Irreversible Damage
by Abigail Shrier
2020-07-08 21:54:13
NAMED A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2021 BY THE TIMES AND THE SUNDAY TIMES "Irreversible Damage . . . has caused a storm. Abigail Shrier, a Wall Street Journal writer, does something simple yet devastating: she rigo...
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NAMED A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2021 BY THE TIMES AND THE SUNDAY TIMES "Irreversible Damage . . . has caused a storm. Abigail Shrier, a Wall Street Journal writer, does something simple yet devastating: she rigorously lays out the facts." âJanice Turner, The Times of London Until just a few years ago, gender dysphoriaâsevere discomfort in oneâs biological sexâwas vanishingly rare. It was typically found in less than .01 percent of the population, emerged in early childhood, and afflicted males almost exclusively. But today whole groups of female friends in colleges, high schools, and even middle schools across the country are coming out as âtransgender.â These are girls who had never experienced any discomfort in their biological sex until they heard a coming-out story from a speaker at a school assembly or discovered the internet community of trans âinfluencers.â Unsuspecting parents are awakening to find their daughters in thrall to hip trans YouTube stars and âgender-affirmingâ educators and therapists who push life-changing interventions on young girlsâincluding medically unnecessary double mastectomies and puberty blockers that can cause permanent infertility. Abigail Shrier, a writer for the Wall Street Journal, has dug deep into the trans epidemic, talking to the girls, their agonized parents, and the counselors and doctors who enable gender transitions, as well as to âdetransitionersââyoung women who bitterly regret what they have done to themselves. Coming out as transgender immediately boosts these girlsâ social status, Shrier finds, but once they take the first steps of transition, it is not easy to walk back. She offers urgently needed advice about how parents can protect their daughters. A generation of girls is at risk. Abigail Shrierâs essential book will help you understand what the trans craze is and how you can inoculate your child against itâor how to retrieve her from this dangerous path.
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