Irreversible Damage - Teenage Girls And The Transgender Craze (Paperback)

Until just a few years ago, gender dysphoria - severe discomfort in one's biological sex - was 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 and schools across the world are coming out as 'transgender'. 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 'influencers'.

Unsuspecting parents now find their daughters in thrall to YouTube stars and 'gender-affirming' educators and therapists, who push life-changing interventions on young girls - including medically unnecessary double mastectomies, and hormone treatments that can cause permanent infertility. Abigail Shrier, a writer for the Wall Street Journal, has talked to the girls, their agonised parents, and the therapists and doctors who enable gender transitions, as well as to 'detransitioners' - young women who bitterly regret what they have done to themselves.

Coming out as transgender immediately boosts these girls' social status, Shrier finds, but once they take the first steps of transition, it is not easy to walk back.

General

Imprint:	Swift Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2021
First published:	2020
Authors:	Abigail Shrier
Dimensions:	130 x 198 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-80075-036-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Promotions
LSN:	1-80075-036-6
Barcode:	9781800750364

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A lesson in hate

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 | Review by: Noam L.

Please do not buy this book, it cruelly mocks people and uses their images without consent, while actively advocating for hate.

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Transphobia in action

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 | Review by: Chris M.

This book fell short of hate speech It focusses on trans people that access gender affirming healthcare. Although the author states it is about trans adolescents she also disrespects the trans and gender diverse adult by using incorrect pronouns. It is for her very important to state her own beliefs and ideas but forget that the book's subject is not her life. The author is critical of people that identifies outside of the gender binary and furthermore questions social media and its impact. Her advise is to take young people's smartphones away. Although she raise some concerns there are not any space for debate and she forefronts her beliefs and ideas. A complete waste of my time

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Eye opener!

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 | Review by: Wendy K.

Outstanding courageous book. Balanced, honest perspective and something every parent should read.

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