Transing ChildrenTRA activists and cowed enablers unite to suppress new book investigating transgenderism as social contagion among adolescent girls

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[–]reluctant_commenter 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Thought this was a great comment in the comments section.

The fact that many young people and especially girls don’t know just how likely misdiagnosis through self-diagnosis is, makes the situation all the more tragic. Many transgender activists will concede that a therapeutic approach which extensive clinical hours before any definitive diagnosis is reached is always the best policy- but this doesn’t detract from oversized effect the worst of the activists have, in effectively ruling out a more nuanced stance on diagnosis and treatment.

There is so much misinformation, especially on tumblr and reddit, about so-called "self-diagnosis". Everyone thinks they are some kind of expert... yeah fuckin' right. Someone diagnosing themself with "headmates and DID" is lunacy in the same way that self-diagnosing oneself with cancer would be. You are not a health professional.

[–]justagaydude123 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Self diagnosis has always been a problem for young people on the internet.

[–]reluctant_commenter 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree but it's only recently in history that we've had generations grow up with the internet. They probably learn to believe in self-diagnosis before anything remotely resembling correct information can be taught to them in school.