Right - I’m suggesting that terminal onlineness (including porn addiction) is a significant factor but at least for the females, social power is also a key reason to transition . The male sex drive is notoriously more powerful, hence why males tended to be the only people who transitioned up till about 10 years ago when it was not going to make you cool or popular.
Hell, up until a few years ago, normies were still baffled by the spate of FtM school shooters and the news media couldn’t figure out which pronouns to use because they assumed they were MtFs. That’s how new they are. So for the majority of pooners, it was a social contagion.
Sex drive is import for women too, hence why BL consumption seems to always be a factor for pooners. Personally it seems to be porn addiction + sjw social media algorithm + social contagion/ attention or power seeking. I would also say social power was definitely a factor for certain males transitioning, since many transitioned and then immediately tried to install themselves as a eunuch managerial class. The reasons behind transitioning are similar between sexes. Many of the HSTS trannies were poor molested boys. In times when transitioning is frowned upon, homosexuality and being a victim of abuse are primary factors, when it’s trendy it’s all about porn addicted outcasts having a power grab.