Dr. Olson's work boils down to this: there are kids who believe they are, or would really like to be, the opposite sex. Her cohorts are drawn from already-socially transitioned kids, w/no controls of non-transitioned kids to test for possible iatrogenic impact of transition.
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If you read her methods, even SHE can't define the line between "cis" kids & "gender nonconforming" kids. Because who is totally gender conforming? Barbie & Ken dolls. What is sorely missing from all this research is CONTROLS: Kids who claim to be opp sex who aren't transitioned.
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Without such a controlled study, there is NO WAY to assess whether social/medical transition increases chance child will persist in a trans identity. The Dutch have called for such study. And what's the impact of starting to wear a fake penis as a toddler on persistence?
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