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::Hi Ed, to address your two points in order:
::Hi Ed, to address your two points in order:
#Dressing as a member of the opposite sex is usually prescribed (as far as I know) by doctors to "ease" the change, but also so that a person begins to "live" as that other sex. It is meant to give them time to back out, I think.
#Dressing as a member of the opposite sex is usually prescribed (as far as I know) by doctors to "ease" the change, but also so that a person begins to "live" as that other sex. It is meant to give them time to back out, I think.
#I only used the word choice because you, say, could "choose" to do it tomorrow, but I don't think there is anything in a socety that compels someone to make that change (outside of some obscure medical condition of which I'm not aware.)
#I only used the word choice because you, say, could "choose" to do it tomorrow, but I don't think there is anything in a society that compels someone to make that change (outside of some obscure medical condition of which I'm not aware.)
::Hope it helps--good questions! [[User:RedRiverLib|RedRiverLib]] 15:38, 21 March 2008 (EDT)
::Hope it helps--good questions! [[User:RedRiverLib|RedRiverLib]] 15:38, 21 March 2008 (EDT)
:::Right. In the United States, you are required to live as the opposite sex for over a year (real life therapy) before being perscribed hormones. [[User:Maestro|Maestro]] 21:33, 27 March 2008 (EDT)