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> And btw hormone blockers are not harmless. Untrue. We’ve been using them for more than 30 years for kids who start puberty at a super young age (it’s called
by ropable 3y ago
> And btw hormone blockers are not harmless.
Untrue. We’ve been using them for more than 30 years for kids who start puberty at a super young age (it’s called precocious puberty). And as best as science can tell, those kids are healthy when they grow up
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- account42 3y agoYou're the one who is trying to rope different arguemnts into the discussion here. That some people you detest who argue B also argue A is irrelevant when it comes to arguements for/against A.
- notahacker 3y agoNope. In case you haven't noticed we're replying to an article about "moral panics". Somebody upthread pointed out that there is currently a moral panic centred on transpeople. Politicians talking about "demons and imps", banning drag shows and "eliminating" trans identity or introducing the felony offence of having the wrong books in the classroom are examples of this phenomenon. Despite the OP's denials, this phenomenon is very much in evidence; the scientific research concluding the net harm of any and all forms gender-affirmative care recently criminalised by the same politicians isn't (and even if it existed, that still wouldn't mean moral panics over transpeople didn't exist)
- transcoderx 3y agoI've never heard demons and imps as an argument. Can you explain to me why children need to see drag shows, which are about sexual attraction, and why they need porn in the classroom?
- notahacker 3y agoIt was an argument from one of the definitely-not moral panicking Florida legislators whose legislation you're defending. Sounds super scientific to me! Drag shows aren't necessarily about sexual attraction and most the definitely not moral panicking laws in question makes being a "male impersonator" or "female impersonator" in the presence of children (or in some cases within quarter of a mile of them!) a felony rather than the actual content, which would be a shame for the pantomimes I used to attend as a kid. And strangely, there wasn't much porn in classrooms before the definitely-not-moral-panicking parent vetting organizations started picking titles like Anne Frank's Diary as "sexually explicit"