In the world today, individuals tend to measure success in life by happiness and the ability to advance in society. Organizations constantly compete to gain power by making new discoveries day by day. But when does that search for knowledge cross the line and become too dangerous for humanity entirely? Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS), a medical accomplishment poses a great threat not only on individuals but society as a whole. Similar to the monster in Frankenstein, who transitions through the challenge of being rejected by society and his creator, transexual individuals deal with similar psychological issues. “I had feelings of affection, and they were requited by detestation and scorn” (Shelley, p. 205). SRS offers a surgical solution for
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Surgeons remove tissue and skin and give hormones that help stimulate the development of facial and chest hair and cause the voice to deepen. In male to female transitions, patients retain a prostate and estrogen helps stimulate breast development, widens the hips, inhibits the growth of facial hair and slightly increases voice pitch. The surgery procedure removes perfectly healthy and functional body parts and replaces them with a non-functioning, prosthetic reproductive system that simply resembles that of the other sex. Thus, furthering the distorted idea that one can completely change one’s biological …show more content…
The entire gender reassignment process is very expensive. Costs vary depending on where patients choose the surgery, if they choose to experience additional elective surgeries and if they are covered by health insurance. Male to female gender reassignment surgery costs roughly $37,000 while female to male surgery costs about $77,000 ("How Gender Reassignment Surgery Works"). Even without surgery, therapy sessions can be extremely expensive. In addition to the costs involved, transition is a deeply personal decision and process, making questions about whether a person has had or plans to undergo surgery invasive and unwanted most of the
Surgeons remove tissue and skin and give hormones that help stimulate the development of facial and chest hair and cause the voice to deepen. In male to female transitions, patients retain a prostate and estrogen helps stimulate breast development, widens the hips, inhibits the growth of facial hair and slightly increases voice pitch. The surgery procedure removes perfectly healthy and functional body parts and replaces them with a non-functioning, prosthetic reproductive system that simply resembles that of the other sex. Thus, furthering the distorted idea that one can completely change one’s biological …show more content…
The entire gender reassignment process is very expensive. Costs vary depending on where patients choose the surgery, if they choose to experience additional elective surgeries and if they are covered by health insurance. Male to female gender reassignment surgery costs roughly $37,000 while female to male surgery costs about $77,000 ("How Gender Reassignment Surgery Works"). Even without surgery, therapy sessions can be extremely expensive. In addition to the costs involved, transition is a deeply personal decision and process, making questions about whether a person has had or plans to undergo surgery invasive and unwanted most of the