Perhaps in some instances in the West.
But how does one explain the large numbers of transgenders in Thailand and the Philippines?
For instance, I know that Thailand has no sex education at all in school, so there is no agenda there.
Yeah, I think I'm talking more or less exclusively about the sporting instances above when I point the finger at hormone manipulation...
I think for those where this isn't the case it's more a cultural/visibility thing. Those Southeast Asian guys have had it as part of their culture for years so their 'flowers' aren't afraid to 'bloom'
Wasn't the case for us until very recently, so I think in the West it really does come down to the connectedness of today - the visibility of people living in this way and online support communities are providing the confidence/'fertiliser' for our younger generation...
