"Sex Change Soldier" raises questions
http://blog.syracuse.com/tvreviews/2008/10/sex_change_soldier.html (http://blog.syracuse.com/tvreviews/2008/10/sex_change_soldier.html)
10/14/2008
Since my last foray into transgender territory went so swimmingly, I decided on an encore, minus the smugness (I can't help that I was born haughty, please accept me for it).
"SCS" follows 42 year-old ex-British paratrooper Ian as he transforms his body into Jan, a distorted version of Sophia Loren. This episode focused on his facial reconstruction and eliciting sympathy from viewers.
I was disgusted when shown a reprehensible exchange between bloggers discussing Ian. Yet there is a fine line between venting and whining, while not crossed, overall "SCS" tread closely.
A short discussion about Ian suffering five years of sexual abuse as a child was revealing, but disappointing when the program failed to expand on how this may have affected his desire to become a woman.