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How dangerous is it to not have any sex hormones (androgens)? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm curious, how much of a danger is it in terms of health for someone to have lower than normal or no hormones at all.

I was wondering that because I was looking things up and I recently came across a thread on r/Asktransgender where the OP said if they didn't have hormones they would physically die in a year and several other people said similar things. Is this true? I'm not an expert in medicine but it seems like misinformation to me. I know Osteoporosis is a long term risk.

I also know that personally that I have not taken Testosterone (or Estrogen) in 15 years, and I'm mostly fine. These people said it was fatal to not take it for a year or two.

What are your thoughts on what they said? Does this sound plausible or does it sound like misinformation or exaggeration?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Here's some light reading to get you started if you're serious.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spirit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukhannath

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgynos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%CA%BBafafine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_(South_Asia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81h%C5%AB

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00438240500404375

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15532739.2016.1250239

https://web.archive.org/web/20150513044527/http://nativeout.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Two-Spirits-Nadleeh-and-Navajo-LGBTQ2-Gaze.pdf

http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/symposium.html

https://search.worldcat.org/title/20091288

https://www.jta.org/jewniverse/2015/the-6-genders-of-the-talmud

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Best not to appropriate other culture's practices or terms though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I agree about appropriating by directly ripping them off. You'll never do it right without the cultural context and it will come off as a bland and soulless mockery.

But learning from many and fusing those ideas together? That's the ticket.