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QuoteLisa Littman, an assistant professor of behavioural and social sciences at Brown University, was curious about what was causing these changes. She had come across reports from parents on online forums describing a new pattern of behaviour: adolescents without a history of childhood gender dysphoria were announcing they were transgender after a period of immersing themselves in niche websites or after similar announcements from friends. Her study suggests that these children may be grappling with what she calls "rapid-onset gender dysphoria".



Methodology: Dr Littman recruited 256 parents of children whose symptoms of gender dysphoria suddenly appeared for the first time in adolescence. These parents—Ms Miller among them—took part anonymously in an online, 90-question survey. Dr Littman's findings suggest that a process of "social and peer contagion" may play a role. According to the parents surveyed, 87% of children came out as transgender after spending more time online, after "cluster outbreaks" of gender dysphoria in friend groups, or both. (In a third of the friendship groups, half or more of the individuals came out as transgender; by contrast, just 0.7% of Americans aged between 18 and 24 are transgender.) Most children who came out became more popular as a result. Rachel, Ms Miller's daughter, says that when she told her friends, all of whom she had met online, they congratulated her: "It was, like, welcome home."



Dr Littman thinks that some adolescents may embrace the idea that they are transgender as a way of coping with symptoms of a different, underlying issue. Almost two-thirds of the children had one or more diagnoses of a psychiatric or developmental disorder preceding the onset of gender dysphoria; nearly half had self-harmed or experienced some trauma. This is consistent with other studies of gender dysphoria when it sets in during puberty. Some people distract themselves from emotional pain by drinking, taking drugs, cutting or starving themselves. Dr Littman suggests that, for some, gender dysphoria may also be in this category.



The study has attracted heavy criticism. Some is reasonable. Though it is a solid first attempt to describe a recently observed phenomenon.

Quote from: "Wazzzup"https://therightscoop.com/study-says-kids-are-turning-transgender-over-peer-pressure-and-online-websites/

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/09/01/why-are-so-many-teenage-girls-appearing-in-gender-clinics?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/whyaresomanyteenagegirlsappearingingenderclinicstransparenting

QuoteLisa Littman, an assistant professor of behavioural and social sciences at Brown University, was curious about what was causing these changes. She had come across reports from parents on online forums describing a new pattern of behaviour: adolescents without a history of childhood gender dysphoria were announcing they were transgender after a period of immersing themselves in niche websites or after similar announcements from friends. Her study suggests that these children may be grappling with what she calls "rapid-onset gender dysphoria".



Methodology: Dr Littman recruited 256 parents of children whose symptoms of gender dysphoria suddenly appeared for the first time in adolescence. These parents—Ms Miller among them—took part anonymously in an online, 90-question survey. Dr Littman's findings suggest that a process of "social and peer contagion" may play a role. According to the parents surveyed, 87% of children came out as transgender after spending more time online, after "cluster outbreaks" of gender dysphoria in friend groups, or both. (In a third of the friendship groups, half or more of the individuals came out as transgender; by contrast, just 0.7% of Americans aged between 18 and 24 are transgender.) Most children who came out became more popular as a result. Rachel, Ms Miller's daughter, says that when she told her friends, all of whom she had met online, they congratulated her: "It was, like, welcome home."



Dr Littman thinks that some adolescents may embrace the idea that they are transgender as a way of coping with symptoms of a different, underlying issue. Almost two-thirds of the children had one or more diagnoses of a psychiatric or developmental disorder preceding the onset of gender dysphoria; nearly half had self-harmed or experienced some trauma. This is consistent with other studies of gender dysphoria when it sets in during puberty. Some people distract themselves from emotional pain by drinking, taking drugs, cutting or starving themselves. Dr Littman suggests that, for some, gender dysphoria may also be in this category.



The study has attracted heavy criticism. Some is reasonable. Though it is a solid first attempt to describe a recently observed phenomenon.

Could it be, that for some at least, transgenderism is a new cool fad to be imitated?  It would seem that may be the case. That would be unfortunate, since transgenderism is associated with very high suicide levels and depression, is this something we really wants kids embracing?

