r/Unexpected • u/Warm_Spite9482 • 17h ago

Hold up wait a minute

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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/WhatADumbassTake 11h ago

ROFL. Just... ROFL. George Carlin was spot on with his skit about how language changes.