Discussion History DethroningMoment / AnimeAndManga

I\\\'m skeptical about this claim: \\\"Most transsexuals in TV and the Media are male-to-female (MtF, trans women). Female-to-male (FtM, trans men) transsexuals are much less common in mainstream fiction, but statistically are about as common in Real Life\\\"

I mean, it \\\'\\\'may\\\'\\\' be true if you\\\'re talking about idealized \\\"hardwired from birth\\\" transsexuals -- in that case, the MTF and FTM numbers may be about the same.

But my impression (which may be incorrect) is that there is a fairly significant market of male \\\"johns\\\" who are willing to pay for \\\"MTF\\\" prostitutes, but there\\\'s much less demand for \\\"FTM\\\" prostitutes.

If this is indeed the case, then one would expect to see the \\\"MTF\\\" numbers inflated by gay men from developing nations who \\\"transition\\\" not because of a deep-felt, hardwired internal sense of being female, but rather because they decide that it makes \\\'\\\'\\\'rational economic sense\\\'\\\'\\\': \\\'\\\'\\\"Well, I have no other employment opportunities, I like sucking dick anyway, and by investing in these hormone shots and breast implants, I could probably make twice as much cash offering myself as an exotic she-male \\\'Venus With Penis\\\' than I could turning tricks as a man.\\\"\\\'\\\'

I\\\'m skeptical about this claim: \\\"Most transsexuals in TV and the Media are male-to-female (MtF, trans women). Female-to-male (FtM, trans men) transsexuals are much less common in mainstream fiction, but statistically are about as common in Real Life\\\"

I mean, it \\\'\\\'may\\\'\\\' be true if you\\\'re talking about idealized \\\"hardwired from birth\\\" transsexuals -- in that case, the MTF and FTM numbers may be about the same.

But my impression (which may be incorrect) is that there is a fairly significant market of male \\\"johns\\\" who are willing to pay for \\\"MTF\\\" prostitutes, but there\\\'s much less demand for \\\"FTM\\\" prostitutes.

If this is indeed the case, then one would expect to see the \\\"MTF\\\" numbers inflated by gay men from developing nations who \\\"transition\\\" not because of a deep-felt internal sense of being female, but rather because they decide that it makes rational economic sense: \\\'\\\'\\\"Well, I have no other employment opportunities, I like sucking dick anyway, and by investing in these hormone shots and breast implants, I could probably make twice as much cash offering myself as an exotic she-male \\\'Venus With Penis\\\' than I could turning tricks as a man.\\\"\\\'\\\'

I\\\'m skeptical about this claim: \\\"Most transsexuals in TV and the Media are male-to-female (MtF, trans women). Female-to-male (FtM, trans men) transsexuals are much less common in mainstream fiction, but statistically are about as common in Real Life\\\"

I mean, it \\\'\\\'may\\\'\\\' be true if you\\\'re talking about idealized \\\"hardwired from birth\\\" transsexuals -- in that case, the MtF and FtM numbers may be about the same.

But my impression (which may be incorrect) is that there is a fairly significant market of male \\\"johns\\\" who are willing to pay for \\\"MtF\\\" prostitutes, but there\\\'s much less demand for \\\"FtM\\\" prostitutes.

If this is indeed the case, then one would expect to see the \\\"MtF\\\" numbers inflated by gay men from developing nations who \\\"transition\\\" not because of a deep-felt internal sense of being female, but rather because they decide that it makes rational economic sense: \\\'\\\'\\\"Well, I have no other employment opportunities, I like sucking dick anyway, and by investing in these hormone shots and breast implants, I could probably make twice as much cash offering myself as an exotic she-male \\\'Venus With Penis\\\' than I could turning tricks as a man.\\\"\\\'\\\'