I think that each step makes is psychologically more difficult to step off the Trans Train - even more so for a young person. So, the Woke push to "let them experiment' with names & pronouns - like at school - is very dangerous. After a time, taking T feels like a logical next step, etc. Each step makes you a little more committed. And, …
I think that each step makes is psychologically more difficult to step off the Trans Train - even more so for a young person. So, the Woke push to "let them experiment' with names & pronouns - like at school - is very dangerous. After a time, taking T feels like a logical next step, etc. Each step makes you a little more committed. And, it feels hard to go back.
Charles Manson gave each of the women in his cult a new name, too. This messes with your identity and connection to what went before.
Yes. My daughter talked about wanting to "try" testosterone after some years of "social transition" (not by us!). It is hard for them to back off of names. "She can leave high school and go back to her name but this is a 'safe place' to experiment".
Now, she's recently on it and I know that the effects will not be reversible. So, the change in administration has not helped us any as yet. She's a young adult who was indoctrinated during high school. I don't understand why the current HHS/Surgeon General/FDA has not made a statement that could get cross sex hormones off of insurance? If you are a 50 year old dad who is willing to pay for it that could be another matter - but all these vulnerable young people...
I feel sure if this had not been not paid for by Insurance--and USAID in some cases--the iatrogenic run would have slowed and stalled out. I've been thinking and writing reflections on how "trans" ideation has many parallels with an earlier zeitgeist
I agree completely. And, I'd love to read your reflections.
I wish the Administration could get the $$ out of it (specifically insurance) before my daughter is irrevocably broken. I was so frustrated that GI was not even discussed during the 2020 campaign.
I was hunkered down reading about this during the 4thwavenow.com and Transgender Trend days - prior to PITT. I was reading about Kathleen Stock in the UK being run out of her job and celebrating JK Rowling. I was mad at Kristi Noem for caving to men in women's basketball back then.
Same, about six years for us--a bit like comparing sentencing, lol.
Kathleen Stock and Helen Joyce are brilliant in their extended analysis of what has happened culturally. JK Rowling is, of course, heroic.
It's a different genre for me. I've written articles (linked- in has a list of pubs) but the reflection is more like a diary--it's my attempt to piece together what took place culturally in relation to our family's journey--
Thank you for your interest!--I'd love to hear your response--it's on my substack
I am sorry, Faith. It has been a little bit longer for us. We are comparing our sentencing, lol.
Thank you for your substack link. I will give it some attention. I wanted to say "I look forward to reading it" but this is all so sad.
Well, culturally, there were "Jazz Jennings" (not his real name) and Bruce Jenner getting a lot of attention and normalizing the abnormal. Plus Obama bringing it into the White House - John Money and Patient Zero longer ago.
Then, of course, loads of $$ poured in from Open Society, etc. I am sure you have read Jennifer Bilek https://www.the11thhourblog.com/
There have been past crazes, Salem Witch, Satanic Panic, Laughing Sicknesses, Dancing Plagues, Replressed/Recovered Memory (Sasha Ayad talks about this one), Stockholm Syndrom... This one has the winning Trifecta of ideology, politics, and profits : https://www.pittparents.com/p/lets-read-the-transgender-leviathan
Dr. Ehrensaft who was a key player in the Satanic Panic is a key player at UCSF in GI. (I have to mention Dr. Johanna Olsen Kennedy as well).
Diane Ehrensaft, 'Satanic Panic' Woo Peddler, Now Champions the 'Gender Angels' Among Us
First, the abnormal was Normalized, ("Jazz", Bruce, Obama promoting it at the WH, Dr. Money & Kinsey earlier). It was Sanitized by an Approving Medical Establishment (it is a therapy/care!) , & given a new branding name by a Political Movement - "transgender" rather than "transexual". And, "transgender" got loaded with a whole self contradictory Ideology. It turned out to be super profitable for Pharma which is always looking for ways to sell/push drugs in new ways that they were not developed for. Pharma can even advertise drugs and lifestyles direct to consumer in the US. The TV shows themselves dare not contradict The Narrative^TM because the stations rely on Phamra advertising money. The news stations rely on the same advertising. Remember when FOX News aired a happy happy segment about a religious Christian family raising their son "as a girl"?
Enter the girls - they have always been most subject to social contagions/mass hysterias - which occur when someone or a society is hurting in some way. It's just that different things are in the air in different times and places. Once it was witches. I think that the more recent Satanic Panic and Recovered Memory are especially interesting because of the iatrogenic aspect. And, it was all programmed into our schools! I think it would be better not to have an Education Department. Then, at least the states could each do different things and we could see what works. The way it is, poisonous ideologies can just be forced down the funnel to all.
I've heard so much about "gender journeys" or "my daughter's journey" including from mothers who approve of GI. Maybe when people were a little more concerned with how they were going to get jobs and get married there was less room for fanciful, and it turns out dangerous, metaphysical journeys?
Your family resembles mine growing up. It strikes me your brother had rec'd such high praise within the family structure early on that he sought similar external validation throughout his adult life? That's what has been standing out for me, the repeated dopamine hits of external praise leading to a quest for ongoing hits. Glad to hear he came out at the 6 yr in point! (we're at that shelf life with our daughter)
I think that each step makes is psychologically more difficult to step off the Trans Train - even more so for a young person. So, the Woke push to "let them experiment' with names & pronouns - like at school - is very dangerous. After a time, taking T feels like a logical next step, etc. Each step makes you a little more committed. And, it feels hard to go back.
