# Would you accept a $250 Mil jackpot if it came with a mandatory sex change? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 12, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333 "2017-04-12T17:21:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/1 "2017-04-12T17:21:26Z")
Just like it says-$250,000,000(after taxes), but it comes with a mandatory sex change operation to change you successfully(well, at least physically) from the sex opposite of the one you now have. By the way, if that isn’t enough moolah tell us how much it _would_ take, please. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/2 "2017-04-12T17:25:44Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Just like it says-$250,000,000(after taxes), but it comes with a mandatory sex change operation to change you successfully(well, at least physically) from the sex opposite of the one you now have. By the way, if that isn’t enough moolah tell us how much it _would_ take, please. Would it be fighting the hypothetical to say I would use some of the money to change back if I didn’t like it? After all if it can be done once it can be done again. Also is this sex-change using methods as possible today or hypothetical future technology, because I don’t think it would be very effective and I wouldn’t do it if I couldn’t ‘pass’. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/3 "2017-04-12T17:32:42Z")
> [@Atomic\_Alex](#): > > Would it be fighting the hypothetical to say I would use some of the money to change back if I didn’t like it? After all if it can be done once it can be done again. > > Also is this sex-change using methods as possible today or hypothetical future technology, because I don’t think it would be very effective and I wouldn’t do it if I couldn’t ‘pass’. The first operation with be perfectly perfect-_you’ve_ got to rely on whatever you can find if you want to change back…after minimum of 365 days, that is. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/4 "2017-04-12T17:33:19Z")
Is this magical, painless, complications-free sex change? Do I become a reasonably-attractive 5’7" 120 lb woman, or do I just become a female version of my 6’4" 250 lb ugly self? Because if the latter, then hell no not for any money! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/5 "2017-04-12T17:34:26Z")
I have a lot of ideas on how to spend the money. My wife would still love me. I’m too old to worry about what other people think. I’d go for it, assuming I could still get some sexual pleasure from fooling around with my wife. ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/6 "2017-04-12T17:37:05Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Just like it says-$250,000,000(after taxes), but it comes with a mandatory sex change operation to change you successfully(well, at least physically) from the sex opposite of the one you now have. By the way, if that isn’t enough moolah tell us how much it _would_ take, please. God does not have enough moolah There is no compensation that you could conceive of that would even be a fraction of enough. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/7 "2017-04-12T17:37:26Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Is this magical, painless, complications-free sex change? Do I become a reasonably-attractive 5’7" 120 lb woman, or do I just become a female version of my 6’4" 250 lb ugly self? Because if the latter, then hell no not for any money! Magically pain and complication free. Pay for your own facelifts. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/8 "2017-04-12T17:39:47Z")
heh It would be an acceptable excuse to do something ive thought about off and on for years ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/9 "2017-04-12T17:42:18Z")
Boy, what a moral dilemma. For personal gain and enrichment, there’s no amount that I could accept for this – I don’t believe I could be happy after such surgery. But when I consider how much good I could do with, say, $100 billion, then it seems awfully selfish to say “no”. But I’d probably jump off a bridge shortly after I distributed that money. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/10 "2017-04-12T17:43:10Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > heh It would be an acceptable excuse to do something ive thought about off and on for years was that “off and on”, “in and out”, or a combination of the two? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/11 "2017-04-12T17:44:58Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Boy, what a moral dilemma. For personal gain and enrichment, there’s no amount that I could accept for this – I don’t believe I could be happy after such surgery. But when I consider how much good I could do with, say, $100 billion, then it seems awfully selfish to say “no”. But I’d probably jump off a bridge shortly after I distributed that money. Bungeeee! ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/12 "2017-04-12T17:46:33Z")
Sure, why not? I’d prefer this to be in the magical future, where we can Star Trek such improvements into place, though. I don’t think flooding the body with hormones (ones that relate to your current gender or the opposite) is a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/13 "2017-04-12T17:50:05Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > Sure, why not? I’d prefer this to be in the magical future, where we can Star Trek such improvements into place, though. I don’t think flooding the body with hormones (ones that relate to your current gender or the opposite) is a good idea. As already stated, the op will be magically clear of complications and will be 100% successful. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/14 "2017-04-12T17:54:25Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The first operation with be perfectly perfect-_you’ve_ got to rely on whatever you can find if you want to change back…after minimum of 365 days, that is. 😃 So if I understand you correctly the first sex-change is basically magical _(ie I would be fully functional, I want to have children, and it wouldn’t raise any eyebrows as to how I would look)_ but if I wanted to change back I would have to use current methods? Hhhhhhmmmm while I’m generally _(almost wrote genderally there)_ happy as I am I’ve always been interested in the concept of physical transformation and especially changing sex as part of that, but it being effectively permenant would mean I would really have to consider it. I think it depends on if my curiosity wins out or not and I would probably be willing to do it for a lot less than $250’000’000 in that case. So definitely maybe. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/15 "2017-04-12T17:56:34Z")
Thanks, no. I’ll stick with the original plumbing, etc. After 63 years, I’m good with me as me. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/16 "2017-04-12T17:57:58Z")
I don’t think I could do it, but that’s a lot of clams. And if $250,000,000 isn’t enough, then no amount would be enough. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/17 "2017-04-12T17:59:55Z")
Absolutely. I enjoy being a girl, but I’ve often thought that it would be cool to try being a boy for a while. For that much money, it would be an easy decision. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/18 "2017-04-12T18:00:06Z")
As a man, I could command a higher salary. On the other hand, I’d quit working if I had $250 Million. Interesting question. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/19 "2017-04-12T18:01:23Z")
Also, I’d like to see this broken down by gender: how many men would switch vs how many women would switch. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333/20 "2017-04-12T18:04:06Z")
I’d do it for a lot less, especially since it wouldn’t adversely affect my marriage. Would I be able to have a baby? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-a-250-mil-jackpot-if-it-came-with-a-mandatory-sex-change/784333.md?page=2)