A gender imbalance emerges among trans teens seeking treatment

Reuters ^ | November 18, 2022 | By MICHELLE CONLIN, ROBIN RESPAUT and CHAD TERHUNE

[Red Badger]

Adolescents assigned female at birth initiate transgender care 2.5 to 7.1 times more frequently than those assigned male at birth, according to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health ...

IOW, we need more BOYS to cut off their wangs.....................

[ClearCase_guy]

The question, for some, is whether peer groups and online media may be influencing some of these patients to pursue medical transition, with potentially irreversible side effects, at a time in their lives when their identities are often in flux.

Gosh. Could it be true?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

There’s just no EQUITY in this cold, cruel world.

[C210N]

We've had racial quotas, now the left may putsch for gender quotas.

Forced busing of kids into surgical units!

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I thought males were evil oppressors. So why do so many girls want to join them?

[hinckley buzzard]

“…Kulovitz, who was assigned female at birth…”

When writers (or therapists) say things like this with a straight face, it is called “colluding with the pathology.” It is a violation of professional ethics.

But then, when was the last time anyone ever heard a discussion of ethics in the public domain?

[grobdriver]

When his mother learned of his transgender identity, she was supportive and enrolled him in therapy.

I think I see the problem.
Mom is not a supporter, she's an enabler.

P.S. - What did this young lady's father have to say on the matter?

[mykroar]

assigned female at birth

No reason to read further.

[Altura Ct.]

If gender is not real how could there be an imbalance?

[Robert DeLong]

She still looks like a girl to me:

[Chicory]

What I see is in the past few days we have had a lot of articles suggesting that some caution may be needed in this area. This seems to be forming a foundation for a radical change in how the left views all this transitioning.

They are getting ahead of the tsunami of condemnation that is heading their way. Because that is coming...

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[metmom]

For Kulovitz, who was assigned female at birth,

Nobody is “assigned” their sex at birth as if they were born anatomically neutral and someone picks their sex at random.

The doctor looks and states the obvious.

[BobL]

“who was assigned female at birth”

Reminds me of the terminology of the Soviet Union where people would be ‘assigned’ to a certain job or a certain apartment. But even the Soviets never went this far (except maybe for Olympic athletes), and now Russia doesn’t put up with any of this crap (which is why the Left hates them so much).

[sport]

Gender is real. But it has to be used in the correct context to be real. Gender is a literary and speaking term. There are three genders Feminine [she, hers],Masculine [He, his] Neutral [them, those, its]. One writes or speaks in one of the three genders. There are two sexes [male, female]. One is born either male or female. God made them. Today the fools have substituted the word gender for the term sex. And by the events taking place, the fools are in control. It was not always this way. Sane people knew the difference between gender and sex.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Could it be that our society puts so much pressure on girls to make them think they have to be willowy thin, and have a “beautiful face?” But not all are, and the rejection by so many boys causes them to start imagining that maybe they aren’t girls. I have put the word “beautiful” in quotes because we are talking here about outward cosmetic beauty, not the real beauty that comes from within.

Have you noticed that you never see a “beautiful” girl wanting to transition. It seems to be those that the world considers overweight, homely, awkward.

[TexasFreeper2009]

I think I get this.

If the girl is REALLY ugly (like this one) they may believe life would be easier as an ugly man than an ugly woman.

[Tacrolimus1mg]

How big of a,”DUH” can be posted here?

I don’t know about the other female Freepers here, but I hated my body during puberty (still kinda do, considering it tried to kill me), and I think most girls generally feel this way. My tomboyish nature, heavy weight and social ostracization from my peers (being bullied) means that I would have definitely fallen into this category if I were a young teen or preteen now.

Kids at this age seek conformity as of their lives depend on it, and until this trend slows, it’ll continue to be a problem. All they have to do in order to fit in is create a fantasy identity and they have instant adoration (”You’re so brave!”, etc.). It’s sick.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Mental illness is the new normal.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Tacrolimus1mg,
I totally agree with you. You better said what I was trying to say in my post #17.