There are two prongs of this.
One is young women taught to hate femininity, that to be very female is weak and bad, be more like a man. They are most likely to identify as non-binary.
A different problem is the deliberate recruitment of Asperger girls by sexual activists. Telling them that they’re really “transmen”. This is where social contagion theory comes in, because groups of vulnerable girls are being told you’re really a guy, this solves all your problems.
It is a deliberate grooming and conversion process for political purposes. The sexual activists are doing it to pump up their numbers. And they’re doing it to reduce the fact that 80%+ of the transgender argument is biologically intact men who identify as women. (Roughly 80% of trans are men, and less than a quarter lose the plumbing.)
The girls are told that not caring about makeup and popular culture, dressing plainly and not understanding social skills is all proof they’re a guy. And autistic girls tend to develop sexually (socially) later, while they’re at high risk of sexual abuse. So a large share are either asexual or literally afraid of guys. OK, now you’re told you’re really a guy, no one will rape you.
This is systemic child abuse and exploitation of the mentally ill.
(Roughly 80% of trans are men, and less than a quarter lose the plumbing.)
So most never take it to the next level. interesting.
Good points all.