Another reason this seems to be so driven by moms is that the vast majority of child rearing, and particularly being aware of tending to the medical and psychological needs/distress of children, is still left mainly to women. Moreover, for many women with children even today being a mom is the social role they and others put the most priority on - and "being a good mom" is their main way of obtaining self-worth. Whereas for most men "bringing home the bacon" is their main social role, and their principal source of self-esteem comes from their jobs, their sexual prowess, the sports they do, and their hobbies - the job they are doing as dads, not so much.

But unlike classic Munchasen's by Proxy mothers, who seek to hoodwink medical professionals and childrearing experts, most of the mothers of "trans kids" sincerely have sought out medical and psychiatric care and expert advice for their kids - and they are only following the orders of the doctors, therapists and other "experts" they've consulted.

Whilst some women - such as the Joanna Kennedy-Olsens, Helen Webberly, Susie Green of Mermaids and Carmichael of the UK's GIDS/Tavi service for kids - have played a big role in the push to medically trans children nowadays, the fact is that most of the health care professionals who cooked up the concept of "trans children" in the first place and treat these kids are men. The very concept of "gender identity" is something men devised. And all the treatments have been pioneered by men. The "Dutch protocol" advocating puberty blockers for "gender dysphoric" children comes from Steensma, a man, and was introduced to the rest of the world by another man, Norman Spack. All the doctors who pioneered genital surgeries for "transition" were men, and even today the vast majority of surgeons who do both "top surgeries" and "bottom surgeries" are men. Big Pharma companies have a lot of female employees, particularly young good-looking women who work as sales reps, but the CEOS and "creative minds" in the industry are all men.