A new study examining the recent epidemic of teenagers and young adults identifying as transgender has been published and the findings strongly indicate that
social contagion is a factor in this new phenomenon.
The study by Drs. Michael J. Bailey and Suzanna Diaz, published in the Archives of Sexual Behaviour, examined a survey of 1655 parent reports to further investigate the Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD) hypothesis first put forward by Dr. Lisa Littman in 2018. Activists at the time accused
Littman of transphobia and claimed her study was invalid, but evidence to
support her hypothesis has only grown in the intervening years and this latest study indicates that, at least for some,
ROGD is a disturbing reality.
The study is much larger than any attempt that has been made to study this cohort to date, and consists of parent reports from an online survey on the website Parents of ROGD Kids. The authors acknowledge the possible bias of their sample, but state that research on "children's development in many domains has long depended on parent reports."
Notable findings in line with past studies show that adolescent-onset gender dysphoria disproportionately affects females, with the sample showing 75 percent females versus 25 percent males.
These young people had high rates of coexisting mental health issues, with 42 percent having a formal mental health diagnosis. The parents reported that, on average, the child's mental health issues had started nearly 4 years before the onset of gender dysphoria. The most common issues were depression, anxiety, self harm, and "difficulty socializing with peers."
Youth with mental health issues were observed to be far more likely to have socially or medically transitioned, which Bailey and Diaz state
"is concerning because youth with mental health issues may be especially likely to lack judgment necessary to make these important, and in the case of medical transition permanent, decisions."55.4 percent of the parents responded "yes" when asked if their child had friends who "came out as transgender around the same time," and that response was significantly higher for natal females (60.9 percent) than natal males (38.7 percent).
Social contagions are known to disproportionately affect adolescent girls and young women. Contagions of anorexia, bulimia, and cutting, as well as the contagion of multiple personality disorder in the 1980s, and even hysteria as far back as the late 1800s, all affected predominantly this demographic.
Among those who answered "yes," the mean number of transgender friends was 2.4, and having friends come out as transgender was significantly related to the likelihood of social transition, particularly for females among whom 73.3 percent with "contemporaneous transgender friends had taken steps toward social transition, compared with 54 percent without such friends."
Parents estimated that before developing gender dysphoria, their children were spending on-average 4.5 hours per day "on the internet and social media."Many ROGD parents report that their children spent hours and hours immersed in transgender culture online prior to announcing a transgender identity, and many detransitioners describe first encountering the concept of gender identity online.Parents also reported that their child's psychological functioning worsened after social transition, as did their relationship with their parents.
When asked whether any stressful events in their child's life may have contributed to the onset of gender dysphoria, 72.6 percent of parents said "yes."
"Inspection of specific responses suggested that these stressful events varied considerably in both their nature and severity. For example, a number of parents noted that the family had moved recently. Others mentioned the youth's romantic difficulties."
"But a few said that the youth had suffered severe physical or sexual abuse, and several mentioned that a friend or relative had committed suicide," Bailey and Diaz noted.
Natal males began identifying as transgender nearly 2 years later than natal females. The authors offer two possible explanations for this. One being simply that females begin puberty earlier than males and that if pubertal changes contribute to the onset of gender dysphoria, earlier onset for females would be expected.
The other explanation is perhaps more controversial, relating to "the existence of different causes for gender dysphoria in natal females and males."
"Specifically, one kind of gender dysphoria, stemming from autogynephilia โ a natal male's sexual arousal at the idea of being female โ occurs only in adolescent and post-adolescent natal males and does not appear to have an analogue among natal females," write Bailey and Diaz.
Trans activists will strenuously deny the existence of
autogynephilia despite there being abundant scientific literature to support the theory. Dr. Ray Blanchard, the sexologist who coined the term in the 1980s, believes the reason for this denial is because autogynephilia complicates the task of selling transsexualism.
"If a guy decides he's coming into work as a woman from now on, it's one thing for him to say: 'I'm coming to terms with the fact that I've always been a woman on the inside,' and quite another for him to say: 'I've moved on from just masturbating in women's clothes to wearing them all the time'," Blanchard says in Helen Joyce's book Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality.
The authors acknowledge the limitations of their study, most notably the concerns about the way the participants were recruited: using a website for parents concerned that their children are suffering from ROGD.
Bailey pointed out on Twitter, however, that studies that are supportive of social and medical transition for children are also biased because they are unlikely to recruit the kinds of families who participated in this study.
"The ROGD phenomenon (or more cautiously, the ROGD concept) is so new that nothing is known with much confidence regarding this population," say Bailey and Diaz.
"Our study relies on information provided by parents who believe their children have ROGD and are thus unlikely to be supportive about their children's transgender status and intentions to transition. Obviously, it would be highly desirable for future studies also to include parents with differing beliefs and attitudes," concludes the study.
"Longitudinal data will be especially valuable, because all stakeholders in this controversy ultimately have the same goal: the long-term happiness of gender dysphoric youth."
