I just read this post, which is linked on the FdB Substack.
I was born in 1961, so my formative school years were the entire 1970s. There was no such thing as other kids committing suicide because they could not have their breasts or balls cut off. What is happening these days is insane, especially for adults to mutilate children to "save" them."
Republicans may be Team Stupid (OK, there is no "may be" about it), but this really confirms that the Democrats are Team Evil. To claim a minor cannot smoke or drink or get a tattoo or vote or drive or enter into a contract, etc., because they are too young to understand the implications, but then turn around and chemically/surgically castrate them because they play with the wrong toys.
I’ve often wondered why there are so many transgender people at this point in history. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that autism is also on the rise. Autism involves rigidity and black-and-white thinking. I’ve read some thoughtful articles on this in Quillette. It makes sense that a young autistic person might think something like “I don’t feel female, so I must be male.” This kind of thinking must be interrogated before any irreversible procedures are performed. On the whole, we need to do a lot more research on this phenomenon before we create therapies that might do more harm than good.
I just read this post, which is linked on the FdB Substack.
I was born in 1961, so my formative school years were the entire 1970s. There was no such thing as other kids committing suicide because they could not have their breasts or balls cut off. What is happening these days is insane, especially for adults to mutilate children to "save" them."
Republicans may be Team Stupid (OK, there is no "may be" about it), but this really confirms that the Democrats are Team Evil. To claim a minor cannot smoke or drink or get a tattoo or vote or drive or enter into a contract, etc., because they are too young to understand the implications, but then turn around and chemically/surgically castrate them because they play with the wrong toys.
Sure, we can poke fun at it: https://babylonbee.com/news/controversial-paw-patrol-episode-has-chase-get-neutered-to-become-transgender, but it's really sad when adults abuse children in the name of ideology.
I’ve often wondered why there are so many transgender people at this point in history. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that autism is also on the rise. Autism involves rigidity and black-and-white thinking. I’ve read some thoughtful articles on this in Quillette. It makes sense that a young autistic person might think something like “I don’t feel female, so I must be male.” This kind of thinking must be interrogated before any irreversible procedures are performed. On the whole, we need to do a lot more research on this phenomenon before we create therapies that might do more harm than good.