How can we trust lawmakers to get *anything* right and avoid child harm on #BillC8 when they are so incredibly wrong about basic facts of sexual orientation and gender identity. Thread follows on what the literature says about immutability, an expressed part of the bill.
The Bill clearly states that it is a myth that sexual orientation or gender identity can change. This statement is at least 13 years behind the medical literature, if not more. It is virtually academic consensus that orientation/attraction/behavior/identity can change.
I think the harms of this Bill will be grievous, although much more so in regard to gender identity than sexual orientation. Nevertheless, the following literature review will focus on orientation and attraction changes among sexual minorities.
Berona 2018, Trajectories ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30060858
In a longitudinal urban cohort of girls, the authors found that 63.2% reported at least one change in sexual orientation. The lesbian class averaged three orientation changes over eight years (14-22yrs).
Diamond 2017 Stability link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Retrospectively, “majority... had undergone multiple changes in sexual identity: 82% of the [L/B] women and 78% of the [G/B] men reported having switched their sexual identity label at least once" after minority status.
Diamond 2017 Stability cont.
"... 45% of women and 34% of men reported two or more identity changes.” Also reported was significant day-to-day attraction fluidity, especially among women.
Katz-Wise, 2015 Sexual Fluidity psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-01…
“Sexual fluidity in attractions was reported for 64% of [w] and 52% of [m], with 49% of [w] and 36% of [m] reporting subsequent sexual fluidity in sexual identity." 23% of [w]and 22% of [m] experienced" >1 attraction changes
Dickson 2013 Stability ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23430085
In New Zealand cohort of young adulthood, “among the men, any change in sexual attraction was reported by 4.2, 3.3, and 2.9 % in the age periods 21–26, 26–32, and 32–38 years... women were 16.1, 16.3, and 11.8 %”.
Ott 2011, Stability and Change in Self-Reported Sexual Orientation Identity in Young People ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
In a longitudinal cohort study, the authors found significant sexual orientation fluidity in both males and females in both adolescence and young adulthood.
Herek 2010, Demographic, Psychological and Social Characteristics link.springer.com/article/10.100…
5.2% of gay men, 16.4% of lesbian women, 39.3% of bisexual men, and 44.3% of bisexual women reported a fair (or greater) amount of choice about their sexual orientation.
Savin-Williams 2007 Prevalence ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17195103
In large, pop.-based longitudinal study of adolescents, 87.7% of bi males, 88.7% of bi females, 71.6% of homo males, and 76.8% of homo females moved from same-sex sexual behavior to completely heterosexual b within 6 years.
Savin-Williams 2007 Prevalence cont.
As a fascinating footnote, Savin-Williams believes this data is flawed even though (as obvious above) many other studies have found similarly large levels of adolescent change. See also Fish 2017: link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Sandfort 1997 “Sampling Male Homosexuality” in Bancroft, Researching Sexual Behavior amazon.ca/Researching-Se…
“Of these 5 men who reported feelings of sexual attraction for the same sex, 51.0% said that these feelings disappeared in a later stage of their lives.”
There are a number of other studies that could also be cited, including more by Lisa Diamond, who is probably the leading researcher on the topic of sexual fluidity and orientation/attraction/identity change. But this should suffice to establish how far wrong are our legislators
Diamond 2016 Sexual Fluidity link.springer.com/article/10.100…
"The existing body of international research assessing sexual attractions, behaviors, and identities among representative samples of adolescents and adults shows that sexual orientation is not a static and categorical trait."
It is truly unbelievable and shocking that a statement so evidentially and scientifically wrong ("orientation change is a myth") could make it into #BillC8 .
I have dealt only with orientation change here, even though, as stated, the greater harms of this bill will be related to gender identity. If asked, "do you support conversion therapy", my short answer would be ...
No, I do not support the conversion of vulnerable, autistic, or same-sex attracted children to the opposite gender via experimental puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or medically unnecessary surgeries.
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In fact, there are several details that would point, if not to absolving her, at least of putting the lion's share of culpability upon David. 1) He is friend of one of his closest men and grand-daughter of another. Hence very young. (2 Sam 11:3, see )theopolisinstitute.com/bathsheba-the-…
2) She had been purifying herself, and like her husband cares about ritual purity-- more than David!! (2 Sam 11:4, 11) 3) David "takes her" - this could be a neutral term, but it could also be translated "seize" as in the rape of Dinah (Gen 34:2)
4) She mourns for her husband the way David mourned for Saul & Jonathan, and Abner--both righteous acts and the immediate preceding uses of the verb (2 Sam 1:12, 3:31) 5) She is likened to a "ewe lamb" which suggests vulnerability and purity
Given that we are publicly discussing sexual orientation/preference, here is a primer from the peer-reviewed literature. Hint: if you think sexual orientation is immutable you're about 15 years behind. #BillC6#ACB#SexualPreference Thread. 1/
2/ Orientation is difficult to define: attractions, behavior, personal identity, all possibilities. While often overlapping, not always the case. Furthermore, risks (eg. physical or mental health) are often associated differently for these categories. See researchgate.net/publication/66…
3/ Stewart 2019 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Teens over only three years in longitud. study. “26% of girls and 11% of boys reported fluidity in identity and 31% of girls and 10% of boys reported fluidity in attractions."
Thanks to all the new followers. I've been fighting for women's sex-based rights for 4 years now against the gender identity/trans agenda. Highlights, some of which may be useful to you. 1/ Ran posters in Vancouver that were vs. Bill C-16 globalnews.ca/news/3231872/a…
Called a nazi
2/ Spoke to Senate vs Bill C-16 on grounds of women's protection and right of consent. On the same panel as the indomitable Meghan Murphy and the amazing Hilla Kerner. Not a feminist myself, but thankful to be on the same page as these women.
3/ Published independent research on the effects of Target's gender-identity policy on offenses against women as reported in the media. While it has flaws, it remains some of the best data we have on the issue. womanmeanssomething.com/targetstudy/
Data out of the UK since generally confirms
I've been waiting a long time for a leader like Derek Sloan who will protect women's sex-based right to privacy, consent, protections, and sports, and LEAD with these crucial issues for the benefit of Canadian women and children. Courage is in short supply these days.
Derek Sloan doesn't just talk either. He is committed to an inquiry into Bill C16 and whether or not a gender-based analysis was done petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/De…
He is also sponsoring an inquiry into the enormous numbers of medically transitioning children in the foster system in BC petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/De…
Thread on how #Twitter is stalking you and knows way too much.
Today I got an advertisement follow suggestion for Leone- a high-end fashion store in downtown Vancouver. I never search online for high-end fashion. Once in a blue moon I'll look online at some men's clothes... 1/4
But nothing in this range. The scary part? One of my children and I went downtown Vancouver last Monday in the car. I live 30-40 minutes away from downtown and go down there infrequently. When I do travel there it is almost always on public transit... 2/4
But in this case I needed to pick something up that was heavy. We parked a block and half away from our pick up location... beside Leone. I remember because ironically I used to be very interested in fashion. I thought about going in their with my child just for fun except... 3/4
This column on defunding police is intellectual pap. Maybe there are arguments out there for it, but this is something a 14 year old justice warrior would write. Short thread.
Argues that experts in mental health or social work can deal with situations often dealt with by police. And what if they are not initially successful and there's escalation and violence? You are putting people in harm's way, in many cases women.
There seems to be an underlying optimism here that people are basically good and just need a little help now and then. Where is the evidence that people are basically good? Can someone point me to a society without police where the poor are not regularly and severely oppressed?