Is it good to treat children as if they are members of the opposite sex?
Some people think there’s no harm in switching pronouns, dressing in different clothes and going by a new name. What’s the harm in that?
Plenty, it turns out. Affirming children in a false gender identity causes real damage. Here’s how.
What happens if you don’t affirm a trans identity?
First, let’s consider what happens if you simply continue treating a child according to their real gender.
In his evidence supporting the case of Nigel and Sally Rowe, Dr Paul McHugh, a distinguished professor of psychiatry writes:
“98% of gender confused boys and 88% of gender confused girls eventually accept their biological sex after naturally passing through puberty.”
Multiple studies have confirmed similar results – with a large 2021 study showing that when following up after an average of 20 years, only 12% boys had persistent gender confusion. All of these studies show at least 80% of children losing their gender distress over time…
