Because of the way the process is gradual and guided by medical professionals, actual cases of someone fully transitioning then changing their mind is less than 1%.
just for clarity here, since i’m curious and this is worded rather, weirdly. I’ve always assumed this stat was measured among transitioned people, but it’s possible to interpret this as people who transitioned, and then detransitioned, which would include the entirety of the population by proxy.
A very small percentage of people who transition ever choose to detransition. Further, a very small percentage of people who detransition report that their reasons for doing so included that they weren’t actually transgender. The vast majority of people who detransition do so because of outside pressure from their community and not because they think they were wrong to transition.
The fact that people detransition, because the pressure of it is less than being trans is fascinating to me. I’m sure psychs and sociologists are having a field day with that considering it’s a rare opportunity to get a pretty specific view into an incredibly complex topic such as social cohesion, and self expression.
just for clarity here, since i’m curious and this is worded rather, weirdly. I’ve always assumed this stat was measured among transitioned people, but it’s possible to interpret this as people who transitioned, and then detransitioned, which would include the entirety of the population by proxy.
A very small percentage of people who transition ever choose to detransition. Further, a very small percentage of people who detransition report that their reasons for doing so included that they weren’t actually transgender. The vast majority of people who detransition do so because of outside pressure from their community and not because they think they were wrong to transition.
yeah, that’s what i’ve always understood it as.
The fact that people detransition, because the pressure of it is less than being trans is fascinating to me. I’m sure psychs and sociologists are having a field day with that considering it’s a rare opportunity to get a pretty specific view into an incredibly complex topic such as social cohesion, and self expression.