Role of Medical Community in Perpetuating This Narrative
Since the medical community has guidelines for what types of transsexuals qualify for sex reassignment surgery, transsexuals sometimes adopt and tell the story that they believe will best help them qualify – the "feminine essence narrative" – and representing themselves as "essentially female", which may explain at least part of the prevalence of the feminine essence narrative.
Read more about this topic: Feminine Essence Concept Of Transsexuality
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