GenderLife Forum: The Information Exchange

Aye, I'm sure it is true, but I do believe people are capable of changing.

Something else I'd like to raise is the possibility that persons behaviour was caused by mental factors.

We can't forget that this person has been in a psychiatric facility, not prison. That takes a certain degree of mental illness to achieve.

There are people with psychiatric conditions who can be helped and they can overcome some aspects of their disorder. I suppose my question is, is this persons behaviour a part of their personality, or does it stem from some sort of neurological disorder?

I know how drugs and therapy can change a person, and I would have no doubts people are capable of changing. It's especially true of people who have some of mental illness.

Suicide, aggression, depression, sex drive, all these things can change with drugs or therapy or both. It's not out of the realm of possibility, as aggression isn't necessarily a part of our true selves.

I'm not defending rape, I'm not saying this person is lying or telling the truth, what I'm saying is change can come if we want it. I believe in second chances, perhaps two or even three when dealing with psychiatric patients. I am familiar with what they are capable of, and when they receive proper treatment, it can be quite a shock to see how they function as people in the world.

I don't know this person, but what she's doing is inconsistent with her past behaviour. Perhaps it signals a desire for change, perhaps there is ulterior motive - but if this person still has an agenda of rape, it will be a much harder goal to pursue due to muscle loss, loss of libido, etc.

Perhaps. Perhaps. I wouldn't want this person around my children if I had any, but it doesn't mean I don't think what she is doing is beneficial to herself in society, because maybe, just maybe, it is.

That's all I'm sayin'.

Well,time will tell if this persons life of violent/self destructive behaviour is finally over with or not after fully transitioning(if that happens,otherwise???).Hopefully this will end up being a success storie after all is said and done,but, we"ll just have to wait and see what happens I guess because this person has a lot of very unusual and difficult problems to overcome.

I hope it is a success story, for the sake TS community.

There are people in this world who are 'criminally insane' or something. There are people who are disturbed, and there are criminals.

Considering this person has spent most of their life in psychiatric facilities apparently, it makes me wonder what has been disturbing her.

Then it's a process. Will she be denied SRS Or Orchiectomy based on her possibly unstable mental condition? I can't say. I would say however, a rapist is better off without a penis.

With any luck, this person will live a better life. But...the violence must go, as a non-negotiable matter.

I wonder if this person ever told doctors years ago that they were TS? Or this is just a ploy on their part?

In case you kill other transwoman a Canadian goverment is willing to pay your SRS. ( Outcome from Kavanagh vs. Canada 2001, 2003)

His thinking , may be that if he has SRS, and gets transferred to a woman's prison, she could still continue to assault other women.

Besides rape is not about sex, it is about power over the victim. Some rapist's will ejaculate before they even make entry.

Probably cannot continue assaulting anyone. Many prisons put post-op transwomen to some kind of isolation.