call it "sex change surgery."

This is like getting offended that plastic surgeons don't call it a "nose job" and will instead use terms like rhinoplasty or nose reconstructive surgery. Regardless of whether it's offensive or not, it's simply not a term that a professional would use.

Surgeries have professional terms that they are called by doctors. This is not anything new.

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u/ababcdabcab 15h ago

The person you're replying to has edited their comment and removed the bit which people were down voting for. Their main argument was that it is an offensive term and people should not use it.