Amongst girls in Sweden.
Teenage transgender row splits Sweden as dysphoria diagnoses soar by 1,500%
The immediate trigger for Von Sivers’s themed week is a report from Sweden’s Board of Health and Welfare which confirmed a 1,500% rise between 2008 and 2018 in gender dysphoria diagnoses among 13- to 17-year-olds born as girls.
But it also reflects a rapid change in public opinion. Just a year ago, there seemed few official obstacles left in the way of young people who wanted gender reassignment treatment.
So the article goes on to talk about trans activists who don't want to discuss this and those who are acknowledging these numbers seem high and perhaps there's a fair amount of misdiagnosing going on because of social circumstances.
From what I've read, a diagnosis really is no more in depth than asking the patient about their feelings and how long they've had these feelings.
I'll be the first to point out statistics can be misleading. If 3 teenage girls were diagnosed as trans in 2008, then a 1500% increase isn't really that big and can be easily explained by attitudes towards the trans community being more accepting. To be clear though, Sweden seemed like a place that was already pretty accepting and I don't think that's the case.
To me, it seems like perhaps a more reasonable approach based upon more stringent scientific standards is needed.
Thoughts?
Teenage transgender row splits Sweden as dysphoria diagnoses soar by 1,500%
The immediate trigger for Von Sivers’s themed week is a report from Sweden’s Board of Health and Welfare which confirmed a 1,500% rise between 2008 and 2018 in gender dysphoria diagnoses among 13- to 17-year-olds born as girls.
But it also reflects a rapid change in public opinion. Just a year ago, there seemed few official obstacles left in the way of young people who wanted gender reassignment treatment.
So the article goes on to talk about trans activists who don't want to discuss this and those who are acknowledging these numbers seem high and perhaps there's a fair amount of misdiagnosing going on because of social circumstances.
From what I've read, a diagnosis really is no more in depth than asking the patient about their feelings and how long they've had these feelings.
I'll be the first to point out statistics can be misleading. If 3 teenage girls were diagnosed as trans in 2008, then a 1500% increase isn't really that big and can be easily explained by attitudes towards the trans community being more accepting. To be clear though, Sweden seemed like a place that was already pretty accepting and I don't think that's the case.
To me, it seems like perhaps a more reasonable approach based upon more stringent scientific standards is needed.
Thoughts?