If you were stranded forever on a desert island....

If you were stranded forever on a desert island would you still want to have SRS? (never mind the logistics of getting SRS if you are alone on the island - this is a thought experiment).

Why or Why Not?

Congruency of mind and body, sure. But would it matter?

What about this? What if you didn't know the difference? What if you had no idea what a vagina was? Would it matter?

My usually tangentially-arrived-at point is that transition is a social matter as much as a biological one. Do we transition to hide away at home, afraid of the world? Or do we want to be ourselves, in society, dealing with the nitty-grittiness of life?

Are you doing this to be alone or to be part of the world or are you just saying screw the world and let me be alone.

What does transitioning (including SRS) get you?

Socialization - You can fit in with your peers more easily. Surgery gives them one less excuse to reject you if they are already prone to reject you.

Legal Recognition - The law doesn't recognize your actual gender until you've had the surgery (and not always then). If you get arrested, which jail do they put you in?

Romantic - Opposite gender social situations have a little more safety to them. No promises though.

Body Congruency - I know, this seems to go against the beginning part of this post. Still, it is very real. This keeps coming up, across cultures, for about as far back as we have records. Thought experiments aside, this does still keep coming up.

I still think the biggest gain from transition is that when your body and mind sync up, everything resonates in the nicest way.