Transvestia

down on the sexual “libido” of the male--as indicated by his loss of capacity i. e. impotence. What is not as clearly recognized, is that one can't just be a bull stud in our society, one has to be a MAN as well as a male. That means that he has to live in certain ways, comport himself in certain ways and do certain things such as making a living that society expects of him. It appears that when the sexual manifestations of the libidinous drive are decreas- ed so are other parts of it. Thus a male on female hormones often begins to lose intensity in the drive to do the things, to act in the ways, to accomplish the goals that are expected of him as a man. He tends to become easy going, to have less personal motivation towards masculine goals and interests. This is to be predicted of course, since estrogen counteracts the effects of androgen (male hormones) which is responsible for his masculinity drives as well as his sexual abilities.

I have observed individuals both TV and homosexual who, after having been on hormones, develop an obsession for sex change surgery which they did not have before. Their drive to continue to be MEN as well as male was reduced to the point that becoming a "female" as well as a woman becomes an obsession from which they cannot be swayed. Several of these have to my knowledge gone on to surgery without entirely happy results. Obviously a GG although she has a drive to live does not have the aggressive, deter- mined, drive toward self assertion and accomplishment that a male has. Thus when female hormone overrides male hormone the in- dividual approaches the GGs attitudes and feelings and has lost much of what makes him a man.

It is because of this last effect that I have become opposed to TVs taking hormones under most circumstances I have seen what it can do!

There will be those who will recall that I have taken them my- self and that I now have an almost B-cup bust. They may well ask, "what's with Virginia, she has gotten what she wants and now she says we shouldn't have the same thing, that's not fair?" I'm not sure that that's the way it may look to others. But a few points in

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