Are Kids Becoming Transgender Because Its Trendy?

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🗓️ 29 August 2018

⏱️ 13 minutes

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A study published by Brown University argues that it is possible some youtube experience gender dysphoria due to peer pressure and trends among their peer groups. They call this "rapid onset gender dysphoria." Brown has pulled down a press release about the study due to community pressure, with people saying it could undermine trans rights. But is there truth to the study? Is it possible that young people are simply trying to be trendy, or is it just that our society is more accepting of trans people and now our youth feel safe and comfortable expressing how they really feel? Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Science isn't always easy, because often scientific research will clash with political ideology.
0:07.0	I mean look at the famous story of the heliocentric universe. We know that sometimes the truth isn't
0:12.9	popular. Now we're seeing another controversy. Brown University has recently retracted a press release
0:18.9	about a study they published on what's called Rapid Onset Gender dysphoria. This is an idea that young
0:24.4	people are becoming trans because of pure pressure. That they spend too much time on YouTube,
0:28.7	they spend too much time on Tumblr, and then start believing that they are gender dysphoric.
0:33.6	Now people in the trans community are saying this is junk science, and that it's actually
0:38.4	erasing the experiences of many trans people. There's an argument that the reason we're seeing an
0:43.5	increase in so many transgender individuals is because the public is now being more accepting of it,
0:48.7	and thus young people have less to fear by coming out. So let's take a look at exactly what
0:53.2	this study is, and let's take a look at the arguments on both sides, and the argument as to why
0:57.8	Brown University took down this press release. So we'll start with Science Daily. Rapid Onset
1:03.6	Gender dysphoria, August 22, 2018. Summary. Rapid Onset Gender dysphoria might spread through
1:09.4	groups of friends and may be a harmful coping mechanism a new study suggests, but more research
1:14.6	is needed. Until recently, it was unusual for a teen to report initial feelings of gender dysphoria
1:19.7	during or after puberty without childhood symptoms. Clinicians have reported this kind of
1:24.6	gender dysphoria is on the rise, particularly for patients whose sex was observed to be female
1:29.6	at birth. Additionally, the numbers of adolescents seeking care for gender dysphoria has increased
1:34.8	dramatically. It is unknown why these changes are occurring. This month, a Brown University researcher
1:40.4	published the first study to empirically describe teens and young adults who did not have symptoms
1:45.5	of gender dysphoria during childhood, but who are observed by their parents to rapidly develop
1:50.0	gender dysphoria symptoms over days, weeks, or months during or after puberty.
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