So let me understand. You think that wide spread endocrine disruption is not detrimental to humanity, or did you just cling on the trans issue because it goes against your political views ?

I do not understand why exploring the reasons for the prevalence of people identifying as trans has to affect their identity.

> Even if it is detrimental to humanity as a whole.

You make this argument, and while the burden of proof is on you, you refute the answer with "because it goes against your political views".

These "trans issues" have existed for thousands of years[1] and yet humanity is still thriving.

And even assuming that your argument was founded and right, trans issues would be close to the bottom of the list of priorities compared to other detrimental behavior expressed by humanity. Wars, actively destroying our own planet and environment, discrimination, over-consumption.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_history

> These "trans issues" have existed for thousands of years

Not really, it's a recent cultural phenomenon: https://bprice.substack.com/p/trans-is-something-we-made-up

and your source for that is a substack blog by someone equally as ignorant of classical and non western history?

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

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

FWiW I'm neither here nor there on the matter, I just happen to have read books and travelled the world for 60 odd years.

It's a well-argued piece which examines the phenomenon from a perspective outside of the cultural context in which it was created.

If you disagree with the author's argument, could you be more specific as to why?

For one, the author of the blog you posted claims there are no proofs of brain-body mismatch where there's ample research confirming this.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23230954-600-transgen...

> It is known that the brains of males and females are different. Evidence further suggests that brain anatomy and neuronal signaling pathways are more closely aligned with a person’s perceived gender identity.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7415463/

I've written a response but unfortunately it doesn't fit in a comment. I think this is reasonable since your linked article doesn't either. Hopefully you'll consider this:

https://pastebin.com/m4TuVvbH

Thanks for taking the time, and being vulnerable.

Thank you for taking the time to read, too.