I'd have to dig through my files, but seem to recollect having a well-stuffed folder on the topic somewhere ... šš
Seriously though, not just me that has raised an eyebrow thereon. I certainly don't envy parents with dysphoric children, and my heart goes out to them in considering the grief they experience as a result. But while it is pā¦
I'd have to dig through my files, but seem to recollect having a well-stuffed folder on the topic somewhere ... šš
Seriously though, not just me that has raised an eyebrow thereon. I certainly don't envy parents with dysphoric children, and my heart goes out to them in considering the grief they experience as a result. But while it is probably moot exactly how many of my "incident reports" justify that charge of "playing the victim", I can think of several cases offhand that might fill the bill. Though it will be hard to do justice to them on a smartphone -- may have to add citations and elaborations later š.
But the one that first sprang to mind was a conversation I'd had with, I think, both a poster and commenter on PITT. She seemed quite dogmatically insistent that sex and gender were the same from which I got the impression -- have to check my files for confirmation -- that she was motivated more by "conversion therapy", outright grift, that "playing the victim", and "Munchausen by proxy".
Along the same line and probably the poster child on those particular "crimes" is Matt Walsh on whom Kaeley Harms at Honest To Goodness had a rather damning and quite brilliant post:
Link to my comment thereat which garnered a Like from her so I might be somewhat biased. š
But I think she made a credible case against Walsh's "histrionics" and his dogmatic reluctance to draw a distinction between sex and gender. Part and parcel.
I geddit that parenting isn't an easy row to hoe. But, as with virtually every mode of human behaviour, it has its pathological manifestations. Which I think are in clear evidence on both sides of the issue.
I'd have to dig through my files, but seem to recollect having a well-stuffed folder on the topic somewhere ... šš
Seriously though, not just me that has raised an eyebrow thereon. I certainly don't envy parents with dysphoric children, and my heart goes out to them in considering the grief they experience as a result. But while it is probably moot exactly how many of my "incident reports" justify that charge of "playing the victim", I can think of several cases offhand that might fill the bill. Though it will be hard to do justice to them on a smartphone -- may have to add citations and elaborations later š.
But the one that first sprang to mind was a conversation I'd had with, I think, both a poster and commenter on PITT. She seemed quite dogmatically insistent that sex and gender were the same from which I got the impression -- have to check my files for confirmation -- that she was motivated more by "conversion therapy", outright grift, that "playing the victim", and "Munchausen by proxy".
Along the same line and probably the poster child on those particular "crimes" is Matt Walsh on whom Kaeley Harms at Honest To Goodness had a rather damning and quite brilliant post:
https://kaeleytrillerharms.substack.com/p/i-dont-really-want-to-talk-about/comment/18411953
Link to my comment thereat which garnered a Like from her so I might be somewhat biased. š
But I think she made a credible case against Walsh's "histrionics" and his dogmatic reluctance to draw a distinction between sex and gender. Part and parcel.
I geddit that parenting isn't an easy row to hoe. But, as with virtually every mode of human behaviour, it has its pathological manifestations. Which I think are in clear evidence on both sides of the issue.