Mutilating children’s bodies in the name of gender ideology is wicked. Tavistock should be closed down, and all its resources redirected towards helping poor confused young people to recognise that the body they were born with is by definition the ‘right’ one.
Agreed but also – there are a very small number of children born with gender dysphotoria and for him transitioning is hugely beneficial. We have a long way to go before we can distinguish these cases from people that are simply gay or suffering teenage angst. In the meantime, I plead restraint and caution on this issue
I agree with restraint. Restraining from neutering children who have never been allowed to experience what their adult body would actually feel like would seem to me to be a first, essential restraint.
Jon Redman
2 years ago
Is there any other area of mental illness where the “treatment” consists of affirming and validating the patient’s delusion or psychosis?
For example, if I presented saying I thought I was Napoleon, would the clinic organise a palace for me, address me as Sire and provide me with armies to command?
All quite true, I suspect. We all want to be special, particular at not wanting to conform.
Richard Riheed
2 years ago
Good article, Debbie, as always. Thank you for your wise words on this subject
Richard Sutton
2 years ago
I’ll defend electro shock therapy.
Two of my closest friends worked in a local institute thirty years ago.
It was used very successfully to treat a number of mental illnesses.
They hated the process but were astonished at the outcome on numerous occasions.
Mutilating children’s bodies in the name of gender ideology is wicked. Tavistock should be closed down, and all its resources redirected towards helping poor confused young people to recognise that the body they were born with is by definition the ‘right’ one.
Agreed but also – there are a very small number of children born with gender dysphotoria and for him transitioning is hugely beneficial. We have a long way to go before we can distinguish these cases from people that are simply gay or suffering teenage angst. In the meantime, I plead restraint and caution on this issue
I agree with restraint. Restraining from neutering children who have never been allowed to experience what their adult body would actually feel like would seem to me to be a first, essential restraint.
Is there any other area of mental illness where the “treatment” consists of affirming and validating the patient’s delusion or psychosis?
For example, if I presented saying I thought I was Napoleon, would the clinic organise a palace for me, address me as Sire and provide me with armies to command?
I think Macron has already played this particular card.
How about another theory? Children say they want to change sex because it is cool and fashionable and makes them feel important in their peer group.
All quite true, I suspect. We all want to be special, particular at not wanting to conform.
Good article, Debbie, as always. Thank you for your wise words on this subject
I’ll defend electro shock therapy.
Two of my closest friends worked in a local institute thirty years ago.
It was used very successfully to treat a number of mental illnesses.
They hated the process but were astonished at the outcome on numerous occasions.