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Re:‘Gay furries’ group hacks agencies in US states attacking... by TurkishPoptart on Friday July 07, 2023 @12:55PM (#36634635)
I'm talking about children. Look at the charts here. [1] Why is the number of children experiencing this "gender dysphoria" skyrocketing? It should be linear, not exponential. There is a mental craze driving this, which is extremely profitable for the medical industry. This industry is preying on children to make a profit, justifying all the research on the small percentage of trans adults that actually need this treatment.

[1]: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-tran...

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Re:‘Gay furries’ group hacks agencies in US states attacking... by mitt_romney_12 on Friday July 07, 2023 @01:13PM (#36634958)
Why would it be linear? The reasons it's increasing is because people no longer feel as much pressure to hide their true identity. It's the same reason that the number of left handed people doubled from 1920 to 1960 [1], it's not a conspiracy it's just the way social norms work

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/07/americas-...

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Re:‘Gay furries’ group hacks agencies in US states attacking... by unmole on Friday July 07, 2023 @01:35PM (#36635303)
Right, it's not like mental illnesses can spread memetically:

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/10psyche-t.html

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/tics-and-tiktok-can-soci...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copycat_crime

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Re:‘Gay furries’ group hacks agencies in US states attacking... by test098 on Friday July 07, 2023 @01:15PM (#36634980)
> Why is the number of children experiencing this "gender dysphoria" skyrocketing

because it's more socially acceptable to discuss these issues than it was 50 years ago...

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Re:‘Gay furries’ group hacks agencies in US states attacking... by peoplefromibiza on Friday July 07, 2023 @02:57PM (#36636733)
that goes both ways though

it is also undoubtedly true that it is more rewarding on a political level to not have any doubt on these issues than it was just 10 years ago.

Entire careers have been built on it. On both sides.

But, incredibly enough, the ones on the "precaution" approach are on the far right side.

If we saw the same increase in cases of kids having mental health issues, which is also more socially acceptable to talk about than 50 years ago, we would be worried sick, we would ask why it happened and what caused it, not simply treat the symptoms and call it a definitve solution.

studies would also show that their life is better than when they were not treated, but is relying on anti depressants really a good life?

is asking the question proof that the person asking hates (or is phobic of), for some reason, people with mental health issues?

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