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I think some transgenderism is the result of a desire of some young people to follow a trend.

While younger teenagers were just 7.6 percent of the total U.S. population, they made up roughly 18 percent of transgender people. Likewise, 18- to 24-year-olds made up 11 percent of the total population but 24 percent of the transgender population.

Some is greater social acceptance, too, no doubt.

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BlueVeins · 22-25

Eh, this seems very much like a circlejerky rorschach test kinda thing, ya kinda just notice a phenomenon & match it to however you kinda just already felt about transgenderism and the youth. Part of the difference could be (almost certainly is) due to rising acceptance. Part of the difference could be 'trendiness'. Part of it could even be related to pornography, who knows (ik this sounds dismissive but it makes sense that the sheer variation could re-wire ppl's understandings of gender roles & sex). And testosterone rates among men have been declining for decades now, so hell it could even be that. It'd be neat to see a study that tries to explore this, but honestly I think pontificating on it at this point reflects on ourselves much more than on the issue itself.

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Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M

@astrosandorbits

The book was and remains highly controversial, especially where the authors discussed purported connections between race and intelligence and suggested policy implications based on these purported connections.

Needless to say he was ostracized

blindbob · 41-45

@Fukfacewillie I'm not a fan of his work, but I think our job is to rigorously debate people like him or simply ignore them.

Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M

@blindbob No issue with debate. My concern is the chilling effect on social research

JestAJester · 31-35, M

You guys should look up Matt Walsh or "what is a woman?" On youtube. No one he interviews can give him a definitive answer

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BohemianBabe · M

@JestAJester "Woke" means nothing now. It's just a slur used for anyone to the Left of literal Fascism.

JestAJester · 31-35, M

@BohemianBabe

BohemianBabe · M

@JestAJester Me to Conservatards.

checkoutanytime · M

I agree, young people find it trendy, i read that the numbers doubled or trippled in young people 15-25 over the last 10 years. Attention seekers is how they project themselves. Im really not trying to be rude.

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Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M

@blindbob Hopefully there will be pushback and support by the medical profession but they have become very woke lately and swept up in standard lowering for medical school admissions to be “anti racist.”

blindbob · 41-45

@Fukfacewillie I am more on the liberal end, but i agree with you wholeheartedly. I work with young people and I find it so frustrating that they would spend their hours campaigning for inclusivity instead of just studying for the MCAT and volunteering at a clinic. The saddest thing is they know when they get something without earning it. They can't even enjoy it because they're clouded with doubt.

Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M

@blindbob Intersting…I find my teenage daughter has a hard time having fun because of how serious it seems they are expected to be. Wasn’t like that when I was a kid! Reagan was sort of there, but there weren’t protests every other weekend.

Tastyfrzz · 61-69, M

Overseas the typical reason is for money. There are few high paying jobs so a kid in the Philippines or Thailand will dress up and get a few treatments and then go to the casino areas and make enough in a month to build a house. I have a friend whose parents made him do this. He's a mess now from the treatments. Nice kid. Not much that can be done for him. A lot of them die in their thirties.

SW-User

@Tastyfrzz That is heartbreaking 💔

Tastyfrzz · 61-69, M

@SW-User he has since stopped but his close friend has gone back to Malaysia. Another one had just returned. He would have gone but his health is failing rapidly.

BohemianBabe · M

Do you think it could be that younger people are more likely to come out as trans because they have a support system that older people don't?

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checkoutanytime · M

@BohemianBabe
My question to you, is why are young people suddenly so intrestedin being someone they are not?

BohemianBabe · M

@checkoutanytime They're not. They're just living in a time where they can express themselves how they want with much less stigma.
We've always had trans people, going back to ancient history. We just haven't always had trans acceptance.

Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M

@checkoutanytime @BohemianBabe

I think a phenomenon can have more than one cause. Given the correlation of age here, what is referred to as “social contagion” should not be dismissed out of hand. It begs questions and I don’t have the answer, but I think it’s worth considering. As a father of two teens in a blue city in a blue state from what I have seen (anecdotal I am aware) I can’t dismiss the idea of peer pressure. To what extent? No idea.

Torsten · 36-40, M

I would say older people also think it is trendy.

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blindbob · 41-45

@SW-User that's exactly what's happening. if you look at the trends with makeup and fashion, girls are styling themselves to look like drag queens/trans women to feel like women. the makeup, clothes, hair, the bionic body parts. but they're missing the whole point. the whole point is drag is theatrical--on a stage, campy, exaggerated, flamboyant. not to mention, a man is carving out a feminine face on a male body. it's meant to be a larger-than-life transformation. but girls wear this harsh contoured face, obnoxious eyelashes, extreme wigs and weaves, and opt for enormous breast or butt implants because they're learning how to be women from people who aren't women.

Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M

@blindbob There is this look now, I can’t describe it, face contour, the duck lips, kardashian make-up, high end work out gear, and this practiced look of being vapid. The fake ass thing too, all Kim K

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