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[–]gparmesan[S] 41 insightful - 1 fun41 insightful - 0 fun42 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I just finished Abigail Shrier's book yesterday evening. Tore through it and I will be recommending it to many women IRL, even if that means buying them a fresh copy. They can be mad all they want. I would rather have an unpopular opinion right now than sign on to a vast unethical medical experiment (for big profits!) on young women and girls.

[–]fuckingsealions 33 insightful - 1 fun33 insightful - 0 fun34 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That's the part that definitely upset me the most! How can people not see that teen girls are at the bottom of the shitpile? I feel like they're the canaries. Something is affecting them as a group and gee...I think it's society.

I love that Shrier hit so many things head on like AGP and the deal with microsurgery.

I was also interested in the parts about smartphones and self harm. I had to see a specialist for something around 2015 and she noticed my old old scars from my teenage years. She commented that I was "ahead of the curve" and I wondered what she meant until now.

[–]gparmesan[S] 40 insightful - 2 fun40 insightful - 1 fun41 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Teen girls aren't given the spotlight on this topic, at least not yet. Jazz Jennings is probably the most common name associated with youth transition and the human interest fluff pieces I see are heavily weighted towards tims. I appreciate that the book was so focused on girls struggles and feelings. The crossover with eating disorders and autism should be something we can discuss without being shouted down. How many girls will have to be medicated and operated on so the adults surrounding them feel woke and good?

[–]Thatstealthygal 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Surely anyone aware of Jazz Jennings can see that kid is being exploited regardless of their stance on child transition? If there's something any teen does NOT need it's a reality show in which people focus on their genitals and sexual function for all the world to see. That show has surely backfired and Jazz is the collateral damage.