Are less teens identifying as Trans now?

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Anonymous wrote:As an educator I am seeing this too. There were definitely elements of social contagion to the phenomenon.

It was almost entirely social contagion. Although I’m worried what will come next to fill the void.

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Anonymous wrote:Does it matter to you, as a teacher, and fellow human?

Social contagions that lead to mass medical interventions and pharmacological dependence matter. They affect us all.

I am really heartened to read this!! It’s better for the g a y kids, the incredibly tiny amount of kids who are truly T r a n s which is a fraction of what we have seen, and for the straight kids forced to be tolerant of this farce.

“Straight kids forced to be tolerant of this farce”

Poor straight kids! How hard it must have been to not make snide comments and bite their tongues from the clearly IMPORTANT judgements they had in their heads.

Look, I have a dd that went through this stage in 7th grade and is now out of it. I also didn’t suspect it would last. And yes I know some of it is due to social contagion. But please don’t pretend that it had anything at all to do with straight kids.

At my kids’ middle and high school they don’t bully because of 🏳️‍🌈 stuff. They just accept it and move on. Maybe you should, too? It has nothing to do with you.

NP - asking people to verbally affirm something that is false, under penalty of punishment or social ostracism is a problem. If trans people want to believe a delusion, that is one thing, but demanding that others do it too…

[Anonymous]

This article is a few years old but it links to updates and if you do a Google search you can find plenty of articles discussing the ROGD hypothesis and social contagion theory.

It is notable that in recent years there has been a very much higher proportion of female born individuals claiming to be transgender.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/culture-mind-and-brain/201811/why-is-transgender-identity-the-rise-among-teens

Another very interesting piece, which requires registering to read (free): https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/11/06/portrait-of-a-detransitioner-as-a-young-woman?utm_medium=cpc.adword.pd&utm_source=google&ppccampaignID=17210591673&ppcadID=&utm_campaign=a.22brand_pmax&utm_content=conversion.direct-response.anonymous&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjY64BhCaARIsAIfc7YYs2vp5fcyoZErGjZ9f2bHGbmKtjXZqOipMo8z1s8hQA_spq5oRqYsaAqG4EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You are a teacher and used less to describe humans? It's fewer, you are describing humans.

Yes, that jumped out at me immediately.

Pretty disheartening that this is a person who teaches kids.

Remember there are lots of types of certifications. I am a former biology and I am a terrible speller. I don't expect English teachers to know how ATP is made.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My 12yo girl is what used to be considered a tomboy and still is by some people. I think it’s a harmful term though because we’re still labeling certain things as for boys. Why does having short hair, wearing basketball shorts and enjoying football mean you’re a Tomboy? She’s a girl who likes those things. Anyone can like those things. The word tomboy needs to go away.

It is noticeable though that people often embrace and accept and root for girls who do things labeled as for boys. People are more apt to belittle boys who might want to grow their hair long, play with barbies, enjoy Frozen

Yes because we prize boy things and think that girl things are frivolous and lesser.

It's really the opposite. Take your blinders off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This article is a few years old but it links to updates and if you do a Google search you can find plenty of articles discussing the ROGD hypothesis and social contagion theory.

It is notable that in recent years there has been a very much higher proportion of female born individuals claiming to be transgender.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/culture-mind-and-brain/201811/why-is-transgender-identity-the-rise-among-teens

Another very interesting piece, which requires registering to read (free): https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/11/06/portrait-of-a-detransitioner-as-a-young-woman?utm_medium=cpc.adword.pd&utm_source=google&ppccampaignID=17210591673&ppcadID=&utm_campaign=a.22brand_pmax&utm_content=conversion.direct-response.anonymous&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjY64BhCaARIsAIfc7YYs2vp5fcyoZErGjZ9f2bHGbmKtjXZqOipMo8z1s8hQA_spq5oRqYsaAqG4EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

It is quite clearly more girls than boys, at least in MS. This is obvious without even researching it. I think it is because girls are more desperate to find a “group” and then have everyone in the group act the same.

[Anonymous]

I'm a junior high teacher. Who they're with seems to be very fluid now - and the straight kids do NOT care.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does it matter to you, as a teacher, and fellow human?

