children in real life don't have "gender identity problems"...it's a fiction of the new left.. the most common mental illness today is liberalism fostered by modern psychology...
"children in real life don't have "gender identity problems"...it's a fiction of the new left.. the most common mental illness today is liberalism fostered by modern psychology..."
No, it is a well documented medical phenomenom. History has recorded the condition in the Greek and Roman eras. The condition exists in other cultures, such as the Hajira in India. In fact, the condition existed in the American Indians, the berdache.
Animal research has shown that the use of androgen blocking agents during pregnancy can produce offspring with reversed sexual behavior. A number of years ago, pregnant rats were treated with cyproterone acetate, a potent androgen blocking agent. If the Cyproterone acetate was administered at the appropriate time during gestation, male rat offspring would be produced that had sex reversed mating behavior.
I would suggest the same thing occurs in humans. It is highly unethical to experiment on humans. However, if such agents were administered during pregnancy, children with gender variant behavior would be produced.
There have been some unfortunate accidents with some drugs administered during pregnancy. Some examples include the cyproterone acetate and other androgen blockers, diethylstilbestrol (DES), barbiturates, and dilantin.
Cyproterone acetate has been administered to women to control excess growth of hair. Sometimes, the drug has been taken by women who were pregnant. Genital abnormalities have been reported, and gender variant behavior. The same risk applies to other androgen blockers.
Diethylstilbestrol has been linked to not only abnormalities of the female reproductive system, but it has also been linked to gender identity problems in DES sons and abnormalities of the reproductive system.
Barbiiturate use during pregnancy has also been linked to gender identity problems in the children.
There are other drugs, including propecia, that are contraindicated during pregnancy because of they are considered teratogens. Teratogens do not always have a outward visible effect, they can also have an influence on how the brain develops.