This definitely sums up my thoughts on transgenderism. I would offer that the strict ideology is the shield that prevents trans people from dealing with the heart of their distress. Try to take it away at your own peril! The "transphobic" and "bigot" labels are retreats when they are faced with cognitive dissonance resulting from facing their false identity.
Thank you for these clear insights. They conform with what I have seen around me and know intuitively about young people (as someone with many years behind me). It is helpful to hear them articulated by someone with the credentials and experience.
Thorough, comprehensive, clear. Thank you for articulating it all so clearly and with compassion. Saving in my archives, might work up the nerve to share with others!
Very helpful, thank you. I've been calling it "the gender cult" for a long time because the ways it ensnares and keeps victims--and the rewards it offers--seem so like the cultic behaviours described by cult specialists like Steven Hassan, himself an escapee from the Moonies.
The only objection I've encountered to a "cult" description is the absence of a single charismatic leader: but there are many stand-ins enabled by the internet, which also offers group echo chambers.
This definitely sums up my thoughts on transgenderism. I would offer that the strict ideology is the shield that prevents trans people from dealing with the heart of their distress. Try to take it away at your own peril! The "transphobic" and "bigot" labels are retreats when they are faced with cognitive dissonance resulting from facing their false identity.
True!
Thank you for these clear insights. They conform with what I have seen around me and know intuitively about young people (as someone with many years behind me). It is helpful to hear them articulated by someone with the credentials and experience.
Thorough, comprehensive, clear. Thank you for articulating it all so clearly and with compassion. Saving in my archives, might work up the nerve to share with others!
Very helpful, thank you. I've been calling it "the gender cult" for a long time because the ways it ensnares and keeps victims--and the rewards it offers--seem so like the cultic behaviours described by cult specialists like Steven Hassan, himself an escapee from the Moonies.
The only objection I've encountered to a "cult" description is the absence of a single charismatic leader: but there are many stand-ins enabled by the internet, which also offers group echo chambers.