by Trish Randall, American Thinker:
In a recent essay, I explored longstanding dissatisfaction about a bodily fact. I’m happy being a woman, so I focused on a bodily fact that I’ve never been happy about. My “persistent, insistent, consistent” desire for a rock-star voice was my best window into the disappointment over an aspect of one’s body that has life-changing implications.
My description of unrequited desire for a powerfully pleasing voice was met with some sympathetic attention, which I found quite sweet.
Mine is one of many potential unhappy bodily realities, including height, build, hair (color, frizz, thickness, absence), eyesight (nearsighted, farsighted, colorblind), weakness, etc. Seeing a healthy, functional limb as intrusive and alien causes unhappiness compounded by rational reasons that this doesn’t evoke sympathy.
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I don’t intend my example to satirize or trivialize gender dysphoria. I wanted a context, for which I had firsthand experience, of a bodily reality that precluded numerous desirable outcomes. Cultivating a talent for singing has many positive implications, including a solid work ethic, mental concentration, clear professional objectives, romantic opportunities, and creative satisfaction. Rock star ability and status can be deployed bringing joy to sick, suffering, and dying people.
But let’s explore another scenario for a young girl lacking the dream voice.
In Melody’s universe, singing deficits are viewed as gravely as gender dysphoria is now (not that gender distress is less serious in this universe, but bad singing is equally serious). Identifying with one’s distress would be given endorsement and support. Tumblr groups would focus on the tragedy of unrequited longing to sing. The official diagnosis would be Songbird Anguish Syndrome. Surgeons would offer highly invasive and questionably effective experimental rock star affirmation procedures. Experts would make wildly optimistic predictions about the potential for surgeries on the larynx, throat, esophagus to drastically improve singing. Since people don’t normally seek surgery for trivial reasons, most people would conclude that the problem is quite severe. Insurance would cover rock star affirmation procedures.
Reports of rockstar affirmation surgery failures would be met with disbelief. Any skepticism of Songbird Anguish Syndrome would be denounced as songphobic. Anyone suggesting noninvasive treatment for SAS and all desisting songbirds would face cancelation, doxxing, and social media brigading.
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