Helen Lewis: "well-meaning commentators make confident assertions for youth gender medicine." Sorry, not buying that "well-meaning." They are, for the most part, bullying, virtue-signaling ideologues who can't tolerate opposing views.
"The Liberal Misinformation Bubble About Youth Gender Medicine,"
I am medical professional and former "puberty blockers" user (for medical reasons unrelated to gender issues) I actually agree that trans women in women's sports at the collegiate level are inappropriate, and that people thinking they can chose their gender by merely adopting the social cues associated with a gender (dress, hair, affectations -Caitlyn Jenner I am looking at you) is overly simplistic. However, I also think adults should be able to present as whatever gender they choose, without being discriminated against in employment or housing. I also think it is simple courtesy to use the pronouns they prefer.
IMHO Helen Lewis and other writers do not make a useful contribution to the discussion when they do not distinguish between "puberty blockers" and "hormones", just like discussions of "drugs" that do not distinguish between pot and Fentanyl are useless. I think giving kids the ability to delay the onset of secondary sexual characteristics until they are 18 and able to decide what gender they want to present as is a reasonable middle path between letting kids decide for themselves at an early age,(on the one hand) and forcing them to go through puberty as a gender they feel uncomfortable as (on the other). I think the way to cut down on what I consider the fatuous TIkTok driven gender dysphoria among adolescent girls is to eliminate smart phones from schools and restrict social media access for children. I think the age of social medica consent should be 18, but I realize I am in the minority on this one, and would settle for 16 as they do in other countries. Where this places me on the political spectrum, I have no idea.
Helen Lewis: "well-meaning commentators make confident assertions for youth gender medicine." Sorry, not buying that "well-meaning." They are, for the most part, bullying, virtue-signaling ideologues who can't tolerate opposing views.
"The Liberal Misinformation Bubble About Youth Gender Medicine,"
I am medical professional and former "puberty blockers" user (for medical reasons unrelated to gender issues) I actually agree that trans women in women's sports at the collegiate level are inappropriate, and that people thinking they can chose their gender by merely adopting the social cues associated with a gender (dress, hair, affectations -Caitlyn Jenner I am looking at you) is overly simplistic. However, I also think adults should be able to present as whatever gender they choose, without being discriminated against in employment or housing. I also think it is simple courtesy to use the pronouns they prefer.
IMHO Helen Lewis and other writers do not make a useful contribution to the discussion when they do not distinguish between "puberty blockers" and "hormones", just like discussions of "drugs" that do not distinguish between pot and Fentanyl are useless. I think giving kids the ability to delay the onset of secondary sexual characteristics until they are 18 and able to decide what gender they want to present as is a reasonable middle path between letting kids decide for themselves at an early age,(on the one hand) and forcing them to go through puberty as a gender they feel uncomfortable as (on the other). I think the way to cut down on what I consider the fatuous TIkTok driven gender dysphoria among adolescent girls is to eliminate smart phones from schools and restrict social media access for children. I think the age of social medica consent should be 18, but I realize I am in the minority on this one, and would settle for 16 as they do in other countries. Where this places me on the political spectrum, I have no idea.
No the World Doesn't Hate America Of course they don't, they hate 47 and the MAGAts who are currently running America (into the ground)
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/06/11/us-image-declines-in-many-nations-amid-low-confidence-in-trump/#:~:text=In%20most%20nations%2C%20views%20about,on%20our%20survey%20fieldwork%20period.
Dunno about other countries. There are places I wouldn't go. To be fair, there are places in the US I wouldn't go either.