I haven't read the paper yet, but I am sure the data are very sound. There is, of course, a certain implicit irony in how it has been read and interpreted. The standard, progressive view on gender development in typically-developing children has always been to challenge... /1https://twitter.com/4th_WaveNow/status/1212089878189662210 …
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stereotyping...this goes back decades for those who are old enough to remember...gender stereotyped behavior = bad is the implicit, if not explicit, message. But with regard to trans kids, that narrative seems to have gone by the wayside. Their gender expression simply... /2
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reflects who they are. Comes across as a double-standard to me. /3
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Issue w/ the study: gender-atypical choices are perceived to mean a child is trans or "in the wrong body." Kids who later grow up to be gay also exhibit more gender atypicality. Plus: No control group of families who DON'T assume kid is trans (but accept/support atypicality).
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Agree that it's far too simple to claim gender atypicality is socialized. This study of nearly n = 5000 showed pretty clearly that early childhood gender atypical-behavior wasn't down to parenting style or approval. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/262671 …
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