'Hundreds' of young trans people seeking help to return to original sex

buka001

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Ty.

The point is the abuse that you pointed out is not specifically unique to any group. So why use that as a crutch and to drive a narrative?
You brought up the matter of abuse?

Or did you conflate what i said about the discrimination, bullying and being shunned by their families, as marital abuse?
 

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You brought up the matter of abuse?

Or did you conflate what i said about the discrimination, bullying and being shunned by their families, as marital abuse?
Part of the bigger definition of abuse. Marital abuse is a small part of it. Have you seen the lesbian bullying I'm referring to? Muis in post #466? Or are we now going to cut abuse in this into a gazillion pieces, publish a paper on one small sub-portion of abuse, then expand it again to the general abuse to justify a cause? It does not work like that.
 

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Part of the bigger definition of abuse. Marital abuse is a small part of it. Have you seen the lesbian bullying I'm referring to? Muis in post #466? Or are we now going to cut abuse in this into a gazillion pieces, publish a paper on one small sub-portion of abuse, then expand it again to the general abuse to justify a cause? It does not work like that.
Yes of course you get such abuse, then back to the original question what does that have to do with it, when you also have abuse in heterosexual relationships.
 

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That is my point.

How society perceives them.

That is driving the discrimination. Perceptions.
OK. Doesn't change the fact that they're delusional. You're not going to change societies perception for the better by forcing everyone to pander to their delusion.
 

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Part of the bigger definition of abuse. Marital abuse is a small part of it. Have you seen the lesbian bullying I'm referring to? Muis in post #466? Or are we now going to cut abuse in this into a gazillion pieces, publish a paper on one small sub-portion of abuse, then expand it again to the general abuse to justify a cause? It does not work like that.
I see your point.

The research shows the abuse that is the contributing factor are things such as bullying at work, school and college. Discrimination in the workplace and at schools. Being shunned by families, being kicked out of their homes.

It is this widespread abuse to which I am referring as it is a factor. But I believe with better education and understanding much of it can be reduced.

Of course you will get homosexuals or transgender people doing the same, which goes without saying is unacceptable.
 

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OK. Doesn't change the fact that they're delusional. You're not going to change societies perception for the better by forcing everyone to pander to their delusion.
Societies perception has changed with homosexuality.
 

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OK. Doesn't change the fact that they're delusional. You're not going to change societies perception for the better by forcing everyone to pander to their delusion.
Am curious, the "fact" that they are delusional - what evidence do you have to back that up apart from...
"Because I said so..."?
 

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Am curious, the "fact" that they are delusional - what evidence do you have to back that up apart from...
"Because I said so..."?

lol, when have the people on that train ever valued evidence?

 

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Am curious, the "fact" that they are delusional - what evidence do you have to back that up apart from...
"Because I said so..."?
Isn't it obvious?

Physical presence of a specific classification of genitalia = fact
A set of chromosomes that matches a pattern found only in a specific gender = fact
Nothing aside from your brain saying you are of the gender you think / feel / believe / wish you are = delusion

Ironic how OD's post above submits brain activity as evidence, where exactly do people think delusions are formed? :ROFL:
 

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lol, when have the people on that train ever valued evidence?


So gender is not a social construct then?
 

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Isn't it obvious?

Physical presence of a specific classification of genitalia = fact
A set of chromosomes that matches a pattern found only in a specific gender = fact
Nothing aside from your brain saying you are of the gender you think / feel / believe / wish you are = delusion

Ironic how OD's post above submits brain activity as evidence, where exactly do people think delusions are formed? :ROFL:
They lurve science so much that they will use the evidence from brain scans to "argue" brain patterns from schizophrenics show they are not delusional or mentally ill. Next up... LGBTQP... and S. The drive to normalize the mentally unstable, unwell, delusional etc. by the mentally unstable, unwell, delusional etc. aka drugged up fkdup boomers and their children... continues.
 

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I see your point.

The research shows the abuse that is the contributing factor are things such as bullying at work, school and college. Discrimination in the workplace and at schools. Being shunned by families, being kicked out of their homes.

It is this widespread abuse to which I am referring as it is a factor. But I believe with better education and understanding much of it can be reduced.

Of course you will get homosexuals or transgender people doing the same, which goes without saying is unacceptable.
I actually agree with you. We do need beter education to teach people it is a mental illness especially for the family members so that they can assist the people in getting help. Bullying someone with a mental disorder should never be acceptable.

People won't make fun of someone with bipolar, or schizophrenia or even shun them. So why shun someone with gender dysphoria. Each time they are confused they should just be reminded that gender isn't a feeling.
 
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Am curious, the "fact" that they are delusional - what evidence do you have to back that up apart from...
"Because I said so..."?
lol, when have the people on that train ever valued evidence?

So, we should just reduce the experience of being the one or the other gender to what kind of brain you have? The experience (for a woman) of being physically much weaker than at least 50% of the rest of the population, having a womb, experiencing pain, discomfort and a emotional roller-coaster every month of your life from puberty to menopause, pregnancy, child birth. All these experiences have nothing to do with being a woman.

A man having a more feminine brain does not make him a woman, it makes him a man with a more feminine brain, and no amount of drastic cosmetic surgery and abuse of his body is going to allow to experience being a female.

I'm all for a more compassionate society, but playing a great big game of pretend instead of acknowledging that some very few individuals are just malformed is fundamentally wrong.
 

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There is only one paragraph of any value in this sensationalist nonsense masquerading as an article:
There is currently also no data to suggest that pressing your ear against a hot stove plate will hurt. Post 461.

But it's a nice game to play, hey?
 

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There is currently also no data to suggest that pressing your ear against a hot stove plate will hurt. Post 461.

But it's a nice game to play, hey?
Sorry but science trumps common sense any day (and yes, there is more than enough evidence that heat burns)
You can't have an 'article' with a heading saying 'Hundreds' of young trans people seeking help to return to original sex' when actually nobody has any idea if it hundreds or 1 or 2. But hey, you do you, if you want to reject science for 'common sense' and other logical fallacies, I've no problem with that.
 
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