Re:Chemicals in plastics alter the brains of baby boys, maki...
by acjohnson55 on Sunday May 10, 2015 @09:59AM
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This definitely captures the spirit of my off-the-cuff remark, thanks.
If some sort of "social feminization" were a productive idea (and I'm not saying I truly believe it is), I wouldn't advocate accomplishing it through medication, let alone haphazard doses of environmental chemicals.
So to be completely fair, I'd break it up into two parts:
1) Given our current understanding of endocrinology, anything that alters the hormonal balance of children is probably not what you'd call a "good idea".
2) However, if something were to make the behavioral patterns of male children more closely resemble those of female children, that effect might not be bad for a society.
And I'll put forward, hesitantly, that the strong pushback against this idea has less to do with the obvious (1) and more to do with the deeply controversial (2).