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(THREAD 1/10) Did you know that in UK the number of transgender #LGBT kids is growing exponentially?
+ 4,400% over the last years
Abigail SHRIER points out that kids follow a trend:
- Need social validation
- Need attention
- Don't feel attractive
The damage will be dramatic
+ 4,400% over the last years
Abigail SHRIER points out that kids follow a trend:
- Need social validation
- Need attention
- Don't feel attractive
The damage will be dramatic
2/10 Every generation of teenage girls falls prey to societal pressures, like in the ’80s, an eating disorder known as bulimia took hold.
It was a result of social pressure by people and institutions promising weight loss as an answer to growing depression and anxiety.
It was a result of social pressure by people and institutions promising weight loss as an answer to growing depression and anxiety.
3/10 The author argued that the most powerful institutions, like social media and education, imposed the idea that transgenderism is an inherently good thing.
The decision to transition is never made solely by the child in question.
The decision to transition is never made solely by the child in question.
4/10 Classrooms across the country have become centers for gender education, which Shrier points out is far more radical than many parents know. Teachers, school administrators, and various speakers set students on a quest to determine their gender
5/10 Far from the lessons of tolerance, love, and acceptance that used to be taught, teachers now actively encourage alienation from families. In line with the left’s, teachers demonize students’ parents and home life, encouraging students to place their trust in schools instead
6/10 Kids are influenced on internet too.
Online activists often lure children in with the promise of happiness, something most teenagers are in desperate search of. Influencers on every platform — most distinctly Tumblr and Youtube — promise the elimination of anxiety
Online activists often lure children in with the promise of happiness, something most teenagers are in desperate search of. Influencers on every platform — most distinctly Tumblr and Youtube — promise the elimination of anxiety
7/10 Many young girls find when they initially “come out” as trans, they feel overwhelmed with support and celebration. Children once viewed as painfully forgettable finally become accepted, even if having to pretend to be someone they’re not in the process.
8/10 “Nearly 70% of the teenagers belonged to a peer group in which at least one friend had also come out as trangender. In some groups, the majority of the friends had done so,” Shrier wrote.
9/10 Every generation of teenagers feels depressed, and anxious. Yet no other generation has experienced such a rise in gender dysphoria.
According to Shrier, this is largely because therapists rush right to sex-change operations rather than addressing the perennial problems
According to Shrier, this is largely because therapists rush right to sex-change operations rather than addressing the perennial problems
10/10 If parents don’t open their eyes and push back against the institutional deception present before them, the fundamental alteration of the minds of children — and specifically young girls — will continue to thrive.
And such damage could be irreversible.
And such damage could be irreversible.
