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Re:Wokeness Is Here to Stay – Slavoj ŽIžek by rhinoceraptor on Sunday February 26, 2023 @06:37PM (#34950952)
Puberty blockers are not a wild or experimental new drug. They have been to children for decades, for a completely different reason: early puberty.
Re:Wokeness Is Here to Stay – Slavoj ŽIžek by fffingal on Sunday February 26, 2023 @07:51PM (#34951626)
This does not imply that puberty blockers are an appropriate intervention for children presenting with gender dysphoria though.
Re:Wokeness Is Here to Stay – Slavoj ŽIžek by rhinoceraptor on Sunday February 26, 2023 @09:36PM (#34952281)
I'm inclined to trust medical authorities over the opinions of internet posters.
Re:Wokeness Is Here to Stay – Slavoj ŽIžek by fffingal on Sunday February 26, 2023 @09:44PM (#34952332)
The health authorities of several European countries have halted the routine use of puberty blockers for gender dysphoric children, due to a lack of evidence that this intervention helps rather than harms.
Re:Wokeness Is Here to Stay – Slavoj ŽIžek by rhinoceraptor on Monday February 27, 2023 @01:13AM (#34953585)
The health authorities of several US states have done the same. Politicians are not medical experts. I'm not aware of any legitimate medical authority that would agree with this fearmongering.
Re:Wokeness Is Here to Stay – Slavoj ŽIžek by fffingal on Monday February 27, 2023 @04:23AM (#34954539)
I wasn't talking about politicians, it is medical experts who have driven this decision in the health authorities I was referring to - e.g. England, Sweden, Finland.

This is from applying an evidence-based medicine approach to this. The political side of things is yet another matter.