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Quote from: "Wazzzup"https://therightscoop.com/study-says-kids-are-turning-transgender-over-peer-pressure-and-online-websites/

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/09/01/why-are-so-many-teenage-girls-appearing-in-gender-clinics?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/whyaresomanyteenagegirlsappearingingenderclinicstransparenting

QuoteLisa Littman, an assistant professor of behavioural and social sciences at Brown University, was curious about what was causing these changes. She had come across reports from parents on online forums describing a new pattern of behaviour: adolescents without a history of childhood gender dysphoria were announcing they were transgender after a period of immersing themselves in niche websites or after similar announcements from friends. Her study suggests that these children may be grappling with what she calls "rapid-onset gender dysphoria".



Methodology: Dr Littman recruited 256 parents of children whose symptoms of gender dysphoria suddenly appeared for the first time in adolescence. These parents—Ms Miller among them—took part anonymously in an online, 90-question survey. Dr Littman's findings suggest that a process of "social and peer contagion" may play a role. According to the parents surveyed, 87% of children came out as transgender after spending more time online, after "cluster outbreaks" of gender dysphoria in friend groups, or both. (In a third of the friendship groups, half or more of the individuals came out as transgender; by contrast, just 0.7% of Americans aged between 18 and 24 are transgender.) Most children who came out became more popular as a result. Rachel, Ms Miller's daughter, says that when she told her friends, all of whom she had met online, they congratulated her: "It was, like, welcome home."



Dr Littman thinks that some adolescents may embrace the idea that they are transgender as a way of coping with symptoms of a different, underlying issue. Almost two-thirds of the children had one or more diagnoses of a psychiatric or developmental disorder preceding the onset of gender dysphoria; nearly half had self-harmed or experienced some trauma. This is consistent with other studies of gender dysphoria when it sets in during puberty. Some people distract themselves from emotional pain by drinking, taking drugs, cutting or starving themselves. Dr Littman suggests that, for some, gender dysphoria may also be in this category.



The study has attracted heavy criticism. Some is reasonable. Though it is a solid first attempt to describe a recently observed phenomenon.

Could it be, that for some at least, transgenderism is a new cool fad to be imitated?  It would seem that may be the case. That would be unfortunate, since transgenderism is associated with very high suicide levels and depression, is this something we really wants kids embracing?

If Blurt was here, I think he would dispute this.

QuoteCould it be, that for some at least, transgenderism is a new cool fad to be imitated? It would seem that may be the case. That would be unfortunate, since transgenderism is associated with very high suicide levels and depression, is this something we really wants kids embracing?

QuoteIf Blurt was here, I think he would dispute this.

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QuoteCould it be, that for some at least, transgenderism is a new cool fad to be imitated? It would seem that may be the case. That would be unfortunate, since transgenderism is associated with very high suicide levels and depression, is this something we really wants kids embracing?

QuoteIf Blurt was here, I think he would dispute this.

I would hope not. What I see being presented here is "trendy" prog created "gayness" which "should" be of great concern to genuine gays



Even I find what is going on, parents and others actually working hard to make kids "feel they are gay" ... to be ethically reprehensible, cruel, an insult to genuine gay people  ... a travesty .... and the destruction of many young lives meeting the definition of child abuse

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Quote from: "realgrimm"Society is a bunch of cunts..huge pussies ..I've never wanted to live recluse so much in all my life, maybe I'll pull a DSM and move into the forests,







plot twist I'll grow weed and mushrooms for the FEDS and polute small suburban towns make sure to make it pro libtard mindfucks..haha I'll just surgically put a vagina right on my forehead ..you know the one for JESUS...HAHAHAHAHA!!!

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Quote from: "realgrimm"Society is a bunch of cunts..huge pussies ..I've never wanted to live recluse so much in all my life, maybe I'll pull a DSM and move into the forests,







plot twist I'll grow weed and mushrooms for the FEDS and polute small suburban towns make sure to make it pro libtard mindfucks..haha I'll just surgically put a vagina right on my forehead ..you know the one for JESUS...HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Does deadskinmask live deep in the woods?

