Scott Allan’s World

Chastity Bono, daughter (or is it son) of Sonny and Cher, has decided to have a “sex change” operation.  Clearly she is not actually changing her sex as this would require a complete overhaul of her X chromosomes into Y chromosomes.  More accurately, she will be mutilating her body to mimic the male form so that she feels more comfortable with herself.  Even thought she wants to be referred to as “he” or “him” now, I find this biologically inaccurate and confusing for the sake of writing this so I will just stick to her original and biological gender for now.

I cannot begin to imagine how much self-loathing it would take to undergo such a radical procedure and announce it to the world and how she possibly arrived at this place.  Certainly everyone can relate to not liking certain things about oneself or even wishing we could be someone we’re not, but who can relate to something like this?   Michael Jackson maybe? Could it be said that he has now changed his ethnicity just because he has altered his outward appearance?  Maybe Jocelyn Windenstein who has repeatedly had surgery to make her resemble a cat?  By the way, that doesn’t really make her a cat.

Howard Bragman, Bono’s publicist, released a statement saying, “Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity.”  I’m not sure courageous is the appropriate description.   I find something very disturbing about this.   Not that what she is doing affects me in any way, but I really feel sorrow for her. She must be incredibly unhappy.

No, I really don’t get it.  It does not seem to be the sort of thing that is related to her sexual preference though, because it is certainly acceptable these days to be attracted to women if you are one yourself. There are probably a majority of lesbians who are completely comfortable being a woman and like themselves for the most part as they were designed although it is rare to meet any woman who doesn’t wish to alter something about themselves.   Sure a nose job or hair color or implants seem within reason, but I do find it extreme to lop off both breasts, take testosterone to grow hair and enlarge the clitoris, and have a hysterectomy.   Being a man is gross.  We are disgusting creatures and why would you butcher yourself to look like us?   Body hair is no prize, really.  I wanted it when I was 12 and now I have so much hair everywhere I really can’t stand it. There’s also more to being a man than looking like one.  She’ll have to learn to be an insensitive pig and that takes years of training.

And really, you’re fooling no one.  You’re going to end up looking, acting, and sounding like a woman who had a sex change much like a drag queen who cannot pull off being a woman convincingly.  It just ends up being creepy and cartoonish.  It’s one thing for a lesbian to bring home her girlfriend to meet the family, but try bringing home the lesbian who’s now a dude?  That will just confuse everyone.

I really wish people could accept who they are inside and out and be happy with themselves.  Everyone is special just the way they are and should feel that way.

Just curious, if a lesbian has a sex change, does that make her and her partner now straight?