According to a survey carried out in the Netherlands in 2019, approximately 80 percent of respondents either disagreed or completely disagreed with the notion that they would end a friendship if their friend wanted to undergo sex reassignment surgery. Notably, results were almost identical regardless of whether the sex change would be female-to-male or male-to-female.
Share of people who would break up with at friend who wanted to undergo a sex reassigment surgery in the Netherlands in 2019/20, by sex
Characteristic
(Completely) agree
Don't agree/don't disagree
(Completely) disgaree
Female-to-male
4%
16%
79%
Male-to-female
4%
16%
80%
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents4%4%4%4%16%16%16%16%79%79%80%80%(Completely) agreeDon't agree/don't disagree(Completely) disgareeFemale-to-maleMale-to-female
0%25%50%75%100%125%
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The wording was originally phrased in Dutch as: "Ik verbreek de vriendschap als blijkt dat een goede vriend/vriendin zijn/haar lichaam wil laten aanpassen om vrouw/man te worden." (Translation: "I would break the friendship when it turns out that a good friend wants to have his/her body adjusted to become a woman/man.")
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Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau . (May 17, 2022). Share of people who would break up with at friend who wanted to undergo a sex reassigment surgery in the Netherlands in 2019/20, by sex [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 24, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322725/netherlands-opinion-on-breaking-up-friends-who-change-sex/
Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau . "Share of people who would break up with at friend who wanted to undergo a sex reassigment surgery in the Netherlands in 2019/20, by sex." Chart. May 17, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322725/netherlands-opinion-on-breaking-up-friends-who-change-sex/
Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau . (2022). Share of people who would break up with at friend who wanted to undergo a sex reassigment surgery in the Netherlands in 2019/20, by sex. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322725/netherlands-opinion-on-breaking-up-friends-who-change-sex/
Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau . "Share of People Who Would Break up with at Friend Who Wanted to Undergo a Sex Reassigment Surgery in The Netherlands in 2019/20, by Sex." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322725/netherlands-opinion-on-breaking-up-friends-who-change-sex/
Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau , Share of people who would break up with at friend who wanted to undergo a sex reassigment surgery in the Netherlands in 2019/20, by sex Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322725/netherlands-opinion-on-breaking-up-friends-who-change-sex/ (last visited February 24, 2025)
Share of people who would break up with at friend who wanted to undergo a sex reassigment surgery in the Netherlands in 2019/20, by sex [Graph], Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau , May 17, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322725/netherlands-opinion-on-breaking-up-friends-who-change-sex/
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