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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/political-minds/202012/new-book-irreversible-damage-is-full-misinformation?amp

[i][b]New Book “Irreversible Damage” Is Full of Misinformation[/b]

[b]Shrier did not interview most of the transgender adolescents she wrote about.[/b]
The author’s note points out that she only interviewed their parents, who uniformly did not accept their children’s transgender identities. Many of them were estranged from their kids because the children were so hurt by their parents' rejection. To actually understand the psychology of these young people, one would need to talk to them, not simply rely on stories from parents with whom they do not speak.

Further arguing against Shrier’s objectivity is her [b]crass and offensive language [/b]throughout the book.

Shrier claims that “in most cases—nearly 70 percent—gender dysphoria resolves," and thus youth should not be provided gender-affirming medical care. [b]That statistic is false.[/b]

Shrier claims that a large number of kids who say they are transgender are actually LGB and afraid to say so because transgender identity carries less stigma than being LGB. [b]Actual data suggest otherwise.[/b]

Shrier states there is evidence that providing adolescents with puberty blockers makes them more likely to continue to identify as transgender. [b]That’s false.[/b]

[b]Shrier ignores all of the data [/b]showing that gender-affirming medical care results in improved mental health outcomes for transgender youth.
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It’s anti-trans political propaganda. 
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Since your posting is based on a piece by Jack Turban MD MHS, allow me to share a different perspective about his input:

…In a field known for its weak methodologies and even weaker scientific conclusions, Turban’s study sets a new low. Even trans activists in the academy who detest the ROGD hypothesis wrote a letter in which they take Turban to task. While the Turban study’s intentions are “admirable,” these authors write, its “results were overinterpreted and . . . the theoretical and methodological shortcomings of the article run the risk of being more harmful than supportive.

That a study like this can pass the peer-review process unscathed, especially at a time when European countries are shutting down or putting severe restrictions on pediatric transition, is a sorry statement about the quality of knowledge gatekeeping in the medical research community. American journalists tout its findings without giving readers relevant information about its flaws, while left-of-center journalists in Britain have been busy blowing the whistle on the pediatric gender-medicine scandal. The U.S. has a long way to go to bring medical practice in line with scientific knowledge and common sense.

Full text:
https://www.city-journal.org/article/a-new-low

Furthermore, allow me to share a more reliable source that references the work of Abigail Shrier by experts on the field.  You may really want to take your time to read it :
https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2020/09/71296/[/quote]

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