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Re: Puberty should be voluntary

Posted by Pharmakon on 2023-October-15 13:15:24, Sunday
In reply to Re: Puberty should be voluntary posted by Errant on 2023-October-15 01:46:18, Sunday

I don't think it's apples and oranges. The treatment is the same. It can't be untested, experimental and dangerous in the context of transitioning and yet safe, effective and proven in the context of "precocious" puberty, which really has no meaning other than puberty that happens too soon according to social preferences. For a trans kid considering their options, puberty is happening too soon. It's the same thing.

I don't think attacking the medical establishment's monopoly over rationing out therapeutic medications needs to be conditioned on creating a "culture of personal responsibility and accountability." That sounds like an excuse for putting it off. Probably it would work the other way around -- breaking up the monopoly would have to come first for such a culture to develop.

The attacks will necessarily come focused on particular drugs for particular populations with particular needs. Of course, people will say why should these people and this drug be treated differently, but that's not really an argument. If you can't change the system one drug at a time, you will never change it at all. And the argument about "special privileges" for a "protected class" comes straight out of the anti-trans playbook. It doesn't really make much sense in the context of my suggestion. The class of people at risk of experiencing puberty is everyone who hasn't already.

hugzu ;-p


Pharmakon

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