QuoteBrown University, perhaps the quirkiest of the Ivy League schools, recently removed from its website information about a peer-reviewed study on gender confusion. The study is called "Rapid-onset gender dysphoria in adolescents and young adults." It looks at hundreds of cases of young people with a condition that appears during or after puberty in individuals who have not previously experienced gender dysphoria.



Why the censorship?



University officials couldn't point fingers at the source. The peer-reviewed descriptive study was done by Lisa Littman, a faculty member in Brown's own School of Public Health. It recently appeared published in the well-respected scientific journal PLOS ONE. They pointed fingers at the content, which did not, it seems, sufficiently support the transgender cause. There's an alarming trend of adolescents suddenly announcing they're in the wrong body. We should all want to know why.



Dean of the School of Public Health Bess H. Marcus defended its removal. She said in a statement that some at Brown believed the study's conclusions "could be used to discredit efforts to support transgender youth and invalidate the perspectives of members of the transgender community."



But the study deserves attention, even at Brown. After all, there's an alarming trend of adolescents suddenly announcing they're in the wrong body. We should all want to know why.

QuoteAccording the study, trauma and psychiatric distress can play a part. But gender specialists do not seem interested in exploring these influences. In one case, a 16-year-old was described as a happy girl before she was raped, but withdrawn and fearful afterwards. Months later, she announced to her parents that she was transgender and needed to transition.



The most eye-opening part of the study is its focus on peer pressure and "social contagion."



The study says social and peer contagion can initiate and magnify mistaken beliefs. For example, beliefs that normal puberty stressors are proof of being transgender, or that "the only path to happiness is transition," or that anyone who disagrees with "the plan for transition is transphobic, abusive, and should be cut out of one's life."



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In one case, a 14-year-old girl and three of her friends spent "much of their time talking about gender and sexuality." The three friends all announced they were trans boys and chose similar boy names. Then the 14-year-old announced that she was a trans boy too.



Another 14-year-old girl and her friends were taking group lessons together with a very popular coach. The coach came out as transgender. Within a year, all the girls in the group announced they were transgender too.



A 12-year-old girl who was bullied for going through puberty early told her parents that "she felt fat and hated her breasts." She learned online that hating your breasts is a sign of being transgender.

QuoteLittman surveyed only parents, not children, an acknowledged limitation of the study. But the main problem is that too many clinicians accept everything the young patient tells them at face value, never seeking the parents' perspective. That, Littman warns, does not result in a "fully informed diagnosis."



As part of the study, parents were asked to name the sources they thought influenced their child's gender dysphoric feelings. The top results were YouTube transition videos (63.6%), Tumblr (61.7%), a group of personal friends (44.5%), and a group of people that they met online (42.9%).



Online "advice" is worse than you might think. According to the study, it goes far beyond "maybe you're transgender." Children are actually instructed on "how to deceive parents, doctors, and therapists to obtain hormones quickly."



Speaking of hormones, when families sought help from healthcare providers, the results were shocking.



The main problem is that too many clinicians accept everything the young patient tells them at face value, never seeking the parents' perspective.



One-third of parents said their children saw some sort of medical professional, such as a gender psychologist, pediatrician, or social worker. In 70% of those cases, the clinician did not bother exploring possible alternative causes. Mental health and previous trauma were not explored. Medical records were not requested.



Nevertheless, a quarter of the children (23.8%) were offered prescriptions for puberty blockers and/or cross-sex hormones at their first visit.

QuoteThe study also suggests that rapid onset gender dysphoria could be a "maladaptive coping mechanism." Such mechanisms, formed in response to a stressor, might temporarily relieve symptoms. But they fail to address the root of the problem, thus causing new ones.



To the anorexic patient, writes Littman, losing weight is considered to be the solution to her problems, and not part of the problem. Similarly, the "drive to transition" may be a way "to avoid feeling other strong or negative emotions."

QuoteThis new study reveals trouble in transgender paradise. Activists don't want people to read it, and neither does Brown University. But all parents should.

Quote from: "Wazzzup"I thought this was a good followup article to the study in the OP



https://stream.org/brown-university-is-in-denial-about-transgender-reality/



[size=150]Typical leftist censorship[/size]

QuoteBrown University, perhaps the quirkiest of the Ivy League schools, recently removed from its website information about a peer-reviewed study on gender confusion. The study is called "Rapid-onset gender dysphoria in adolescents and young adults." It looks at hundreds of cases of young people with a condition that appears during or after puberty in individuals who have not previously experienced gender dysphoria.



