I have two friends who recently posted articles on fb about how cruel the Texas proposals are. I contacted both of them privately to ask if they have any idea how off the charts the number of kids ID'ing as trans is and how destructive it is to women? Neither of them have teen girls and I think those of us with tween/teen girls are t…
I have two friends who recently posted articles on fb about how cruel the Texas proposals are. I contacted both of them privately to ask if they have any idea how off the charts the number of kids ID'ing as trans is and how destructive it is to women? Neither of them have teen girls and I think those of us with tween/teen girls are the ones really picking up on it. Both said no one is giving hormones to kids without extensive evaluations and therapy and how kids only get treated like that if there is a history of years and years of persistant dysphoria.
I remember when I believed the same, 3 years ago or so. I actually defended getting kids on blockers, thinking this was such a rare thing and thinking it is so hard to overcome the effects of male puberty to pass later on as female. But we are interfering with the natural progression of growing to accept your given sex in addition to who knows what actual physical harms we might be doing. Some of these harms are known, if you are researching blockers for precocious puberty... but they are completely glossed over when it comes to transgender issues.
I think just as teens are flocking to this for the praise and adoration they receive, I think there are parents of younger kids basking in the glory and bravey of raising a transgender child, and they are feeding or misinterpreting their child's normal and natural behavior. Children are not born knowing gender roles. Children will naturally play with and show interests in a variety of things. Children are all "gender creative." But repeatedly rewarding and reinforcing your child for happening to do something not strictly associated with their sex is going to increase certain behaviors. Maybe someday we will start hearing from the kids who were socially transitioned or got on blockers young, but it's got to be extremely hard for them to stick their neck out and change course. Jazz Jenning's life is a total nightmare at this point but how could she ever desist from that, having not only been so heavily influenced by her parents but also in the public eye.
I have two friends who recently posted articles on fb about how cruel the Texas proposals are. I contacted both of them privately to ask if they have any idea how off the charts the number of kids ID'ing as trans is and how destructive it is to women? Neither of them have teen girls and I think those of us with tween/teen girls are the ones really picking up on it. Both said no one is giving hormones to kids without extensive evaluations and therapy and how kids only get treated like that if there is a history of years and years of persistant dysphoria.
I remember when I believed the same, 3 years ago or so. I actually defended getting kids on blockers, thinking this was such a rare thing and thinking it is so hard to overcome the effects of male puberty to pass later on as female. But we are interfering with the natural progression of growing to accept your given sex in addition to who knows what actual physical harms we might be doing. Some of these harms are known, if you are researching blockers for precocious puberty... but they are completely glossed over when it comes to transgender issues.
I think just as teens are flocking to this for the praise and adoration they receive, I think there are parents of younger kids basking in the glory and bravey of raising a transgender child, and they are feeding or misinterpreting their child's normal and natural behavior. Children are not born knowing gender roles. Children will naturally play with and show interests in a variety of things. Children are all "gender creative." But repeatedly rewarding and reinforcing your child for happening to do something not strictly associated with their sex is going to increase certain behaviors. Maybe someday we will start hearing from the kids who were socially transitioned or got on blockers young, but it's got to be extremely hard for them to stick their neck out and change course. Jazz Jenning's life is a total nightmare at this point but how could she ever desist from that, having not only been so heavily influenced by her parents but also in the public eye.