Quote from: kelly_aus on September 20, 2015, 01:48:31 AMThank you for providing me with a reason to finally walk away from this site. I realised some time ago that good science wasn't always welcome here, but this discussion is the final nail in the coffin.
I'll say this once more before I leave- Anecdotes are not science.
What science? You've provided no science, and you can't because the studies don't exist. You're trying to push the burden of proof onto me because our opinions differ and while I've come to my own conclusions based on the dozens of accounts that I've seen across the internet all you have is an abject denial on the basis that there has been no peer reviewed scientific study on the matter.
If you really want to talk about logic and science not being welcome, then I don't know of any better example. The scientific method isn't limited to peer reviewed journals.
Observation: Many heterosexual and/or bisexual MtF individuals have posted on the internet that their sexual preference changed during HRT to either bisexual or homosexual.
Hypothesis: An unknown percentage of heterosexual and/or bisexual MtF individuals have a tendency to change their sexual preference during HRT, gaining an attraction towards men or strengthening an existing attraction towards men.
Now at this point unfortunately I don't have the funds to conduct a study involving hundreds, if not thousands, of transgender individuals fitting the hypothesis criteria (including of course control groups); however, I believe my hypothesis to be sound. In fact
one study conducted in 1998 has supported my hypothesis. Unfortunately, the subject pool was nowhere near large enough to confirm my hypothesis. But, at least 6 of the 20 in that study matched my hypothesis criteria and in fact correlated its assertion.
With the above study, 6 out of 20 would be 30% but it's important to keep in mind that my hypothesis does not attempt to determine the percentage of individuals that this occurs in, only that it does in fact occur. I would like to point out that it does not claim that it is as a result of HRT either, only that it occurs during HRT.
If I were to have the resources and to conduct the study I would arrange it thusly:
Group 1 (Control#1): Heterosexual MtF not living full time or undergoing HRT.
Group 2 (Control#2): Bisexual MtF not living full time or undergoing HRT.
Group 3 (Test#1): Heterosexual MtF undergoing HRT but not living full time.
Group 4 (Test#2): Bisexual MtF undergoing HRT but not living full time.
Group 5 (Test#3): Heterosexual MtF not undergoing HRT but living full time.
Group 6 (Test#4): Bisexual MtF not undergoing HRT but living full time.
Group 7 (Test#5): Heterosexual MtF undergoing HRT and living full time.
Group 8 (Test#6): Bisexual MtF undergoing HRT and living full time.
With 8 test groups of an ideally ~5,000 candidate range this study would require around 40,000 participants but should produce fairly accurate results and the test would likely run at least 5 to 10 years. Information in the study could not only support or reject the initial hypothesis but could potentially answer other questions as well, such as:
1) Does sexual orientation change in some heterosexual/bisexual individual undergoing HRT as a result of HRT?
2) Does sexual orientation change in some heterosexual/bisexual individuals undergoing HRT but not as a result of HRT?
3) Does sexual orientation change in some heterosexual/bisexual individuals not undergoing HRT but living full time?
4) Does sexual orientation change in some heterosexual/bisexual individuals undergoing HRT and living full time?
5) Is there a correlation?
I would, at this time, like to point out that I have presented nothing as fact that is not, in fact, fact. You should also keep in mind that my first post in this thread was not a scientific study but my own personal opinion, which is quite logically backed.
Furthermore, onto the topic of testosterone increasing libido in women:
http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/news/20030626/testosterone-increases-libido-in-womenhttp://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/menopause/expert-answers/testosterone-therapy/faq-20057935http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3474615/I am, of course, certain that you can find many more resources confirming this by simply googling "testosterone increase female sex drive" which will pull up a great number of websites and studies confirming the assertion.
In conclusion I would just like to say that I find it incredibly insulting that it would be implied that I don't understand science and logic.