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			| Atticus Grinch | 08-12-2003 05:11 PM |  
 Now I'm not the world's most passionate guy
 
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		| Originally posted by leagleaze
 Remember though some people are bisexual, and you can have a woman who is heterosexual and comfortable in her birth sex marry a man who is heterosexual and was born the wrong sex who choose to stay together after the surgery. I don't know you would call that heterosexual woman homosexual now, she's probably bisexual, or even simply loved her husband, now wife so much that she decided what sex the person was didn't matter. I don't know how often this happens, but I know it does happen.
 
 |  The sex of your spouse might matter less because sex reassignment pretty much condemns you to a high risk of lost sexual function, to say the least.  The studies are mixed, but a long-term failure rate of 50 percent has been reported for MTF transsexual surgery, failure being defined as a blocked or otherwise non-functional vagina.  Many self-identified transgendered people don't go on the chopping block for this reason.  And FTM surgery is much rarer and less successful, as you need a prosthesis to perform intercourse.  Click here  for the Dope.*  The marriage probably often becomes all about the cuddling.
 
What's interesting is the dispute over whether people seeking reassignment might be already suffering from low sex drive, which may contribute to dissatisfaction about sexual identity.
 
*My knowledge and interest in this topic is limited to what I read on this website and the Straight Dope, but continuing this conversation is more FB-appropriate than the alternative, which appears to be talking about speed traps. |