[foverzar]

> But the main point is, that's why doctors shouldn't do these assignments

Do they ACTUALLY do them, though? I've read about some freakish case when a child was mutilated during circumcision, and the doctor had advised to bring up the child as a girl, but I am having a hard time believing that this is a common practice, that just doesn't pass my sanity check.

> Why on earth should the decision of what sex characteristics to have be up to anyone but yourself.

It's not like anyone actually "decides" these things, but rather has to live with what nature gave you. One can surely try to cosmetically "fix" this and strive for social acceptance, but this won't change medical facts. And theoretically it shouldn't, if we actually distinct between biological sex and gender.

It seems to me that most of all the confusion and the fixation on genitalia comes from people not actually truly believing gender to be an actual social construct.

Otherwise, HRT would be sufficient in 99.9% times and SRS wouldn't even be a thing.