1. A 3-yr-old may be "totally sure" of their "gender identity" for a simple reason: They notice other kids, come to realize...
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow
2. They like to play, dress, and behave more like a typical kid of opposite sex. Therefore, they MUST be opposite sex. This is child logic.
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3. Then if bullied/teased coz they don't fit gender norms, &/or parents disapprove, they'll be even more insistent their body is wrong.
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4. Absurd to say babies born hating their own bodies. Kids use CHILD LOGIC to deduce that their gender atypicality means they're "wrong."
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5. Then they point to short-term "research" showing these kids are happy as proof they are "really trans." Confirmation bias on steroids.
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6. Of course they're happy (for now). They get to fit in, all the adults are praising them, no more battles over haircuts and toys.
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I don't understand, what are you recommending parents do? Take away the toys or not? Force gender-typical presentation or not?
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Are you against affirming the identity, or affirming gender non-conforming behaviors?
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Total support for gender "nonconformity." Object to young children being labeled as opp sex because of gender nonconformity.
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That's what I thought you thought, I was confused because the tweet implied that was the only way to end "battles over haircuts and toys"
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Many parents don't want their kids to be gender nonconforming. "That's a boy's haircut." Young child thinks, "Then I must be a boy."
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