--I respect the humanity of trans people & oppose discrimination against them.
--I support sex-based rights for female people.
--I do not think the trans* people's gender claims usurp the sex-rights of female people.
--This should not be considered hateful or transphobic.
@IonaItalia I understand youβre saying hunger is what is regulated. And Iβm saying two things are, hunger and pleasure/reward.
But if you are saying that, we agree.
@IonaItalia Well, I'm glad that is how you experience it, but the research shows that it interacts with the satiety/hunger and reward modulation systems.
It's likely that previously the reward hits outweighed satiety signals, and now the former is reduced and the latter is strengthened.
@IonaItalia We eat dessert not typically because we are hungry but because IT IS REWARDING.
If you take that reward away, blunting pleasure, people will eat less of it. So it's not just hunger, it's reducing the pleasure you get from eating, drinking, smoking, etc.
@IonaItalia they also have effects on alcohol abuse and potentially nicotine and other substances. That's not because they make alcoholics "less thirsty" or satisfy their thirst, but because they seem to reduce the dopaminergic response or hit to these substances, likely food.