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[–]GConly 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So, Ann Lawrence, well known transwoman researcher into this, wrote an article pointing out the issues with the Swaab paper.

A Critique of the Brain-Sex Theory of Transsexualism 2007

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/A-Critique-of-the-Brain-Sex-Theory-of-(-2007-)-By-Lawrence/bd96cf1011a7a1de90c524335fdd15663ee977c2

Most obvious was that the sample size was tiny, but probably most relevant was that particular area of the brain doesn't differentiate until puberty, which wasn't known 25 years ago when the paper was written. Meaning this couldn't be the cause of gender dysphoria in kids.

Second big problem... Although the medical records said they weren't on estrogen, transexuals scoring off prescription estrogen via the contraceptive pill was bog standard, so it was rather naive of Swaab to assume they weren't exposed to estrogen.

Third big problem. 25 years later and no one managed to replicate Swaab's results. Always a major sign the research was a wash out.

While looking for the article Lawrence wrote... Their wiki page has been stripped of their published articles. Some TRA trying to kill a dissenting voice I bet.

[–]Kai_Decadence[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

While looking for the article Lawrence wrote... Their wiki page has been stripped of their published articles. Some TRA trying to kill a dissenting voice I bet.

Well now that definitely is suspicious isn't it? Yeah you're probably right about some TRA wanting to conceal it.