Posted on 05/13/2016 7:13:45 AM PDT by Kaslin
Although Bruce Caitlyn Jenner’s rep is denying it, there are reports claiming that within the next few years, Caitlyn will revert to Bruce, the alleged reasons being that: 1) living as a woman has “been very hard” for him; and 2) he’s still attracted to women.
If the reports are true, Jenner will not be the first person who experienced sex change regret. I wrote an article about this painful and much-ignored subject two years ago, and I certainly pray that he will find internal and external wholeness.
But rather than focusing on Jenner right now, let’s think about the larger questions that need to be asked in light of these recent reports.
It is the custom of the media today to change pronouns the moment someone identifies as transgender, so Bruce quickly became “she” as soon as he declared he was changing. This was pre-op, pre-hormones and pre-change of wardrobe.
Simply stating, “I’m now identifying as a woman” merits the change in pronouns, and so, news reports are now stating that “she” might revert to Bruce in the future, which would mean that “she” would become “he” again. This then begs the question, “Was she ever really he?”
The whole rationale for the change of pronoun is based on the alleged reality of the person’s self-identification, in which case he had always really been she — in other words, the real Jenner was always Caitlyn; Bruce, the male, was just the name given because her gender was wrongly assigned at birth.
But if that was the case, shouldn’t Caitlyn Jenner be crowned the greatest female athlete in history? Is there any woman anywhere in the world who could possibly beat his Olympic decathlon performance, even in the next 50 years?
Really now, if gender has nothing to do with biology, isn’t this a valid question? And if Bruce had come out as Caitlyn in 1976 and the Olympics were as “enlightened” then as they are today, shouldn’t he have been allowed to compete as a woman?
If his womanhood (pardon the contradiction) is based on his self-identification rather than on hormonal treatments, surgical alterations or wardrobe, why couldn’t Bruce have participated as Caitlyn back in 1976? Talk about equality in the sports! The world’s top athlete — traditionally the title given to the winner of the decathlon — would have been a woman, since Caitlyn’s performance would have bested the performance of all the men in the competition.
And that leads to another question.
If Caitlyn reverts to Bruce, should Glamour magazine no longer recognize him as Woman of the Year? After all, if “Caitlyn” was simply a passing phase of his life, shouldn’t he be derecognized as Woman of the Year? And should he turn in his ESPY’s Courage award as well, since rather than being courageous he was being confused?
While these questions could be taken as derisive, I am not mocking Bruce Caitlyn, to whom my heart goes out. Instead, I am highlighting the absurdity of this moment in history in which a high school student can state, “Improper pronoun usage is a form of violence toward LGBTQ youth struggling with gender identity issues”; a moment in which some individuals prefer to be referred to as “they” and “them” because they have multiple gender identities (or because they simply don’t want to be put in a gender box. Some have even said, “Call me Tractor.”). It’s a moment in history in which parents who object to their teenage daughters being forced to share locker rooms and shower stalls with biological males are likened to supporters of Jim Crow laws.
Thankfully, the pushback against this madness is growing — I plan to address this an another article — but the reports about Caitlyn’s struggles raise one last point of interest.
Many (or most?) transgendered male-to-females (MtF) are reportedly still attracted to women. In other words, they are not gay men attracted to other men but heterosexual men who identify as women, which means that the MtF individual in the ladies’ dressing room at Target could well be attracted to women. (I am not implying the person is a sexual predator; I’m simply stating that, from what I’ve read, most MtF’s, like Caitlyn, are still attracted to females.)
As always, I need to state that I recognize that a tiny minority of those who identify as transgender do have biological and/or chromosomal abnormalities, and I’m quite aware of the ongoing debate as to whether there are discernible differences in the brains of those who identify as transgender. And, regardless of the causes of transgender identity, we should show compassion to those who have struggled with their gender identity.
At the same time, it will be a real societal eye-opener if Caitlyn does revert to Bruce — how will he be treated by the liberal media who glorified his change? — and perhaps, just perhaps, millions of Americans will wake up from their stupor and realize that, indeed, the emperor has no clothes.
A man can dream, can’t he?
EXCEPT, that "Caitlyn" wouldn't be allowed to compete if the "enlightened" Olympic committee proclaimed "her" a woman, because there is no women's decathlon in the Olympics. If they proclaimed "she" was a woman, "she" would have had to compete in the heptathlon. Thus, "she" would not be the gold-medal winner of the decathlon, and as such, not "the world's top athlete".
