Yet ANOTHER large study (n=5k) showing strong correlation between childhood gender nonconformity & later homosexual orientation. Channeling young kids into gender clinics is a form of proactive (even if unintentional) conversion therapy. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331110351_Early_Life_Conditions_and_Adolescent_Sexual_Orientation_A_Prospective_Birth_Cohort_Study …https://twitter.com/4th_WaveNow/status/1062728942874849280 …
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Childhood gender nonconformity between ages 2-4 "significantly and persistently predicts" adolescent sexual orientation. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331110351_Early_Life_Conditions_and_Adolescent_Sexual_Orientation_A_Prospective_Birth_Cohort_Study …pic.twitter.com/8c8ryNtoIL
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So how does this square with top US gender psych Ehrensaft's assertion that a toddler girl ripping out hair clips or a toddler boy "making a dress" out of his onesie are sending "gender messages" that the child is maybe actually the opposite sex? https://vimeo.com/185149379
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Of course, negative things make someone gay "Boys with low birth weight and shorter breastfeeding duration were more likely to have a later nonheterosexual orientation. Boys with parental absence before 7 years of age were more likely to be nonheterosexual, but this effect
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disappeared after entering all early life history factors. Parental absence since birth, low prenatal family socioeconomic position, and poorer parent– child relationship were associated with later nonheterosexuality among girls." my note - poor parent child relationship could
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What is the significance of prenatal hormonal exposure to childhood gender non-conforming behavior, when gendered behavior is socially constructed? How would a biological process predispose someone to conform or not conform to a sex stereotype? There’s an intervening variable
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missing there, IMO. For example, perhaps the prenatal hormonal exposure equips some children with the strength and resilience to push back against sex stereotyping and pursue activities they like instead, whether they are stereotyped as “girl” or “boy” things. I’m not a
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