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Also since they accept every part of the rebellion against God they accept animal hormones to dictate their energy (Horses Bulls and Pigs are beasts) and become welcoming to unclean spirits, by invitation as their body becomes spiritually unclean.
If you think this is crazy, wait and see for yourself what levels of cabability they show for harming people who still conform to the plan to which God planned, you will not see any remorse either, they become full participants in wanting to destroy everything God has intituted (natural sexes male and female, procreation, young children, family and the society built upon these intitutions they are going to destroy).
You will all witness these things very soon. They become different not only in physical ways or mental ways, they become spiritually possesed with their own demonic entity, who will then be making all the decisions and choices thereafter.
People laughed at that idea 2 years ago when only a handful of people were trying to warn people about this, even the meme "transpocalypse" was deemed silly, even "transphobic".
Just watch....
The Changing Teen Brain During the teen years, under the influence of massive new hormonal messages, as well as current needs and experiences, the teenager's brain is being reshaped and reconstructed. Information highways are being sped up (a process called myelination), and some old routes, closed down (this is called pruning); some are re-routed and reconnected to other destinations. And above all, old information highways are making lots of new connections to other highways, and other cities and towns (this is called sprouting).It's a massive construction project, unlike anything that occurs at any other time in life. In such a situation, things rarely flow smoothly, and surprise destinations thrive. This reconstruction explains why the personality and stability that was evident just a year or two before adolescence recedes, and suddenly new perspectives, and reactions abound.
Because of all the change that is occurring in the brain, as well as in their social and academic world, teens have a deep need to define themselves, to clarify who they are, and what they stand for. As they are losing their pre-adolescent identity, they are desperate for a new identity.This search can have constructive or destructive aspects to it. Often the new identity is supplied by their peer group, for better or for worse. Because the teen doesn't know clearly what they want or what they can do, they like to try many different things. This helps them discover what works for them, what feels right, and who they are becoming. The parent-teacher role is to allow and encourage safe exploration.The constructive approach to identity formation, which should be supported by parents and teachers, is to try new hobbies, take new classes, get involved in new organizations. Supervised exploration of new territory should be encouraged. Teenagers need guidance, not unrestricted freedom. They need novelty, but within bounds.
Succumbing to peer pressure/gaslit zewsmedia/usual suspects of influence/weak parenting skills etc. only adds complexity or gas fuel to the internal fire.
I always wondered if there were any cases where a disturbed woman who thinks she's a man marries a disturbed man who thinks he's a woman and they decide to start a "family". I guess they can adopt a 60 year old man in diapers who thinks he's a baby.
............then they adopt a kid from an animal shelter who thinks she's a cat
But this is rare ...
But this here is found-a-mental identity process. Once the ๐ leaves the tracks it's in the ditch.
Virginia Teacher and her 6 (six) year-old 'student' monster... read about the monster parents way below.
6 year old and a.l.r.e.a.d.y. a PRO!!.
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Oh yeah... tha ma was the bestest always baked for the new neighbours n babysat oh and the dad, volunteered 30 years as a Big Bro and drunk-drivers chauffeur .
Ahhhh fu k off
But... it's said... children choose their parents... and let's not forget today's child was yesterday's adult.
So you're going to ask THEM how it could've happened.
Oh damn, get me another Bud Light (Butt Light?)
I won't see it, probably neither will you, (we both have prostate cancer, don't we, if I recall right,) so if we want to experience that world, we will have to re-incarnate into it.
I make it clear, I do not lie and all those so called health care professionals involved, now know of my anger and disproval of their false claims and dangerous treatments.
Middle aged men + are being targeted just as the teens are, mutilated then abandoned to suffer from the falsely advertised treatment that leave one in a complete and utter mess, only sick minds could do such damage.
GLAD you are with us
This from Joshua Slocum (he has previously been interviewed on Mind Matters). It is his podcast Disaffected
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Titled, Hell is For Children. Appropriately titled, IMO because what these children are subjected to is a living hell.
From the blurb below the video
-Family courts have been captured by trans ideology. They're dissolving the parental rights of fathers trying to save their sons from psychiatrically deranged abusive mothers who want to castrate their "trans daughters"
Brandon Showalter joins us as a journalist who's been covering the trans abuse of children and has a new documentary coming out. DeadNameDocumentary.com
Vermont's House Bill 89 will legalize parental abduction and medical mutilation of children.
How did state Republicans get fooled into supporting it? -Insanity starts at school. We have an inside look at what they're teaching children in Burlington Vermont public schools. One quote: "LGBTQ+ will be introduced in pre-K and kindergarten."
If you decide to watch the above link
Be warned, the video shows graphic images of gender affirming surgery, not for the the squeamish. It is horrific, how any parent would consent to this mutilation, could only again IMO, the only explanation I can come up with in my own mind is the individual is pathologically deranged.