Why the surge in gender dysphoria among teenage girls?

I can't help but wonder how much is attention seeking - wanting to feel special, different - which is a disservice to those who really would normally have this... Condition sounds negative, but I'll use it for lack of a better term.

Re: Why the surge in gender dysphoria among teenage girls?

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Post by hackerbrother » Thu, Nov 29, 2018, 1:57 PM UTC

ticviking wrote: post #3

alexmorse wrote: post #2

Because it's becoming acceptable to talk about it

I tend to agree with you there, but what evidence would convince you of some different explanation?

Why assume that evidence wouldn't convince them of some different explanation?

Re: Why the surge in gender dysphoria among teenage girls?

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Post by eximius » Thu, Nov 29, 2018, 1:57 PM UTC

krona wrote: post #4

alexmorse wrote: post #2

Because it's becoming acceptable to talk about it

If that is the only explanation then we would see far more boys being diagnosed.

Not necessarily. The underlying cause could be biased towards one gender. We don't know what causes it.

Re: Why the surge in gender dysphoria among teenage girls?

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Post by krona » Thu, Nov 29, 2018, 1:58 PM UTC

eximius wrote: post #7

krona wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If that is the only explanation then we would see far more boys being diagnosed.

Not necessarily. The underlying cause could be biased towards one gender. We don't know what causes it.

I said "If that is the only explanation...".

Re: Why the surge in gender dysphoria among teenage girls?

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Post by waterpigcow » Thu, Nov 29, 2018, 1:59 PM UTC

I think this is fascinating, I think that ROGD could be a real thing but nipping science because it's politically inconvenient is not a good thing to do and has disastrous consequences. that being said i'm not sure that ROGD is actually politically inconvenient to the left, it merely expands the definition of trans. I do think this article uses slightly outdated terminology, neglecting to use AMAB (assigned male at birth) and AFAB (assigned female at birth) instead calling males or boys "girls who identified as boys."

Re: Why the surge in gender dysphoria among teenage girls?

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Post by ticviking » Thu, Nov 29, 2018, 2:00 PM UTC

eximius wrote: post #5

I can't help but wonder how much is attention seeking - wanting to feel special, different - which is a disservice to those who really would normally have this... Condition sounds negative, but I'll use it for lack of a better term.

I've wondered that quite a lot myself. I see some serious parallels with those of my female peers who used self-harm as a similar plea for attention, usually because underlying suffering wasn't being dealt with. The literature on self-harm showed similar patterns of social contagion.

The bigger question for me is how could we sort between the two, and should we want to even if we could. Gender transition, and genderqueer presentation are relatively harmless ways to alleviate pain.