Social contagion
We’ve all become familiar with viral contagion. This briefing explains the concept of social contagion.
Almost two thirds of US voters think that encouraging vulnerable children into ‘changing’ sex is wrong.
Ahead of the midterms, a survey of 1,000 likely general election voters found 65 per cent believed pro-trans pressure groups had “gone too far by encouraging underage minors to use drugs and surgery to transition”.
Polling group McLaughlin & Associates carried out the online survey for Summit Ministries — an organisation that offers Bible-based curricula for Christian schooling.
Social contagion
When asked, “What is your opinion on why transgenderism is rising amongst underage minors?”, 59 per cent of respondents said it was “due to social media and other cultural influences”.
More than half of those surveyed thought that the medical industry’s promotion of “gender transition” for young children was “motivated by financial gain”.
Over one in three respondents said they were “reluctant to share their views” on transgenderism with family, friends or work colleagues for reasons including fear of being cancelled or not wishing to cause offence.
Detransitioners
A group of former trans-identifying youth in the US recently formed Detrans United, a network to support detransitioners and voice their “dissent against ‘gender affirming care’”.
One founder member, Chloe Cole, recently spoke of how she had received puberty-blocking drugs at 13, before quickly moving onto cross-sex hormones and then undergoing a double mastectomy aged just 15.
She said that, contrary to widespread claims by pro-trans activists, “waiting is not the worst part of getting a mastectomy”, explaining: “Very quickly, I was given what I wanted, but it was far from what I needed.”
She warned: “This is what happens when children are sexualized and exposed to developmentally inappropriate and confusing content and ideas from a young age.”
The transgender craze
This briefing argues that the concept of social contagion helps to explain the recent surge in transgenderism among young people.
Survey: More Brits oppose option to change legal sex