LadyEllen
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I dont think there is any question of anyone paying for the op, to be honest; going privately to the best surgeons etc wouldnt cost anything like half a million dollars anyway. The normal course of events is that the person pays themself, and going from what I think are the costs, that would be something like;
Facial hair removal USD 9000-00
Hormone treatments - variable dependent on source, but say USD 500-00 year
New wardrobe - often unplanned for expense! say USD 2500-00 for basic
Sex reassignment surgery - USD 9000-00
Breast enlargement (often required) - USD 9000-00
Facial reconstruction (if required) - USD 30,000-00
TOTAL USD 30k, 60k with facial reconstruction.
There is an issue around the transition with respect to co-workers, I'd agree. There is a period of around 6 months where the person is in a kind of limbo, but after that the transition moving forward means that this issue evaporates. Co-workers will of course have a human reaction - be unsure of the new situation, but cooperation assumed then the "new person" continuing in the same way, will prove herself and thus be established.
There is of course also the issue surrounding the necessary time off from work that any transition requires, in order to attend clinical and psychological assessments and eventually in relation to surgery and recovery time. Any employer who would choose to dismiss a hitherto valued employee because the employee requires medical treatment of any other type would not be a popular one I contest. Do they dismiss people who are diagnosed with treatable cancer I wonder?
I think the issue raised as to whether the belief is that a woman cannot do the job is interesting, and if this case were with regard to a genetic female then there would surely be no question raised as to her ability. Since as a male this person has performed the job well for some time, then we must look to others for any belief as to why as a female she could not.
Now, the figure of half a million dollars may have some basis of course, by way of likely minimum compensation following a successful lawsuit against the employer in this case - all of which would have to be paid by the taxpayers. Add to that the cost of the disruption to the service being delivered by this person currently - far greater than the disruption likely to be occasioned by their absence from work for treatments etc, and the adverse publicity, and to me it is clear that it were far better for the employer in this case to retain the services of the employee and work with them.
There is in addition an argument that, with their identity issues resolved, the employee might well prove even more effective in the role. And on top of that, once accepted as female, it is absolutely for sure that she would have to work twice as hard as any male for recognition.
Luckily, this latter is rarely a difficult task.
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