RE: Transgendered children
February 8, 2017 at 12:06 pm
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2017 at 12:17 pm by Longhorn.)
(February 6, 2017 at 9:16 am)Violet Wrote: The early example in this thread is of a pair of lesbians likely educating their son on the evils of toxic masculinity, and without the boy having any male role models, he is likely registering that his mothers give him more stuff and pay more attention to him when he pretends to be what they wanted him to be.
(February 8, 2017 at 10:52 am)Violet Wrote: How many medical studies do you need to know that children make shit up and pretend to be other people, or that we shouldn't inject hormones into pre-pubescent children except in very rare cases sought for by a practicing doctor with ample agreement with several psychologists?
Article in the OP Wrote:The mothers say that one of the first things Thomas told them when he learned sign language aged three - because of a speech impediment - was, 'I am a girl'.
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At age seven, after threatening genital mutilation on himself, psychiatrists diagnosed Thomas with gender identity disorder.
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Wikipedia citing several authorities Wrote:Money suggested children might have awareness of, and attach some significance to gender, as early as 18 months to two years; Lawrence Kohlberg argues that gender identity does not form until age three. It is widely agreed that core gender identity is firmly formed by age three. (See sources)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_i..._formation
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