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[u/Interstellar_Student]

Serious question here, before the technology to transition what did people with body dysmorphia do? This comic alluded to it being so bad they may kill themself if not able to transition, so my question is what does this look like historically? What are some Cases from History of body dysmorphia? I study history and anthropology so gaining this context will greatly help my understanding. Like IK alexander the great was lovers with his best pal, and may have dressed as a lady, but im not familiar with anything in history that could be pointed to as a case of body dysmorphia? Like im familiar with the boy girl culture that many different societies in history had, from the ottomans to the japanese to the romans, but almost all of that was pedophilic and forced, in my understanding. Like the boy girls in question did not select that life style, most often they were slaves or disadvantaged groups. Would love to learn more history behind this, so i can better appreciate the issue!

[u/bleeding-paryl → u/Interstellar_Student]

I know there are a lot of good books out there that you could find. I'm going to link to wikipedia just because it's easier than giving details.

More often than not they were either not important enough to record in history books, suffered silently, or died young.