Forced anything is obviously bad. But if there is the possibility of taking drugs to temporarily alter ones gender identity, perhaps to match their body, or the sex they are attracted to, it would give people with these issues more options to explore. Perhaps they would be happy in their altered state and not need to undergo years of therapy or surgical procedures. Or perhaps seeing the "other side" would convince them that they need to stay true to their original self, at any cost. This could eliminate a lot of internal self-doubt and "what if" debate.
I've got skin in the game, but it sounds like you don't. So let's put the shoe on the other foot. Would you choose to take a drug intended to induce gender dysphoria, or change your sexual orientation? Would you want to enter a relationship with somebody for whom it would be necessary to pop a pill daily just to remain attracted° to them? Or conversely, would you want to be in a relationship with somebody who was only attracted to you because of that pill they were taking?
And yeah, forced anything is bad. I've been forced to not transition, and it was utter hell. Just because you think that this could have good uses, doesn't erase the fact that being transgender is a capital offense de jure or de facto, in much of the world today. Development of such a treatment would be immediately followed by it being forced on people.
Why would someone want to develop gender dysphoria? It is associated with a significantly heightened risk for multiple mental illnesses and suicide.
It would make sense that someone would want to get rid of gender dysphoria, not the other way around.
>>I've been forced to not transition, and it was utter hell.
How were you forced to not transition? Did someone threaten to punish you in the event that you made an attempt to? Or was it just a matter of the procedure not being available to you?
Anyway, would it be hell to not transition, if you didn't have gender dysphoria?
>>Development of such a treatment would be immediately followed by it being forced on people.
This is speculation, and your speculation on how such a treatment would be used doesn't create a moral justification to exert totalitarian force on others to prevent them from developing the treatment.
> How were you forced to not transition? Did someone threaten to punish you in the event that you made an attempt to? Or was it just a matter of the procedure not being available to you?
This is a cross examination, not a curious conversation. Read the site guidelines; I'm not going to share that very painful story with you, because you're not doing this in good faith.
Another harmful and baseless accusation that makes me feel like I'm less than human and that I'm not allowed to question anything you say.
Please don't hide behind victimhood to victimize me. My life is not worth is less than yours, my perspective is not less valid than yours, and my suffering is not less objectionable than yours.
