Thread by @prof_curiosity1

Name one area of paediatric medicine where the age and developmental stage of the child is deemed irrelevant in the diagnosis and treatment of the child?

There is only one area. The treatment of gender dysphoria in children.

Why? Well read on.

1/A thread about how trans/genderism/ideology is an attack on childhood itself.

A key strategy has been the removal of protections & the promotion of an ideological construct, the "transchild" to promote the idea that this ideology is a universal truth and not just a fetish.

2/ Some context. Academics and paediatricians have spent decades studying childhood. On the back of their empirical research, theories around childhood development have been formulated and critiqued. In this article you will find some of this work ebswa.org/_files/ugd/2a3…

3/ To be completely clear there is no part of mainstream child development theory that supports the concept of a child having a fixed gender.

A child's sense of their own gender constantly changes throughout childhood as their brain & social relationships develop.

4/ Read Piaget, Erikson, Bandura, Kohlberg or other mainstream child development theorist and you will find evidence for this, based on empirical research.

A child's sense of their own sex & gender constantly changes. This fluidity is but one difference between a child/adult.

5/ Treating a gender dysphoric child in an evidence based manner means centering the developmental stage of the child. Otherwise the treatment is not age appropriate.

Gender affirmative treatment ALONE sets aside this age sensitive approach in favour of one driven by ideology.

6/ In this ideological approach the child's sense of their own gender is deemed inherent and immutable.

But there is no scientific evidence for this gendered soul. It is an imaginative device to create an easily malleable social construct - the "transchild."

7/ That the medical establishment, particularly in the USA, has largely fallen in with this ideological approach is a disgrace, but not surprising, when considering past medical scandals. Here is a lobotomy being performed which was once the height of medical fashion.

8/ The medical establishment including the pharmaceutical industry is thus complicit in degrading protections around children to promote this ideology. This practice being driven by WPATH and their standards of care. wpath.org/publications/s…

9/ So the transgender movement has succeeded beyond its wildest dreams in grooming vulnerable children into believing that they have an immutable gender that is more real than their natal sex. Medical science has fallen in with this fad along with agencies to protect children.

10/ Fortunately there is a simple way out of this mess. For us all to demand that gender dysphoria in children is treated in an evidence based manner. #Cassreview is hopefully a turning point in the UK regards this. cass.independent-review.uk

11/ Importantly, the social construct known as the "transchild" must be called out every time it is uttered. The term is synonymous with the removal of safeguarding and the abuse of children. Those that use this word must be made aware that they are promoting child abuse.

12/ In short childhood needs to be returned to children, away from adults who use it to promote ideology. Gender needs to revert to being a small and boring part of childhood.

Let children play and experiment (with their sense of gender if they wish) in peace!

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