Post by griffo on Apr 15, 2021 15:33:10 GMT
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When it comes to the debate around the increasing number of teenage girls who are “transitioning” to live as boys, those who claim to care the most about this population are utterly failing them by refusing to engage with research on the topic. Instead, extreme trans activists are attempting to shut down research papers, get books banned, and are even calling for the burning of material they deem “transphobic” because it does not fit their narrative.
This has never been more clear than in the reception to Abigail Shrier’s book, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters.
Irreversible Damage is a deep dive into a rising trend in the LGBT community. Adolescent girls are increasingly spending time online, and then coming out as “transgender”. The identity often involves a social transition, such as changing names, hair cuts, and attire. But, more concerningly, trans-identifying girls are pushed down a path of lifetime medicalization including dangerous breast-binding practices, untested cross-sex hormones, and life-altering surgeries. The trend is spreading rapidly among peer groups, leading Dr. Lisa Littman to describe the pattern in her seminal paper on the topic as a social contagion she termed “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria” (ROGD).
Abigail Shrier, a journalist for the Wall Street Journal and former law clerk, says she became interested in the subject when a distraught mother approached her, desperately seeking anyone in the mainstream media who would report on the rising trend which had impacted her own daughter. Shrier says she asked around, trying to find another journalist to cover the topic. No one would. Realizing that the culture of silence on the issue was covering up something massive, she took the plunge herself.
The book is not a feminist critique of gender identity. As Shrier readily says herself, she does think some people are really transgender and that adults should be able to make whatever decisions they like about their bodies. Rather, the book is entirely focused on exploring Littman’s theory of ROGD among teenage girls. These girls, she claims, are the same girls who in a previous generation were falling prey to another dangerous social contagion: anorexia and bulimia. The difference, though, is that this generation of parents, psychologists, school officials, and even doctors are encouraging the disorder—sometimes to irreversible medical extremes.
This has never been more clear than in the reception to Abigail Shrier’s book, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters.
Irreversible Damage is a deep dive into a rising trend in the LGBT community. Adolescent girls are increasingly spending time online, and then coming out as “transgender”. The identity often involves a social transition, such as changing names, hair cuts, and attire. But, more concerningly, trans-identifying girls are pushed down a path of lifetime medicalization including dangerous breast-binding practices, untested cross-sex hormones, and life-altering surgeries. The trend is spreading rapidly among peer groups, leading Dr. Lisa Littman to describe the pattern in her seminal paper on the topic as a social contagion she termed “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria” (ROGD).
Abigail Shrier, a journalist for the Wall Street Journal and former law clerk, says she became interested in the subject when a distraught mother approached her, desperately seeking anyone in the mainstream media who would report on the rising trend which had impacted her own daughter. Shrier says she asked around, trying to find another journalist to cover the topic. No one would. Realizing that the culture of silence on the issue was covering up something massive, she took the plunge herself.
The book is not a feminist critique of gender identity. As Shrier readily says herself, she does think some people are really transgender and that adults should be able to make whatever decisions they like about their bodies. Rather, the book is entirely focused on exploring Littman’s theory of ROGD among teenage girls. These girls, she claims, are the same girls who in a previous generation were falling prey to another dangerous social contagion: anorexia and bulimia. The difference, though, is that this generation of parents, psychologists, school officials, and even doctors are encouraging the disorder—sometimes to irreversible medical extremes.