Statistically, (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong), there are more M to Fs than Fs to Ms. Has anyone come upon any literature that gives a theory as to why that is?

sam1234

I don't know that there area any solid studies on why the numbers are uneven, and the books I've read suggest that they're probably not as uneven as they appear.  The reasons I've seen for the apparent ratio are:
1) More lattitude in gender presentation for women means that fewer transgender spectrum people who were female-assigned at birth feel the need to transition.
2) Similarly, FAAB folks are more likely to be able to pass as male without treatment, so some trans men may just assume a male role without appearing on the medical radar or being in the public trans community,
3) and those trans guys who take T often pass so well that they go stealth and don't participate in the larger community.
4) Lots of the official statistics are based on surgical statistics, and surgery is both more expensive and less successful for FtMs than MtFs.  Fewer trans men get surgery and so fewer of us are reported in the official stats.
5) Some of it's also just a community trend.  Most public communities have more trans women than trans men, so they offer less to guys and guys are less likely to join. 

My understanding is that, in countries with minimal bias that systematically collect information on people who present a gender different than what they were assigned at birth, the numbers are actually pretty equal.

Thanks. All those make sense. I always wondered if it was the ability of women to wear men's clothing without question, while unless one is a ->-bleeped-<-, either for shows or other reasons, men cannot get away with wearing women's clothing. I think that is pretty close to what you were saying.

I've also noticed that if someone looks like they could be male or female, people either don't use a title, or they use a male title. Maybe that is area specific, I'm not sure.

sam1234