Hey! I have a question. I’ve watched the first few videos now, and I’m really impressed and grateful for the content.
At the moment, I’m seriously wondering whether people who take hormones, for example, trans individuals - lose their innate inner strength. For instance, a woman who takes testosterone: does she lose that inner strength that one associates with being a woman? Does it depend on hormones? Or does this “gift” remain regardless? After all, the chromosomes in the body stay the same, right?
More generally, I also wonder how this desire arises to change one’s body to match the other gender. I personally like my female body, but I enjoy wearing masculine clothing. In the end, though, that’s just clothing and doesn’t really say much about who I am - so it’s actually irrelevant.
Still, I sometimes find it sad and wonder whether many people who have had surgeries might not have gone through with them if they had connected more deeply with themselves beforehand - if they had looked inward more.
For example, a trans man might say that he needed to adapt his outward appearance to match his inner sense of self, because he feels male even though he is biologically female. I wonder why, for many of these individuals, the focus is on changing the external rather than first looking inward and observing what might happen.
But perhaps this also has a lot to do with societal expectations - I’m not sure. Since watching your videos, I’ve been thinking about all of these questions.
Thank you!
Best regards,
Mona