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Tmk posted...

Callixtus posted...

If gender dysphoria and apotemnophilia, the desire to remove limbs, are alike,

Which is a different argument, you wish to have, instead of arguing about the original issue, because you can't.

As I said.

No I can. It's actually quite easy.

I think it is wrong to inflict self harm in order to match a perverse self-image.

This is an easy, defensible first principle and it can be applied to a wide range of issues (ie gender dysphoria, anorexia, apotemnophilia, bulimia, you name it.)

You however are telling me that it is okay to inflict harm, or perhaps to word it more favorably, alter the body even through surgery to match a mental image, even if that renders certain members unusuable, and even though such surgery does not achieve the desired result (ie rendering a male a female or vice versa).

So I am asking why your principle does not apply to other groups where it is directly applicable, while mine is both consistent and simply stated?
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