We treat our default settings as sacred.

HRT for trans people is a good example, but crucially, it shows an issue that everyone potentially faces.

A cis woman should have as much control over her hormones as a trans woman. Maybe she has painful periods. Maybe she doesn't want to be pregnant. Maybe she wants bigger boobs. Whatever.

"this may alter your body". Get fucked.

"what if you change your mind later". Get fucked.

"this may make you less fertile". Get fucked.

Many cis women I know heard, when they complained about pain or other health issues related to their sex and their reproductive organs, that they could simply get pregnant. Usually a male doctor told them that.

If getting pregnant will lessen a symptom, that means it's probably a question of hormone levels. It's insane that we treat "produce an entire human being inside you from scratch" as a solution to women's inconvenience or pain or discomfort.

Just take Progesterone. Or whatever else your body needs.

Yes, I said "needs".

Hormones are so cheap to produce they're basically free. There is no reason to not tweak our sex hormone levels. The range in which a body operates healthily is HUGE. Sex hormones raise like a hundredfold during a pregnancy. The AFAB body can handle taking hormones. It doesn't need or have to be an emergency. You don't need to be menopausal.

What the fuck am I talking about. Taking E to lessen the symptoms of menopause IS something doctors look at with suspicion.

We treat our bodies as sacred in the worst possible way.

Bodily autonomy means FULL bodily autonomy. Our hormones should be ours to decide.

We shouldn't sometimes allow for hormonal injection or pills when we actually need to, with furtive embarrassment. That is not bodily autonomy. That is medical oppression.

Trans people are so hated by the right because we lay bare the indisputable fact that the human body is mutable. It's flexible. It can be a little DIY project. It has optional software.

It goes for all bodily modifications by the way. Tattoos? Piercing? A boob job? Liposuction? Hair removal? Plastic surgery?

Cis people, especially cis women, deserve the freedom that we as trans women demand for ourselves. It's not up for debate. But it's the reason trans people are a threat.

We show what is possible. And that is not a Good Thing under patriarchy. A woman's role is to be shamed for having a body while denying her opportunities to modify it. Then blaming her for being the way she is, and selling her half measures to make herself acceptable. It's set up this way very deliberately.

Tell me I'm wrong, lol.