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Inconsequential
Dec 6, 2009, 8:12:15 PM12/6/09
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Jennifer Usher
Dec 7, 2009, 10:02:14 PM12/7/09
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<FutureG...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:12:15 +0000, Inconsequential <m...@privacy.net>
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>>http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462009005000007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en
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> Not sure I see the point of that study. What did it tell us that most of
> us didn't already realize?
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> As I see the data, most defensive mechanisms were relied upon less after
> surgery than before surgery, but the difference was not very large. Well
> duh. Am I missing something here?
It looks like a somewhat lame attempt to suggest that surgery does not
really provide any benefits to transsexuals. But the study appears to be
somewhat flawed. First, it uses a specific study instrument, but does not
include information that would allow one to easily evaluate its validity in
this case. Second, there is nothing in the article that indicates that the
lack of differences actually means anything. That is, is there really any
reason to expect defense mechanism to change significantly in certain
categories after surgery.
Simply put, as far as I can tell, this study basically doesn't really prove
anything one way or the other.
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Jennifer Usher
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