I want to be open minded about the world of Trans but I keep getting the feeling that it is the new: dye your hair pink, get a nose piercing, a tattoo, a nipple ring, become a Goth or an Emo….. is this part of a huge social contagion? They write about the Tik Tok Tourette’s social contagion but what about the non binary and Trans social contagion?
We want to be compassionate about trans youth but we don’t want to be stupid about young people making these decisions when they’re in the throes of adolescent confusion and misery.
Thank you again for urging us to think about these issues.
Great article! I noticed a typo though, "body parents" instead of "body parts"? After further reading... you have it! I was perplexed at the connection between Planned Parenthood and the championing of trans "health care" and thought it must be on account of some sort of behind the scenes funding by the trans lobby. Now you've clearly shown the ideological connection to "bodily autonomy" and how flawed it is to conflate abortion rights with a "trans" child's or young person's "right" to irrevocably medically harm their own body. PP's stance also seems like another example of the "unembodied principle" Andrea Dworkin wrote about years ago in her critique of the ACLU, which of course applies even more these days to the ACLU's stance on trans rights ideology. Thank you for your article and other writings!
I want to be open minded about the world of Trans but I keep getting the feeling that it is the new: dye your hair pink, get a nose piercing, a tattoo, a nipple ring, become a Goth or an Emo….. is this part of a huge social contagion? They write about the Tik Tok Tourette’s social contagion but what about the non binary and Trans social contagion?
We want to be compassionate about trans youth but we don’t want to be stupid about young people making these decisions when they’re in the throes of adolescent confusion and misery.
Thank you again for urging us to think about these issues.
Great article! I noticed a typo though, "body parents" instead of "body parts"? After further reading... you have it! I was perplexed at the connection between Planned Parenthood and the championing of trans "health care" and thought it must be on account of some sort of behind the scenes funding by the trans lobby. Now you've clearly shown the ideological connection to "bodily autonomy" and how flawed it is to conflate abortion rights with a "trans" child's or young person's "right" to irrevocably medically harm their own body. PP's stance also seems like another example of the "unembodied principle" Andrea Dworkin wrote about years ago in her critique of the ACLU, which of course applies even more these days to the ACLU's stance on trans rights ideology. Thank you for your article and other writings!