Why the censorship?



University officials couldn't point fingers at the source. The peer-reviewed descriptive study was done by Lisa Littman, a faculty member in Brown's own School of Public Health. It recently appeared published in the well-respected scientific journal PLOS ONE. They pointed fingers at the content, which did not, it seems, sufficiently support the transgender cause. There's an alarming trend of adolescents suddenly announcing they're in the wrong body. We should all want to know why.



Dean of the School of Public Health Bess H. Marcus defended its removal. She said in a statement that some at Brown believed the study's conclusions "could be used to discredit efforts to support transgender youth and invalidate the perspectives of members of the transgender community."



But the study deserves attention, even at Brown. After all, there's an alarming trend of adolescents suddenly announcing they're in the wrong body. We should all want to know why.

[size=150]Trauma and Peer Pressure[/size]

QuoteAccording the study, trauma and psychiatric distress can play a part. But gender specialists do not seem interested in exploring these influences. In one case, a 16-year-old was described as a happy girl before she was raped, but withdrawn and fearful afterwards. Months later, she announced to her parents that she was transgender and needed to transition.



The most eye-opening part of the study is its focus on peer pressure and "social contagion."



The study says social and peer contagion can initiate and magnify mistaken beliefs. For example, beliefs that normal puberty stressors are proof of being transgender, or that "the only path to happiness is transition," or that anyone who disagrees with "the plan for transition is transphobic, abusive, and should be cut out of one's life."



Help us champion truth, freedom, limited government and human dignity. Support The Stream »



In one case, a 14-year-old girl and three of her friends spent "much of their time talking about gender and sexuality." The three friends all announced they were trans boys and chose similar boy names. Then the 14-year-old announced that she was a trans boy too.



Another 14-year-old girl and her friends were taking group lessons together with a very popular coach. The coach came out as transgender. Within a year, all the girls in the group announced they were transgender too.



A 12-year-old girl who was bullied for going through puberty early told her parents that "she felt fat and hated her breasts." She learned online that hating your breasts is a sign of being transgender.

[size=150]Top Influences[/size]

QuoteLittman surveyed only parents, not children, an acknowledged limitation of the study. But the main problem is that too many clinicians accept everything the young patient tells them at face value, never seeking the parents' perspective. That, Littman warns, does not result in a "fully informed diagnosis."



As part of the study, parents were asked to name the sources they thought influenced their child's gender dysphoric feelings. The top results were YouTube transition videos (63.6%), Tumblr (61.7%), a group of personal friends (44.5%), and a group of people that they met online (42.9%).



Online "advice" is worse than you might think. According to the study, it goes far beyond "maybe you're transgender." Children are actually instructed on "how to deceive parents, doctors, and therapists to obtain hormones quickly."



Speaking of hormones, when families sought help from healthcare providers, the results were shocking.



The main problem is that too many clinicians accept everything the young patient tells them at face value, never seeking the parents' perspective.



One-third of parents said their children saw some sort of medical professional, such as a gender psychologist, pediatrician, or social worker. In 70% of those cases, the clinician did not bother exploring possible alternative causes. Mental health and previous trauma were not explored. Medical records were not requested.



Nevertheless, a quarter of the children (23.8%) were offered prescriptions for puberty blockers and/or cross-sex hormones at their first visit.

[size=150]Could It be a Coping Mechanism?[/size]

QuoteThe study also suggests that rapid onset gender dysphoria could be a "maladaptive coping mechanism." Such mechanisms, formed in response to a stressor, might temporarily relieve symptoms. But they fail to address the root of the problem, thus causing new ones.



To the anorexic patient, writes Littman, losing weight is considered to be the solution to her problems, and not part of the problem. Similarly, the "drive to transition" may be a way "to avoid feeling other strong or negative emotions."

[size=150]Conclusion[/size]

QuoteThis new study reveals trouble in transgender paradise. Activists don't want people to read it, and neither does Brown University. But all parents should.