Charles Manson gave each of the women in his cult a new name, too. This messes with your identity and connection to what went before.
That and the "try it" mentality, as if each step can be fully reversed
Yes. My daughter talked about wanting to "try" testosterone after some years of "social transition" (not by us!). It is hard for them to back off of names. "She can leave high school and go back to her name but this is a 'safe place' to experiment".
Now, she's recently on it and I know that the effects will not be reversible. So, the change in administration has not helped us any as yet. She's a young adult who was indoctrinated during high school. I don't understand why the current HHS/Surgeon General/FDA has not made a statement that could get cross sex hormones off of insurance? If you are a 50 year old dad who is willing to pay for it that could be another matter - but all these vulnerable young people...
I feel sure if this had not been not paid for by Insurance--and USAID in some cases--the iatrogenic run would have slowed and stalled out. I've been thinking and writing reflections on how "trans" ideation has many parallels with an earlier zeitgeist
I agree completely. And, I'd love to read your reflections.
I wish the Administration could get the $$ out of it (specifically insurance) before my daughter is irrevocably broken. I was so frustrated that GI was not even discussed during the 2020 campaign.
I was hunkered down reading about this during the 4thwavenow.com and Transgender Trend days - prior to PITT. I was reading about Kathleen Stock in the UK being run out of her job and celebrating JK Rowling. I was mad at Kristi Noem for caving to men in women's basketball back then.
We have hung in there so long now. :-(
Same, about six years for us--a bit like comparing sentencing, lol.
Kathleen Stock and Helen Joyce are brilliant in their extended analysis of what has happened culturally. JK Rowling is, of course, heroic.
It's a different genre for me. I've written articles (linked- in has a list of pubs) but the reflection is more like a diary--it's my attempt to piece together what took place culturally in relation to our family's journey--
Thank you for your interest!--I'd love to hear your response--it's on my substack
https://faithkuzma.substack.com/p/feet-only-a-mother-could-love
I am sorry, Faith. It has been a little bit longer for us. We are comparing our sentencing, lol.
Thank you for your substack link. I will give it some attention. I wanted to say "I look forward to reading it" but this is all so sad.
Well, culturally, there were "Jazz Jennings" (not his real name) and Bruce Jenner getting a lot of attention and normalizing the abnormal. Plus Obama bringing it into the White House - John Money and Patient Zero longer ago.
Then, of course, loads of $$ poured in from Open Society, etc. I am sure you have read Jennifer Bilek https://www.the11thhourblog.com/
There have been past crazes, Salem Witch, Satanic Panic, Laughing Sicknesses, Dancing Plagues, Replressed/Recovered Memory (Sasha Ayad talks about this one), Stockholm Syndrom... This one has the winning Trifecta of ideology, politics, and profits : https://www.pittparents.com/p/lets-read-the-transgender-leviathan
Dr. Ehrensaft who was a key player in the Satanic Panic is a key player at UCSF in GI. (I have to mention Dr. Johanna Olsen Kennedy as well).
Diane Ehrensaft, 'Satanic Panic' Woo Peddler, Now Champions the 'Gender Angels' Among Us
The dangerously consequential career of a quack”
https://www.thedistancemag.com/p/diane-ehrensaft-satanic-panic-woo
I think the fact that our society embraces "journeys" of this sort is even a problem. Maybe journeys should only be hikes and boat trips, etc.
Which theory seems most legit to you?
I see it as a perfect storm.
First, the abnormal was Normalized, ("Jazz", Bruce, Obama promoting it at the WH, Dr. Money & Kinsey earlier). It was Sanitized by an Approving Medical Establishment (it is a therapy/care!) , & given a new branding name by a Political Movement - "transgender" rather than "transexual". And, "transgender" got loaded with a whole self contradictory Ideology. It turned out to be super profitable for Pharma which is always looking for ways to sell/push drugs in new ways that they were not developed for. Pharma can even advertise drugs and lifestyles direct to consumer in the US. The TV shows themselves dare not contradict The Narrative^TM because the stations rely on Phamra advertising money. The news stations rely on the same advertising. Remember when FOX News aired a happy happy segment about a religious Christian family raising their son "as a girl"?
Enter the girls - they have always been most subject to social contagions/mass hysterias - which occur when someone or a society is hurting in some way. It's just that different things are in the air in different times and places. Once it was witches. I think that the more recent Satanic Panic and Recovered Memory are especially interesting because of the iatrogenic aspect. And, it was all programmed into our schools! I think it would be better not to have an Education Department. Then, at least the states could each do different things and we could see what works. The way it is, poisonous ideologies can just be forced down the funnel to all.
I've heard so much about "gender journeys" or "my daughter's journey" including from mothers who approve of GI. Maybe when people were a little more concerned with how they were going to get jobs and get married there was less room for fanciful, and it turns out dangerous, metaphysical journeys?
The Trans moral panic is just another iteration of the Satanic moral panic.
It's moral panic all the way down.
I was asked to write about my experiences with the Satanic moral panic for PITT:
https://www.pittparents.com/p/moral-panics-of-our-time-the-satanic
Your family resembles mine growing up. It strikes me your brother had rec'd such high praise within the family structure early on that he sought similar external validation throughout his adult life? That's what has been standing out for me, the repeated dopamine hits of external praise leading to a quest for ongoing hits. Glad to hear he came out at the 6 yr in point! (we're at that shelf life with our daughter)