A common response I see about 'transing' kids is that it's mostly a strawman. "No one's pushing kids to transition because they like sex-typed toys opposite of their sex," they say. Let's go through the diagnostic criteria for GD in children to see if this is a strawman... https://t.co/gxiAaJEqjZ
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To tell them that they were born in the wrong body is simply child abuse, setting them up for a life of confusion and distress as well-meaning adults continue to lead them down a harmful path.
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How else can you explain the 4000% increase in children and teens expressing the desire to change their sex? Could it be the expectations our culture pushes onto them--that they can solve all their distress around gendered expectations by transitioning?
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And if their parents are both progressive and loving, the might accidentally pressure their child into believing they are a different gender. Kids are stupid and impressionable even small comments could cause that
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My daughter at three said rhat she could not wear jeans because boys did and then everyone would think she was a boy. They totally don’t get the difference. I btw wore jeans and am not a boy so I don’t know where she got that idea.
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