Website review: Two Families Grapple with Sons Gend...
LyleDAL discovered this in Psychiatry
•17 reviews since May 7, 2008
psychiatry, gender-identity
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LyleDAL discovered 4 days ago- How two families deal when each has a son with gender identity issues. Very interesting.
- perry2801 rated 38 hours ago
- Very informative article about two families having young sons with gender identity issues. They seek professional help and get two different approaches. The fact that only Jonas is happy after the treatment should be an indication about which treatment is in the correct direction. The kids can be only who they are and which role they feel comfortable with. As hard as it might be for the parents they must let their kids decide about their gender identity when they will be older. I think that the biggest problem is the society and our inability to challenge our perceptions and stereotypes. If gender differences were mostly the result of biology, then we would expect that gender roles would not vary from culture to culture. However anthropologists have found a number of cultures where gender roles were assigned differently than our culture. For example, there have been cultures such as over 155 Native American tribes where some men and women assumed cross gender roles, participating in the dress, activities and roles usually assigned to members of the other sex. They were even taking a same-sex spouse. These people were called two-spirited (a.k.a. berdache) and they were viewed as blessed for merging feminine and masculine energies. They were not considered homosexual, nor they have been viewed as deficient, demented or disturbed. In fact, two-spirited people were not necessarily homosexual; rather some were heterosexual, some were homosexual and others sexually oriented towards other two-spirited.
- meghanelaine rated 2 days ago
- The Bradley story is so sad. :( How can they do that to their little kid?
- fredzena rated 2 days ago
- Great article about the opposing "treatments" for gender non-conformity. Yes, I say non-conformity, not disorder. And who's to say these children will want to have sex change operations when they are older. Let these kids be who they are. They don't need treatment, they need acceptance. At 47, I'm still recovering from the abuses I suffered at the hands of my family, the school system and society in general for being an "odd girl". I'm a tom-boy who hated pink, dolls, wedding and baby showers, liked wearing pants not skirts, understanding how things worked rather than "relating" but who also loves how her hour glass shaped female body feels when caressed and loved by a male of our species. It's not black and white folks. It's the shades of grey that make life and people so very interesting.
- Flaneur2008 rated 3 days ago
- ..and the beat goes on..
- MaryMurple rated 3 days ago
- Great read but I really dislike that they play the pronoun game. They replace the female pronouns with male pronouns. I think that's ridiculous.
- thegrayJ rated 4 days ago
- Fascinating. Those are kids in desperate need of help.
- NakedSuperman rated 4 days ago
- Pretty interesting article, nicely put together and informative. I agree with Jonas 'treatment'.
- louloubell rated 4 days ago
- Fascinating article about cross gender children.
