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| - In Real Life, gender reassignment for a Transgender person is a lengthy process involving extensive hormone and psychological therapy. For example, in the United States, people need at least three months of therapy or "real life training" before hormones can be legally administered, and at least another year after that before genital surgery, which may itself involve a long time on a waiting list. Additionally, the physical changes brought about by hormones take several years to occur, as with puberty. Examples of Easy Sex Change include:
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| - In Real Life, gender reassignment for a Transgender person is a lengthy process involving extensive hormone and psychological therapy. For example, in the United States, people need at least three months of therapy or "real life training" before hormones can be legally administered, and at least another year after that before genital surgery, which may itself involve a long time on a waiting list. Additionally, the physical changes brought about by hormones take several years to occur, as with puberty. Examples of this trope disregard all or most of the above. Not only is the Easy Sex Change much faster, but the physical, psychological, and social complications are also minimized. The physical transformation is usually highly effective, resulting in Attractive Bent Gender. Not that this can't happen in Real Life, but recipients of the Easy Sex Change almost always come out looking like a Hollywood starlet or supermodel. Sometimes accompanied by Magic Plastic Surgery (particularly when the role is played by different actors pre-op and post-op.) If you see sex change surgery that is reversed, this is another signifier of the Easy Sex Change at work. That being said, the "reversed sex change" is not completely unheard of in Real Life - see, e.g., the story of British millionaire Charles Kane, but not nearly as common as media makes it out to be. Often followed by Something's Different About You Now. Not to be confused with Gender Bender, which involves sex changes that (usually) are even easier, and driven by magic or Applied Phlebotinum. This trope is more about idealized (occasionally highly idealized) versions of Real Life SRS. Examples of Easy Sex Change include:
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