No. This was the grandest scam of all, brought to us by the Kardashian / Jenner freak show and E! network. None of them are mentally ill. Jenner is just a very mercenary attention whore who would do anything to keep the fame and paydays coming. They cooked all this up. People were getting bored with the Kardashians’ nonsense so they had to step up their game with something spectacular. So they had Bruce dress up like a woman for a while. It worked. Now people are bored with it and he will “transition back” and that will generate some attention for a while. This whole transgender Caitlin nonsense was a huge publicity scam on the American TV viewing public.
Many years ago, the Johns Hopkins University hospital (which was a pioneer in “gender reassignment” surgery) stopped doing such surgeries because it found no long-term benefit to the recipients.
It could be a fad, an intellectual fad. They've happened before. The ideas of Sigmund Freud were a fad that lasted decades, but in recent years they've lost a lot of following, prestige, and credibility, as has psychiatry in general. That despite the mighty efforts of thousands of highly-educated practitioners who had invested their entire lives in Freudian psychiatry.
The world still awaits the testimony of the thousands - or millions, perhaps - of children who are raised by homosexual parents. The books haven't been written yet (actually I think one such book has been written), the movies haven't been made, the television programs haven't been produced. Yet. They will. Hollywood may not make them, Lifetime and Netflix may not make them, but the barriers to entry are falling lower all the time, and they will be made.
Donald Trump - whatever else he does or doesn't do - has taught Americans that they don't have to kowtow to political correctness. This is so far his greatest contribution. The long-term pressure of reality can't be ignored, even though it can be subverted for a time when the forces of societal entropy make a concerted effort through the media and political leadership.
How did you survive.
Homosexuality was eliminated as a mental illness by the Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in 1973. The decision to was upheld by a 58% majority of voting APA members in 1974.
Proving that no more than 42% of psychiatrists were sane in 1974.
It's probably even fewer today.
” ... a significant number of transgenders are just confused amd mentally ill people who announce that they are transgender for attention”
Some respected medical professionals (whom the MSM generally ignore) claim it is a form of “disassociative disorder,” very much like that suffered by (mostly) young women who believe they are fat and then become bulimic. That’s why the post above comparing Bruce Jenner and Karen Carpenter in on-target.
Let’s cut the crap and admit these confused people are NOT born that way! Every idiot that enables them is guilty of inciting suicide
He’ll do anything to grab headlines & make a buck
Our culture is officially insane. Seriously! We are psychotic thanks to the left and “social justice warriors.” Clinically insane behavior is now mainstream.
It’s way past time to take the gloves off with anyone who self identifies as a democrat. This is their pile of dung. Rub their noses in it. But we don’t need to accept or condone it. Laugh in their psychotic faces!
Perhaps the ship will right itself, but, sadly, so many lives will be damaged/ruined while we wait.
Honestly, the people in authority who allowed this teaching to our children, along with allowing little ones to be adopted by homosexuals will have to answer.
WWIII fears as Vladimir Putin vows to 'neutralise' threats from US ...
The left is normalizing mental illness for the purpose of breaking down families and society.
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Exactly. This is straight out of the neo-Marxist playbook.
Marx and Engels in the Communist Manifesto advocated the abolishing of the family. The implication is to hand off the children to the state for their raising and upkeep. We’ve already done so with all of the public education, now we’re reaping the results with the latest generations indoctrinated by the reality-challenged Marxists from the 1960s.
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Homosexuality was always considered a mental/emotional illness. Soon, pedophiles will enjoy the same consideration by saying that they’re born that way.
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Soon? More like for the past 15 or so years:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rind_et_al._controversy
And it’s gotten worse and worse, to the point now where a large portion of millennials see nothing wrong with pedophilia, even to the point of labeling pedophiles as victims of bigots:
http://www.salon.com/2015/09/21/im_a_pedophile_but_not_a_monster/
By the way, the author of those two Salon articles is a male-to-female “transgender” (a dude who wears wigs and dresses).
I predicted from the beginning he would go back and reconcile with his Kardashian wife, whether as a man or a woman.
He's a lesbian? Eww!
The media has already issued stories assuring this “rarely” happens.
Good thing s/he kept the wedding tackle.
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