tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post7520314161296261480..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: An Extraordinary Medical AtrocityStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-74324478755526722342022-11-01T04:40:44.730-07:002022-11-01T04:40:44.730-07:00The ONLY argument I've heard in favor of inter...The ONLY argument I've heard in favor of intervention of puberty and whatever gender-affirming treatments, hormones to surgical mutilations, is that some above average fraction of young people with gender dysphoria will commit suicide and I find it a manipulative argument that may be used against parents, to get their cooperation permission.<br /><br />OTOH, maybe it's not manipulative in the intentional sense, but it is a rationalization that enables activists to avoid their own uncertainty. They really believe they are saving lives, and therefore they are in the right, and anyone who questions their convictions is transphobic, i.e. "bad" and to be resisted or ignored. And to be fair, rational scientific argument can't really "solve" the subjective question of gender. There are subtle and important differences between the sexes by biology and hormones, but also an individual range of biology and hormones.<br /><br />The most interesting issue for me is "choice" which seems like a good libertarian and consumeristic perspective, choice is good. But choice also produces anxiety. 50-100 years ago many girls mostly wore dresses and skirts, and yet some rebelled and got to be called "tomboys" if they preferred to wear pants and play competitive sports over having tea parties to learn ladylike behavior, and gender tomboy was invented to describe the deviant standard, and girls had at least 2 "gender" choices, and the tomboys perhaps had it better, because they could move back and forth, and that's more the modern reality - girls can do it all if they choose.<br /><br />But "choice" is less good when there's a high cost involved, and a high uncertainty involved. And for adults at least, no different than gender-affirming cosmetic surgery to enhance their biological gender, to try to confirm to some impossible standard. Like maybe a flat-chested woman might raise her self esteem by breast augmentation, and she'll suddenly discover new positive attention, but then what? And some other "flaw" will become apparent to her, invisible to everyone else, but her mind may belief that's what's holding her back, and then a new surgery. So wouldn't it be better for her mental health to exclude the idea that surgery is an option? So modern science and medical knowledge offers more "choices" but maybe not healthy ones for an individual or society.<br /><br />Transgender people have all those problems x100, give a biology that doesn't match their desired appearance, and a HUGE risk however good your treatments and doctors, you will be as freakish as the poor afflicted 60yo women in Hollywood who had 14 too many surgeries.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-18406992582510970242022-11-01T04:01:21.585-07:002022-11-01T04:01:21.585-07:00Uh-oh, this guy is begging to get cancelled and un...Uh-oh, this guy is begging to get cancelled and un-personed for violating the approved narrative, just like Dr. McCullough. The cancellation should begin in three, two, one......IamDevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11428556757808878749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-75418399351639077062022-10-31T19:25:39.019-07:002022-10-31T19:25:39.019-07:00"Wait for it..."
I pray you're righ...<i>"Wait for it..."</i><br /><br />I pray you're right, and that the legal profession hasn't already gone too far over the cliff to take on this transgender monstrosity.JPL17https://www.blogger.com/profile/10649330420822802850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-6713873676818649042022-10-31T09:40:12.636-07:002022-10-31T09:40:12.636-07:00In a few years the Camp Lejune ads from trial lawy...In a few years the Camp Lejune ads from trial lawyers will be replaced with ads asking if you or a loved one was harmed by doctors and hospitals who conspired to change your sex/gender. You may be eligible for millions of dollars in compensation (not to mention a few millions for the lawyers). Wait for it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com