In a true sign that anything is possible in this crazy universe of ours, the hosts note that there were some errors in the previous episode and explain exactly what they were (to see them explained in written form, check out
Did Jesse ever change his stance on puberty blockers? Based on just the info he provided in this episode, I fail to see how the use of puberty blockers could ever be justified. He said he feels like they should be reserved for kids who are “really dysphoric”? How does one measure the extent of a child’s dysphoria? In addition to the stats he provided, Kenneth Zucker actually went back through those older desistance studies using DSM V criteria, and the % of kids that desist was still 65-70%. Also, there is little to no evidence for the long term efficacy of the Dutch Protocol for the old population of gender dysphoric children, let alone the new population of kids (teenage girls with no history of dysphoria). I would wager that desistance rates are even higher among this population although, of course, the gender clinics do not track this. It’s unconscionable to not do so for such a vulnerable population of children, but that is the current state of transgender “healthcare”.
Why would a young girl be put on puberty blockers anyways? How would blocking their puberty possibly help them approximate the look of an adult male in the future? None of this makes any sense. It just comes across to me as really dark, unethical medical experimentation.
Did Jesse ever change his stance on puberty blockers? Based on just the info he provided in this episode, I fail to see how the use of puberty blockers could ever be justified. He said he feels like they should be reserved for kids who are “really dysphoric”? How does one measure the extent of a child’s dysphoria? In addition to the stats he provided, Kenneth Zucker actually went back through those older desistance studies using DSM V criteria, and the % of kids that desist was still 65-70%. Also, there is little to no evidence for the long term efficacy of the Dutch Protocol for the old population of gender dysphoric children, let alone the new population of kids (teenage girls with no history of dysphoria). I would wager that desistance rates are even higher among this population although, of course, the gender clinics do not track this. It’s unconscionable to not do so for such a vulnerable population of children, but that is the current state of transgender “healthcare”.
Why would a young girl be put on puberty blockers anyways? How would blocking their puberty possibly help them approximate the look of an adult male in the future? None of this makes any sense. It just comes across to me as really dark, unethical medical experimentation.