Too many transgender activists are sadistic bullies

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The study that the author uses to make her point has been retracted by the publisher for non compliance.

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Well, it is the Washington Examiner...

Washington Examiner
Too many transgender activists are sadistic bullies
Story by Debra Soh • 14h ago

If you’ve ever wondered why so many scientists have remained silent as gender ideology overtakes the universe, here's another example to contemplate.

A new study was recently released on the subject of rapid-onset gender dysphoria, or ROGD. ROGD refers to the epidemic of predominantly young women and teenage girls who transition to male or a so-called "third" gender, often suddenly and without any previous history of gender problems. Twenty-six states have banned therapeutic approaches that are not gender affirmation, and an increasing number, including California and Minnesota, have become sanctuary states for minors seeking transition services. Unsatisfied at stopping there, transgender activists have taken to warping research findings to promote their agenda, censoring all others, and embarking on witch hunts, harassing dissenting scientists for decades of their careers.

As reported by the College Fix, activists are now demanding that the aforementioned ROGD study be retracted and that the editor responsible for publishing it be removed from the academic journal. Over 100 clinicians and academics have signed an open letter denouncing the paper’s publication.

Both the study’s senior author, Dr. Michael Bailey, and the editor in question, Dr. Kenneth Zucker, are accredited scholars and leading experts on gender dysphoria. (Full disclosure: Both are former colleagues of mine.) The study provided much-needed data about what is driving ROGD; parental responses regarded 1,655 adolescent and young adult children, which is an enormous sample.

Findings suggested that increased rates of transition may be explained by preexisting mental health problems, including autism, borderline personality disorder, PTSD, and schizophrenia, as well as stressful life events such as moving, parental divorce, and severe sexual or physical abuse. Both children’s mental health and parent-child relationships reportedly deteriorated after the social transition. Parents also said they believed clinicians pressured families to support a child’s transition.

The study discussed ROGD in boys, a lesser-understood presentation. Girls tended to transition socially earlier than boys. Boys were more likely to receive hormonal intervention while skipping a social transition. In my opinion, this is because autogynephilia (sexual arousal at the thought of having a woman’s body) is likely driving teenage boys’ desire to transition, and male puberty has a later onset than puberty in girls.

As a result, adolescent males’ motivation, being taboo in nature, leads transition to be less socially rewarding and more secretive than what’s been observed in girls. These are the forbidden discussions that need to be had to help these young people.