It depends - is this hypothetical test always 100% accurate? If so then yeh, that would be great. Like some of the others have said, I hate the "not knowing for sure" part. I mean yeh, I sure as hell
*FEEL* I am, accentuated by the fact that I've had persistent thoughts of being female in numerous aspects of my life ever since my early teens, and my natural behaviour is certainly a-typical of females. But do I *KNOW* with certainty? No. I could well be deluding myself. This could all be some kind of strong empathy for women that I have or something. Perhaps I've idealised / admired women in such a way that my brain has fooled itself into thinking it is one somewhere along the line. I'm pretty sure none of this is the case, but I can't say with total certainty, and that's the problem.
A 100% accurate test would be great from a confirmation standpoint certainly. Heck even if it wasn't 100% accurate, it'd still be good as an advisory / guideline piece of info. Using it as a gatekeeping device that you *HAVE* to pass before getting treatment may be a little too much though. Such a test should be used as evidence along with all the other evidence of your trans* state.
Having said all that, in an ideal world we wouldn't have any tests at all. Anyone could transition back and forth at will, and their body of choice at any given time would be 100% functional as their target sex. Transition would be cheap (or even free) and happen in the time it takes to press a button. That way, everyone could snap their fingers, and wake up the next day as a different gender. In such a world, you wouldn't need all of these tests, because everyone would be able to do the greatest test of all - trying it out! If they don't like it, they could snap their fingers again and change right back to how they were. No harm, no fowl.
Sounds fantastical? Lol yeh, probably. But saying that, brain transplant technology may be closer than people think, and that kind of tech could certainly offer such a world. an MtF and an FtM could principally "donate" their respective bodies to each other. Alternatively (and tbh this would be my preference), you could principally transplant into a machine, and build yourself a body (mechanical, biological, or a mix of both). If you're not happy with it or you get bored after a while, you can just modify it yourself. In principal your brain doesn't even need to be in the body (remote connection using technology akin to WiFi), opening up the possibility of having multiple bodies that you can pilot and switch between at will. You could be a 6ft tall hyper-masculine dude in the morning, and then switch over to your beautiful, slender female form for the afternoon, and then switch to an androgynous one for evening dinner. You get the idea
Anyway, point is that's the kind of thing I'd prefer to see happen, and like I said, that may be closer to science fact than people think. All they need to do in principal is figure out how to keep the brain and spinal cord (i.e. the central nervous system (CNS)) alive outside of the body (which is something that's an active field of research), how to disconnect the CNS from the body without damaging it, and then how to go about hooking it all up at the other end. Obviously those aren't trivial tasks, but at the same time there not impossible either.
Lol sorry, kinda went off on a tangent there
<3Quote from: captains on September 30, 2014, 03:15:50 PM
...Hell, I'd take a Sorting Hat at this point. ''Welome to Hogwarts, you're a man/woman/non-binary person, as degreed by this magical talking hat!''
Lol, I feel the need to point out that the Sorting Hat does take your own choice into account. Remember how Harry was nearly put into Slytherin but wanted Gryffindor?
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