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Transgendering A Toddler Is Child Abuse

Posted by Zenphamy 9 years, 9 months ago to Philosophy
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I love the way this guy writes as well his willingness to address any 'political correctness' issue in plane language without fear of reprisal.

In this case: “The Day” referenced, is the day they decided to raise their son as their daughter. Just like that, a 3 year old says “I’m sad because I’m a boy” and his parents sentence him to a life as a transgendered person. Rather than tell Jack that being a boy was a good thing, rather than let him know society could not exist without men, rather than explain gender to Jack, deal with Jack’s sadness, or teach Jack how to be a man, these parents did what entirely too many parents do today, and placated him.

They bought him elastic hair bands and gave him ponytails. They, with the help of his pre-school teacher, began discussing what his female name would be. They, being the obviously less than creative people they are, decided to call Jack, Jackie. They bought Jack his own dresses, girl toys, and all the other things parents do when raising a girl."The hateful monsters of this world are the ones who tell sick people not to get better. The bigots are the ones who, in their contempt for humanity itself, encourage and promote a lethal illness. The cruelest and most evil people in this world are the ones who parade mental illness around as a source of pride for political purposes."

And:
"Men should be proud to be men, and women should be proud to be women. Both genders serve incredibly important and necessary purposes in society. Those purposes are different, they are unequal, and they are not always pleasant, but they have led us to become the undisputed ruling species of this planet. Those who would seek to undo this are the same ones who tell us that we should have fewer children because they blame “humanity” for the destruction of “nature” as if human beings were unnatural.

The promotion of transgenderism as some kind of civil rights cause that ought to be championed and paid for by government, is nothing short of a scheme to undo that which makes mankind the dominant species of the Earth. Gender is important, it is involuntary, and it is a positive and healthy feature of the human experience and our survival. The abolition of human gender is the abolition of the human race, I will stand in defiance against it until I am eaten by maggots, as should everyone who has even the slightest respect for humanity."


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  • Posted by 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    No, you're not saying the same thing or anything similar. You're trying to say that gender is a role generated in society and culture, and totally ignoring the biological evidence and facts that are right in front of your nose. You therefor imply or state that what this set of parents are doing to a 31/2 yr old is an OK thing to do. A zygote dropping down the fallopian tube prior to implantation or anytime following can be sexed, through the genetic makeup of the cell, XX, XY stuff. It's basic biology. You're trying to separate gender from the sex of the individual and that's ignorance.

    And the author nor I, are arguing about what toys children play with or how long their hair is, nor is the discussion about tomboys or sissyboys. You obviously didn't read the entire article including the referenced study of the mental and mortality success/failure of trans gender sex reassignment surgery.

    No-one is apparently 100% certain of the derivation of body dysmorphic disorder, but it is a significant mental disorder resulting in anorexia, limb amputation, and sex reassignment surgery, not to be confused with hermaphrodite conditions and some of the barbaric treatments of sex assignment (not reassignment) surgery for those humans.
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  • Posted by $ MikeMarotta 9 years, 9 months ago
    When she was five, our daughter was enrolled in a Montessori school run by Christians. I do not know what happened in school that day, but she must have had a hard time. Anyway, on the way home, she said, "I wish I was dead." Why?, I asked. "So I could be in heaven with Jesus." I did not grant her wish.

    I do believe that gender cues are more subtle than some here seem to realize, and I accept that if a child is persistently happier in a different role, then that would be integral to their personhood. However, a chance comment by a child is not the basis for drastic action.

    I do point out that a boy dressing up like a girl is more strongly disapproved of than a girl being boyish. That's cute. It reflects the male domination in our society, that men are a standard for women to live up to. We have not come close to sociological equality. Equality is an issue when a woman wants to be a firefighter or a jet pilot. Equality is not a problem when a man wants to be a chef or a tailor. Men hold a status that can be challenged. Women do not.

    My wife once said that sometimes in meetings, she views people as brains on spinal columns, like seahorses. It may come to that, but we have a long way to go…
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 9 months ago
    Forcing transgenderism on a child is both physical and mental abuse. Any parent who does that to their child should be punished most severely. On the other hand, you wanna change your gender? Be my gues but don't expect me to pay for it.
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  • Posted by $ jdg 9 years, 9 months ago
    The state should certainly not pay for transgenderism. But the rest of this piece is Luddite BS, and we've heard it before.