Social contagions that lead to mass medical interventions and pharmacological dependence matter. They affect us all.

I am really heartened to read this!! It’s better for the g a y kids, the incredibly tiny amount of kids who are truly T r a n s which is a fraction of what we have seen, and for the straight kids forced to be tolerant of this farce.

“Straight kids forced to be tolerant of this farce”

Poor straight kids! How hard it must have been to not make snide comments and bite their tongues from the clearly IMPORTANT judgements they had in their heads.

Look, I have a dd that went through this stage in 7th grade and is now out of it. I also didn’t suspect it would last. And yes I know some of it is due to social contagion. But please don’t pretend that it had anything at all to do with straight kids.

At my kids’ middle and high school they don’t bully because of 🏳️‍🌈 stuff. They just accept it and move on. Maybe you should, too? It has nothing to do with you.

NP. People are not allowed to change their race. Rachel Dolezal got into huge trouble for it. Why? Because race, and the social and cultural positives and negatives that go with it, are fundamental and immutable and very powerful. Sex and gender are even more fundamental and powerful. Not toys to play around with.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You are a teacher and used less to describe humans? It's fewer, you are describing humans.

Yes, that jumped out at me immediately.

Pretty disheartening that this is a person who teaches kids.

Remember there are lots of types of certifications. I am a former biology and I am a terrible speller. I don't expect English teachers to know how ATP is made.

I'm a former English teacher with a graduate degree in English and a law degree as well.

People getting their panties in a twist over the fewer/less distinction is funny, especially because it's not really a hard and fast rule like many of our grammar peculiarities: https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/fewer-vs-less#:~:text=It%20goes%20like%20this:%20fewer,%22%20and%20%22less%20effort.%22

Language is an ever evolving thing. What matters is that somebody communicates the meaning of their intended assertion to others reading it. OP has done that effectively. The posters decrying the use of less versus fewer are constipated human beings.

[Anonymous]

Many trans kids are also autistic and are bullied for both. Mine was told he was going to hell and excluded in elementary school. A petition was circulated to replace the Rainbow Club with Bible club. Kids asked him to watch as they signed it. He became suicidal. We had to remove him from his public school. The limits of your compassion and your insistence this is delusional has real impacts on actual students. Your kids are listening and learning from you. A little kindness would go a long way. When a group of people are being scapegoated by politicians and pundits, modeling compassion and inclusion can make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable people around you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are a teacher and used less to describe humans? It's fewer, you are describing humans.

Yes, that jumped out at me immediately.

Pretty disheartening that this is a person who teaches kids.

Remember there are lots of types of certifications. I am a former biology and I am a terrible speller. I don't expect English teachers to know how ATP is made.

I'm a former English teacher with a graduate degree in English and a law degree as well.

People getting their panties in a twist over the fewer/less distinction is funny, especially because it's not really a hard and fast rule like many of our grammar peculiarities: https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/fewer-vs-less#:~:text=It%20goes%20like%20this:%20fewer,%22%20and%20%22less%20effort.%22

Language is an ever evolving thing. What matters is that somebody communicates the meaning of their intended assertion to others reading it. OP has done that effectively. The posters decrying the use of less versus fewer are constipated human beings.

AKA if enough idiots put improper grammar or diction into common usage, it will become “acceptable.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You are a teacher and used less to describe humans? It's fewer, you are describing humans.

Yes, that jumped out at me immediately.

Pretty disheartening that this is a person who teaches kids.

Well maybe this person was typing quickly on an online platform and had a grammar slip. Or the person is a science teacher and not focused on grammar. I find grammar police on social sites to be so odd - I mean, who cares? I think maybe you didn't like the underlying question and were just trying to respond in a passive aggressive way?

[Anonymous]

Fashion has moved on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, fewer kids are trans now.

The number of actual trans kids has remained constant.

There are fewer wannabe/ faux trans kids now. Many in the past were just following a trend, pushed by social media such as TikTok.

[Anonymous]

My friend‘s lesbian daughter was trans, but is now back to just being lesbian. I am seeing less trans now at school too.