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the gender opposite to their brain's typical pattern. A large proportion
couldn't, and a small minority don't. 

Peter wrote:
> Interesting that both cases you know of (and the one on the
> list) involve persons raised as males who have switched to
> female.  Are there any cases of the reverse occurring?

In western society, it's about 1 in 4. In Poland, it's nearly 50/50, with
FtoMs slightly predominating. Cultural differences may swamp biological
effects. FtoMs just get far less publicity, and many don't even know they
exist, or consider them "exceedingly rare" as one Psychology professor
taught just a few weeks ago, to some Medical students.

Most psychiatric theories of TS don't account for FtoMs, so they tend to be
ignored. The biological theories do though, and there's thus some politics
involved. Which is like saying that the centre of a supernova is mildly
warm.

Ed wrote:
> In John Varley's future, medicine is so advanced that body
> mods are a simpletechnical specialty often done in store
> fronts.  Even sex change with cloned parts and major
> reconstruction is only a few-day medical procedure (though
> there may be some lead time to prepare the needed tissues
> and parts).

> I imagine I'd spend a few years female and enjoy being on
> the other side of this strange gap.  I've wondered, from
> time to time, which side I'd choose to stay on if Change
> were that easy.

Changing sex would be easy: changing gender would require radical
neurological re-arrangement for many though. Perhaps not all - see previous
remarks about some being able to function adequately as either.