A micro-aggression

  • RNAi [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    So “E-dick” means “estrogen-dick” and that’s why “micro”?

    But what if she transitioned in her twenties? Does estrogen actually shrinks your dick? Like, the organ is reabsorbed? The cells do apoptosis and don’t get replenished?

    • KobaCumTribute [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      But what if she transitioned in her twenties? Does estrogen actually shrinks your dick? Like, the organ is reabsorbed? The cells do apoptosis and don’t get replenished?

      Anti-androgens and estrogen stop the sort of automatic maintenance cycles that maintain the size and function of erectile tissue, causing it to atrophy over time if someone does not, uh, intentionally inflate the tissue for a few minutes a day.