I surely would not be the first to suggest that our puzzling politics in the Anglosphere make Monty Python’s "Life of Brian" (1975) look prescient and profound.
Well put. It's sad that our children are involved in our toxic debates as they try to understand their socialization. There is a Trans Youth Project to examine gender identity that claims children as young a 6 understand gender. See DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-056082 and an associated MedPage article https://www.medpagetoday.com/endocrinology/generalendocrinology/98602. I'm sure there is a lot of other science surrounding our meddling in healthy development of children. I'm dismayed that this seems to be a good thing. We are pushing hard to develop victims and further separate us. Elsewhere in the world the quite rare actual trans people evolve to exist and be accepted into society as they have forever. Few actually attempt to alter themselves surgically or medicate to achieve different secondary sex characteristics. And, yes, they often are discriminated against for being different. It's only in recent years been even possible to medically intervene and yet we have clinics rising to provide those services to some who are simply trying to understand themselves. Do we really need all the clinics?
Well put. It's sad that our children are involved in our toxic debates as they try to understand their socialization. There is a Trans Youth Project to examine gender identity that claims children as young a 6 understand gender. See DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-056082 and an associated MedPage article https://www.medpagetoday.com/endocrinology/generalendocrinology/98602. I'm sure there is a lot of other science surrounding our meddling in healthy development of children. I'm dismayed that this seems to be a good thing. We are pushing hard to develop victims and further separate us. Elsewhere in the world the quite rare actual trans people evolve to exist and be accepted into society as they have forever. Few actually attempt to alter themselves surgically or medicate to achieve different secondary sex characteristics. And, yes, they often are discriminated against for being different. It's only in recent years been even possible to medically intervene and yet we have clinics rising to provide those services to some who are simply trying to understand themselves. Do we really need all the clinics?