    As for the decision being made by a child -- I would not go along with doing the surgery until the subject is an adult and makes his/her own choice. But just dressing and living as the new identity is harmless, and it's stupid to call it child abuse.
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  • Posted by LibertyBelle 9 years, 9 months ago
    Perhaps there are some people born into the wrong
    sex; it might have something to do with hormones,
    or body chemistry. I don't know. But that decision
    should not be made by a child. A sex change oper-
    ation should not be done until the person is an a-
    dult, and decides. And such a person should
    not be allowed to go into the bathroom of the
    other sex, (other than as a janitor or plumber,
    etc.) until such operation has been performed.
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  • Posted by woodlema 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I love Girl stuff. I might actually be a lesbian cause I ONLY like and get excited by Girl Stuff.

    Especially when my "Male Stuff gets stuffed in Girl Stuff."
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  • Posted by JoleneMartens1982 9 years, 9 months ago
    I think it's ridiculous to let a 3 year old make that sort of a life changing decision. I let my kids try on my dresses, and make up, but quickly remind them that we're just playing and that they are boys and should be very proud of who they are. I also have let them play with dolls at other's homes. But at the end of the day my children know which restroom stick figure most closely resembles them. If at an older age they decide to change that, more power to them. But I will teach them about their God given body until that day. Just my opinion.
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  • Posted by $ jlc 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    He is not ethnically Hispanic...looks more Celtic.

    Linguistically, you are correct. It is possible that his cross-gendering is a linguistic and social convention only - I have not inquired.

    Jan
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I refer to my oft stated (sarcastic) line, "Our more than equal elite betters." That's who Progressives like Obama, Hillary, Pelosi, Reid, Boxer, etc. truly think they are.
    Sometimes I'll write "Our Animal Farm more than equal elite betters" for better clarity.
    Of course the George Orwell Animal Farm more than equal animals were the pigs.
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  • Posted by woodlema 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I am in no way PC, so how can they be "better?" That implies I at least try to be PC. hehe
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  • Posted by $ jlc 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I am a bit more positive on this topic. I know a young man who asks to be addressed using masculine pronouns. He is short and...eh...quite feminine looking. As a matter of fact, if I did not know to use the masculine pronoun, I would unhesitatingly assign this person to the female gender.

    He is a very nice person, and I cross paths with him every month or so. I admire the way, with one superficial life decision, 'he' has totally eradicated all of the social expectations surrounding him: No one tried to make him buy a dress to go to the prom, go on dates. His relatives do not pester him to get married and have 2.7 children.

    It is rather elegant, actually. I am not sure if he is really cross-gender or if he has simply found a neat and somewhat amusing way of escaping from the pigeonholing of his life by society in general.

    Bravo.

    Jan
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well, you just don't want to conform to the wants and perceived needs of your puffed-up PC betters, now do you?
    By the way, congratulations for your freedom.
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  • Posted by woodlema 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I would also add. DO NOT EVER ask, or expect me to condone or approve of those actions I WILL NOT!!!.

    Just because I do not care what you do to yourself, does not mean in any way I agree with your doing it.

    I just refuse to pay for it or participate in it in any way.
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  • Posted by $ jlc 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes! I am a proponent of 'what is permitted' - if someone wants to create a gender of their own, more power to them. But it is not my gender nor is it my problem - and it certainly should not be my bill to pay.

    Jan
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  • Posted by $ kddr22 9 years, 9 months ago
    As a pediatrician and child abuse doctor I would not hesitate to hotline this... It is horrible what they are doing from a developmental aspect and socially. Political correctness be damned...
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  • Posted by woodlema 9 years, 9 months ago
    My view is this.

    If you want to have your penis cut off and tucked inside to become some semblance of a women, go ahead. If you want to take hormones so your clitoris becomes a small penis and you want to call yourself man, who cares.

    DO NOT EXPECT ME TO PAY FOR IT IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM. It is YOUR choice, and you do not need to announce it to me as though I even care.

    Ohh I am transgender, or I am Gay or I am straight, SO FREEKING WHAT!!!. Do your damn job, keep the place you stick your genitals to yourself and do something productive, i.e. add some value.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 9 months ago
    It's actually championed and paid for by George Soros and Peter Lewis through the ACLU and supported by the Secular Progressives. Another name for Enemies Domestic
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  • Posted by Temlakos 9 years, 9 months ago
    Remember Rand's own essay on the molding of children to fit a ruling agenda? "The Comprachicos." The child buyers.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I don't get what your issue is. I'm saying the same thing-- boys don't have to change their names or physical biology if they like "girl" stuff, and vice versa.
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  • Posted by $ jlc 9 years, 9 months ago
    What a bizarre article. I agree with CircuitGuy - if a child wants to have an identity outside of some arbitrary pigeonhole...that is just fine.

    I should not have to argue on this list that it is OK to sidestep societies dictates and create your own definitions.

    Jan
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