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I came to write something similar. I think it is still a very good and important essay, but parents need to be prepared for pushback when they bring these points up to their daughters (and pick and choose carefully)
1. Comradery? They get their comradery from other spectrum-y girls, aka "trans guys" and one reason which makes it so hard …
I came to write something similar. I think it is still a very good and important essay, but parents need to be prepared for pushback when they bring these points up to their daughters (and pick and choose carefully)
1. Comradery? They get their comradery from other spectrum-y girls, aka "trans guys" and one reason which makes it so hard for them to leave the cult is that they may be miss their "tribe"
2. Appearance? There is an absolutely ridiculous ftm femininity sub-subculture which encourages wearing feminine clothing as a guy - So, they pretend to be men who pretend to be women. (Yes, my brain hurts too) https://www.reddit.com/r/FTMfemininity/
3. Health? There is a completely erroneous belief in the community that the health risks just switch to the level of sex they pretend to be. ("Don't worry, your risk of heart disease will be just like cis man's risk" -- yeah, right)
4.Relationships? People who don't "affirm" them are awful people anyway.