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[–]WildwoodFlower 27 insightful - 1 fun27 insightful - 0 fun28 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I am guessing that most of the people who think it's okay for someone "under 18" is thinking of a 16 or 17-year-old who wants to go on cross-sex hormones*; they aren't thinking of a 9-11 year old child taking blockers.

*Not that I agree with giving cross-sex hormones to teenagers, but there are teens that age who take birth control pills, so I can see how some adults would follow that kind of logic.

[–]worried19[S] 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Oh, almost certainly. I am sure that the average person has zero idea that children in the USA are being put on estrogen and testosterone as young as 11 or 12 and that hundreds of mastectomies have been performed on kids as young as 13.

The mainstream media is too chickenshit to run an expose to bring these facts to anyone's attention. If they did, I'm confident there would be a massive outcry.

[–]arcticbasket 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

children in the USA are being put on estrogen and testosterone as young as 11 or 12 and that hundreds of mastectomies have been performed on kids as young as 13

WTF I had no idea. Poor kids. How is this legal? :(

[–]worried19[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's true, unfortunately. I have no idea how it's legal, but it seems like doctors can do whatever they want to children. The worst offender in this area is Johanna Olson-Kennedy, who brags about how many children she's put forward for hormones and surgery.

There's also evidence she put an 8-year-old girl on testosterone. Not blockers, but testosterone.

https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/3f4f51_a929d049f7fb46c7a72c4c86ba43869a.pdf