BurntOrange101 t1_ircv6cq wrote on October 7, 2022 at 1:56 AM

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That’s between the child, their parents, and their doctor.

When they said it doesn’t harm anybody, they meant it doesn’t harm the people around you…. Yes it has the potential to harm the child if their surgery goes wrong…. No, a child identifying as the opposite gender they were born does not affect the other kids around them… if my kid decides to dress like a boy and identify as a boy, none of the other kids in the school are going to become physically harmed by it….

M4053946 t1_ircviqs wrote on October 7, 2022 at 1:59 AM

>That’s between the child, their parents, and their doctor.

Interesting, so a child can't consent to sex, but they can consent to genital surgery? What's your rationale for that?

>does not affect the other kids around them

Kids influence each other. This has been understood for at least 3000 years. A few years ago the trans rate was 1 in 10000, according to the DSM, and now it's about 1 in 50 (or more). But reddit thinks that this is biology and not peers influencing one another. Because of reasons.

BurntOrange101 t1_ircxh9q wrote on October 7, 2022 at 2:15 AM

Interesting…. Ignore the part about “their parents and their doctor.” 😐

M4053946 t1_ircxsxb wrote on October 7, 2022 at 2:18 AM

The parents and the doctor have no high quality research to point to that show these procedures are effective, so these procedures are unethical.

BurntOrange101 t1_ircxxe3 wrote on October 7, 2022 at 2:19 AM

Also there’s more of a lot of things (queer, autistic, anxious, depressed).

It’s called being more widely accepted and more people being ok with coming out….

You know there was a point in time where you couldn’t have a mental illness or you were a maniac and locked up…? Does that mean now since more people are diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar, depression etc that’s also just made up / a result of kids rubbing off on one another or ….?

M4053946 t1_irdlwbc wrote on October 7, 2022 at 6:30 AM

There's those reasons I was talking about.

So let's recap: no research to show the benefits of medication/surgery, massive negative side affects from medication/surgery, massive increase in numbers, the existence of co-morbitidies such as depression and autism, a predatory medical environment, and huge financial costs.

No problem says Reddit! These depressed and lonely teenagers have looked deep within themselves and know who they truly are. Sure, teenagers have been making bad decisions based on emotions and peer influence for all of recorded human history, but these teenagers are special, and so anyone who questions their emotions is a hater and a bigot.

But, to answer your question, if a condition like bipolar increases by thousands of percent, you still don't give them medications and surgery that are not backed by rigorous research, especially when there's massive negative side affects.