from WND:
‘Could it be that this is a fad that tells girls transgenderism is cool?’
A new study finds that the mean age when people are diagnosed with “gender dysphoria” has plummeted from 2017 to 2021, and that girls on average experience severe gender confusion at earlier ages compared to boys.
Conservatives aren’t buying the lead academic’s explanation for the proliferation of gender aberrance in children and the sex disparity: an average age of 11 for girls compared to 13 for boys, according to the study, authored by Ching-Fang Sun, a psychiatry resident physician at Virginia-Tech’s Carilion Clinic, School of Medicine.
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The May 2024 study is titled, “The mean age of gender dysphoria is decreasing,” and is published in the journal General Psychiatry. It analyzes electronic medical records data between 2017 and 2021 from approximately 66 million patients from 49 healthcare organizations.
Sun’s study uses the politically correct, trans-activist terms “assigned female at birth” (AFAB) and “assigned male at birth” (AMAB) to describe newborn girls and boys.
“We found that the estimated prevalence of GD [gender dysphoria] in AFABs [girls] sharply increased at the age of 11, peaked at 17–19, and then decreased below AMABs at 22. The estimated prevalence of GD in AMABs [boys] started to increase at the age of 13, peaked at 23, and then gradually decreased,” the study states.
Sun is no ally of conservatives and feminists opposing radical trans ideology. She tweeted out Monday: “The decreasing mean age of gender dysphoria diagnosis suggests the emergence of a generation embracing gender diversity. It is important for parents to feel comfortable discussing gender-related topics with their children with a non-judgmental stance.”
The decreasing mean age of gender dysphoria diagnosis suggests the emergence of a generation embracing gender diversity. It is important for parents to feel comfortable discussing gender-related topics with their children with a non-judgmental stance.https://t.co/CAgxzRdeoK pic.twitter.com/YzZkEnRdLz
— Ching-Fang Sun (@ChingFangSun) June 27, 2023
“Our study demonstrated a climbing prevalence of gender dysphoria especially in those assigned female at birth,” Sun told UPI Wednesday. “While further studies are warranted to determine the persistence of the diagnosis, we encourage youth to explore their gender identity with a non-biased stance, the public to be educated on gender diversity, and clinicians to provide timely assessment for children and youth with a concern of gender dysphoria.”
Not so fast, responds conservative writer Bethany Mandel, commenting on the study in the New York Post Wednesday. Mandel sums up the study’s findings as follows:
- 80% of those were from the U.S.;
- People assigned female at birth seek professional help at about age 11 on average (!), while those assigned male at birth seek help at about age 13;
- In 2017, the average age for a diagnosis of gender dysphoria was 31.49. By 2021, that age had dropped to 26.27;
- Researchers reported a “significantly increased” number of people diagnosed between 2017 and 2021.
