"I'm not sure about my gender. What is this called?"

Since I haven't found the time to write the definitive rundown on the gender cult, let's just start digging...

A young woman asks Reddit: "I'm not sure about my gender. What is this called?"

Oh, oh, I recognize this: it's called being at an early stage of indoctrination into a body-modification cult!

This is how cultic groups operate. First, the cult dismantles everything you think you know about yourself, including the absolute basics: am I a man or a woman? Do I know myself or have I spent a lifetime in denial? Can I trust my sense of self? Should I listen to my inner voice or drown it out?

Walk into a Scientology storefront and you’ll be given a ‘capacity analysis test’ that always returns negative results that read like a bill of indictment: you’re depressed, unstable, irresponsible, unappreciative… Scientologists reassure would-be recruits that they "wouldn't try to convince you” to join: “What L. Ron Hubbard said specifically is that what is true is only what's true for you—it's your reality that counts…” What Scientology can do is “help” you connect to that “reality,” if you’re brave enough to delve deeper. Most people just aren’t brave and open-minded enough to take that first step. Let’s call those close-minded people “wogs,” “ordinary, run-of-the-mill, garden-variety humanoid[s].”

Log on to social networks like Reddit and you’ll be bombarded with prompts to question your gender and encouragements to pour your inspecific grievances into the mold of a new trans identity. No one else can tell you who you are: trans is whatever trans means to you. But educating yourself about gender and connecting with other trans people online can help you tap into your inner reality. Just don’t listen to those questions and doubts: that’s your internalized transphobia talking. Most people just aren’t brave and open-minded and—let’s be honest—interesting enough to take that first step and explore their gender. Let’s call those close-minded people “cis.”