Alex Paideia
@alexpaideia.bsky.social
Parent of a child with gender dysphoria. Neither of us support uncritical affirmation or think people can change sex. Hoping reasoned disagreement is possible here.
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An interesting presentation. Therapist Marcus Evans sees the certainty of a young person that they are the opposite gender as the biggest of red flags, showing that the person isn't able to self reflect.
youtu.be/TP6VxuuIIn4?...
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The Devastation of Gender Affirmation on Young Minds – Marcus Evans
YouTube video by Genspect
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December 10, 2024 at 4:59 AM
An interesting presentation. Therapist Marcus Evans sees the certainty of a young person that they are the opposite gender as the biggest of red flags, showing that the person isn't able to self reflect.
youtu.be/TP6VxuuIIn4?...
youtu.be/TP6VxuuIIn4?...
The term 'recuperation' refers to a process by which potentially radical ideas or activities are absorbed into the prevailing system, so that they end up working to maintain the status quo.
It's what John Lydon was on about when he said 'Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?'
It's what John Lydon was on about when he said 'Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?'
December 12, 2024 at 10:03 AM
The term 'recuperation' refers to a process by which potentially radical ideas or activities are absorbed into the prevailing system, so that they end up working to maintain the status quo.
It's what John Lydon was on about when he said 'Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?'
It's what John Lydon was on about when he said 'Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?'
Quick note for anyone saying 'But they've used puberty blockers for cis kids for years!'.
Yes, because that is an intervention to delay *abnormal precocious puberty*, not to prevent *normal* physical development in response to a self-identified psychological need.
Hope that is helpful.
Yes, because that is an intervention to delay *abnormal precocious puberty*, not to prevent *normal* physical development in response to a self-identified psychological need.
Hope that is helpful.
December 11, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Quick note for anyone saying 'But they've used puberty blockers for cis kids for years!'.
Yes, because that is an intervention to delay *abnormal precocious puberty*, not to prevent *normal* physical development in response to a self-identified psychological need.
Hope that is helpful.
Yes, because that is an intervention to delay *abnormal precocious puberty*, not to prevent *normal* physical development in response to a self-identified psychological need.
Hope that is helpful.
This is great news - but incredible the practice continued unabated and without evidence for so many years. And also to think that only a few months ago people like Roisin Murphy were being slated (👀 @theguardian.com) for expressing the slightest doubt that it was ethical. www.gov.uk/government/n...
Ban on puberty blockers to be made indefinite on experts’ advice
Existing emergency measures banning the sale and supply of puberty-suppressing hormones will be made indefinite, following official advice from medical experts.
www.gov.uk
December 11, 2024 at 2:51 PM
This is great news - but incredible the practice continued unabated and without evidence for so many years. And also to think that only a few months ago people like Roisin Murphy were being slated (👀 @theguardian.com) for expressing the slightest doubt that it was ethical. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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The Supreme Court is today holding a hearing to decide what a woman is - in other words, whether "sex" in the Equality Act means biological sex or whether a man who identifies as female can opt into Equality Act protections normally reserved for females.
November 26, 2024 at 10:31 AM
The Supreme Court is today holding a hearing to decide what a woman is - in other words, whether "sex" in the Equality Act means biological sex or whether a man who identifies as female can opt into Equality Act protections normally reserved for females.
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I have some genuine questions for trans activists who consider themselves politically radical. 🧵
Isn't promoting the commodification of the human body - the idea that we can purchase our way into the identity of our choosing - doing *precisely* the work of consumer capitalist ideology?
Isn't promoting the commodification of the human body - the idea that we can purchase our way into the identity of our choosing - doing *precisely* the work of consumer capitalist ideology?
November 24, 2024 at 5:12 PM
I have some genuine questions for trans activists who consider themselves politically radical. 🧵
Isn't promoting the commodification of the human body - the idea that we can purchase our way into the identity of our choosing - doing *precisely* the work of consumer capitalist ideology?
Isn't promoting the commodification of the human body - the idea that we can purchase our way into the identity of our choosing - doing *precisely* the work of consumer capitalist ideology?
So, I'm a social science academic who was reading Judith Butler etc. back in the 90s. I found the reach from 'gender roles are socially constructed' to 'sex is an identity' incoherent in principle and expression back then. Fast forward 30 years, and the whole thing came crashing through my door.
November 22, 2024 at 2:07 PM
So, I'm a social science academic who was reading Judith Butler etc. back in the 90s. I found the reach from 'gender roles are socially constructed' to 'sex is an identity' incoherent in principle and expression back then. Fast forward 30 years, and the whole thing came crashing through my door.