"I suspect there will be a reverse transition in the future"
Yeah, it's already happening. Particularly among young women who transitioned to male and regretted it. It's verboten to talk about this of course, but it's pretty much impossible to deny that a significant number of young girls are transitioning due to social factors (peer pres…
"I suspect there will be a reverse transition in the future"
Yeah, it's already happening. Particularly among young women who transitioned to male and regretted it. It's verboten to talk about this of course, but it's pretty much impossible to deny that a significant number of young girls are transitioning due to social factors (peer pressure, social contagion, group identity, conformity) rather than gender dysphoria. The "affirmation at al costs" model of trans care is badly failing these girls.
But yes, on an individual level, opposition to trans rights is a mystery. Same as with same-sex marriage or any number of other topics. The amount of time and energy some people invest in what other people are doing with their lives is bizarre.
My only concern when it come to trans rights are, as I said, the areas where trans rights intersect with women's rights (sports, prisons, single-sex spaces, etc.). And the way we approach care for young kids who are figuring out their identity. The idea that, for example, children should be able to get access to cross-sex hormones without any parental intervention is a huge minefield. And while I understand the reason trans activists support this, it's ridiculous to pretend that this isn't also fraught with problems, as the de-transitioning teenagers I mentioned will attest to.
Religious groups are always going to be behind the curve on issues like these. That's unavoidable I think. We've long been in territory as a society that a millennia old book wasn't prepared to offer guidance on.
"I suspect there will be a reverse transition in the future"
Yeah, it's already happening. Particularly among young women who transitioned to male and regretted it. It's verboten to talk about this of course, but it's pretty much impossible to deny that a significant number of young girls are transitioning due to social factors (peer pressure, social contagion, group identity, conformity) rather than gender dysphoria. The "affirmation at al costs" model of trans care is badly failing these girls.
But yes, on an individual level, opposition to trans rights is a mystery. Same as with same-sex marriage or any number of other topics. The amount of time and energy some people invest in what other people are doing with their lives is bizarre.
My only concern when it come to trans rights are, as I said, the areas where trans rights intersect with women's rights (sports, prisons, single-sex spaces, etc.). And the way we approach care for young kids who are figuring out their identity. The idea that, for example, children should be able to get access to cross-sex hormones without any parental intervention is a huge minefield. And while I understand the reason trans activists support this, it's ridiculous to pretend that this isn't also fraught with problems, as the de-transitioning teenagers I mentioned will attest to.
Religious groups are always going to be behind the curve on issues like these. That's unavoidable I think. We've long been in territory as a society that a millennia old book wasn't prepared to offer guidance on.