Thread by @SVPhillimore

There is much that was horrifying and absurd in the evidence of Dr Webberley. For me, the worst was this. No wonder she concludes gender dysphoria is commonplace - she trained herself to diagnose it for profit.

Nothing else explains sudden surge in referrals - andthat the patient cohort suddenly switched from boys to girls - but social contagion. What makes this different from the ‘Satanic Panic’, where some professionals similarly lost their minds, is it’s presentation as civil rights.

Another difference is that in the Satanic Panic is was the adults who suffered false imprisonment and the destruction of their careers. Here, we see children face the destruction of their once healthy bodies and they will carry this with them all of their lives.

If you aren’t familiar with the Satanic Panic, it’s an interesting study. You will note how a cohort grew, of adults whose livelihoods and professional reputations came to depend on marketing it as truth.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_p…

But at least then they did not have the police supporting them and recording as ‘hateful’ anyone who spoke against it.

And there were not political parties cementing their allegiance to the notion of organised Satanic ritual abuse

unherd.com/thepost/how-th…

But what there will always be are parents who will fight for their children.

pitt.substack.com/p/to-my-daught…