My daughter was identified as ‘trans’ here in Hong Kong in April 2021 at the age of 11 after two twenty minute sessions with an American school counsellor. We were kept largely in the dark for months until we discovered that she was already using a boys name and pronouns at the school, when we were told we must affirm her because she was suicidal.
"We found in her possession a book given to her by the school counselor with a false cover. This book warned her not to trust us, her parents, and told her to find a ‘supportive community’ online. It also provided her with the addresses to Reddit forums where I found all manner of horrors: pornography, suicide notes, self harm manuals, advice on how to obtain drugs, and template letters inviting children to tell their bigoted parents to ‘fuck off and die’."
Could you name the author and title of this book? It sounds very disturbing and as a detransition ally I'd like to present the book as more evidence of gender ideology in schools. Thanks much!
From another academic: I think this is an eloquent, powerfully written essay. Thank you for taking the time to write this. There is no point in this essay with which I disagree, and none less important than any other.
However, I'm especially intrigued by one, "That’s why so many trans women dress like ludicrous parodies of women... Equally girls who imagine themselves to be boys have only the remotest idea of what it is actually like to be a boy." In a lighthearted way, I echoed this point in a short essay:
Although the essay was lighthearted, the point made — your point, too — is serious. The caricatures that many "trans" youth portray leads me to think that this is not really about being a different sex as much as it is about being "trans." Or, just being different.
Likewise, the histrionic, misogynist rhetoric voiced by those who claim to be (trans)women makes it obvious that actually being a woman is the farthest thing from their mind.
Rather than exploiting these young people, the school system and medical establishment should be partnering with parents, and nurturing and guiding the youngsters into a healthier worldview. I think that your essay will make a substantial contribution to that end. Thank you, again, Frederick
Demonstrates the truth of Jesus' words to the religious authorities: "You father is Satan, the father of lies." This is a Satan tactic - word/meaning manipulation. As one whom God's word (Truth) saved from same-sex attraction, I now say LGBTQ are designations of sexual "abnormalities" - they are NOT" identities". And when the religious authorities called in the parents of the man Jesus had healed of blindness from birth, they were afraid to speak favorably of Jesus, because they were afraid the religious leaders would "cancel" their ability to worship in the temple.
The reference to the work of Foucault to "mistrust the image" has been reinforced by brain studies. Visuals/music/emotions register in the older/inner brain. The forebrain is our word processor - where critical thinking, logic, and decision making take place. Thus, e.g., when someone is in the presence of a person who is raging, emotional contagion occurs. The emotion "contaminates" the inner brain, BEFORE the frontal lobe even makes the person aware of the emotion. And consider how emotionally oriented our society has become. Emotions may be "indicators" of reality, but they are not "creators" of reality. Thus, visual images/emotions are a major means of Satan's work.
The question here is "Do we allow our emotions to control/enslave us, rather than us controlling our emotions?" (Genesis) When Cain was angry with God and brother Abel, God warned Cain: "Sin is crouching at your door. It wants to have you. You must master it." Later (Matt. 5) Jesus warned of the danger of allowing powerful emotions (anger, lust) to control us. He acknowledged that it wasn't easy, but that it's ultimately better that we not be enslaved by them. We must use our God-given word processing part of our brain to free us from powerful self-destructive emotions. Truth, God's word is our greatest resource in fighting Satan's attempts to enslave us through word manipulation/lies and destructive emotions.
I have seen the elephant since 1972, when April Ashley loomed into the young male homosexual circle in which I had several friends ( leaving claimed gender aside, you might ask what a thirty seven year old with no university connection was doing hanging around a set of teenagers).
I was once at a party with an American rower Rhodes Scholar where April came and talked at us for a while. When we were alone again, after a short silence, he said ‘That is one creepy dude’. That’s always summed up the adult transistioners I have met or known of, really. ‘Creepy dudes.’
Brilliant, brilliant piece. I am sharing this with others - the ‘anaesthetising effect of identity politics’ is making it so hard for so many of us parents caught in this cult to wake people up. Thank you for lighting up the truth in this way.
For all the people who read and enjoyed this entry, please take some time to explore James Lindsays work and his New Discourses website and podcasts. He dissects this issue with extreme precision.
Wow. What a tour de force. I felt the frustration and anxiety through your writing. Or perhaps I’m superimposing my own. I am frustrated an anxious… I am also scared. What do we do?
Thank you so much. I will order and read the book. My daughter has just turned 13, but I have been walking through this valley with her since she was 11 years old. I’m so thankful you were able to save your daughter from our present evil society. She is blessed to have you and you will be rewarded , in the end, for standing for the truth and going against the ways of the world.
"A familiar conversation may proceed like this; ‘Gender identity’, I say, ‘makes no sense. ‘Gender’ derives from ‘2nd Wave Feminism’ and describes that which is imposed on women in order to socialize them as willing subordinates, wives and sex objects."
Boom.
The 2WFeminists were wrong about that; and from this pernicious idea flows the pernicious gender identity cult.
This is a great piece. I really like the "castration cult" way of putting it in perspective. I'm saving this one, so that I can draw upon your arguments when (and if) I get into a dialogue about this with my few remaining SJW friends . . .
Whoa. That is an elephant but here's a bigger one. All real transsexuals are exclusively homosexual. All. All the identitarian bs, all the rest, are not transsexual and should not receive any 'affirming surgery' at least prior to majority. And here is the elephant: gender and sexuality cannot be separated. The former is dependent on the latter and a moment's reflection will confirm that. You have been lied to. Gender is innate. It is how we advertise our sexuality to potential mates. We are animals and this is our mating dance. So naturally males who are attracted to men appear feminine and vice versa. A whole litany of lies and circular logic has been created to deny this, but it's true. Unfashionable, but true. So all nonhomosexual 'transgender affirmation' should stop, now. It serves no purpose and does much harm.
We can argue the minutiae of which homosexuals should do what but actually they represent a minority. We could solve around 80% or more of the problem just by refusing 'affirmative care' to every nonhomosexual applicant under majority. They won't kill themselves. Then we need to go for the sources of this insanity- the academics, the transacivists, the feminists and their fellow travellers, and fire them all.
Then we can argue the toss about whether 'gay' or 'trans' is better.
Feminism talks about sex being immutable, how we are born, but whether from shying away from the word or something else, almost everyone talks about "gender" which amorphous, and having to do with illusion, fetish, etc., which the trans cult is running with.
If girls and women were given full equality and not daily bombarded with media images teaching them and us that we are innately inferior, this would all change. I was noticing yet again famous women in the media wearing excruciating high heels, half naked and pornified, yet it's all shown as "normal" and reasonable. It's very difficult to find any female image that is not pornified like this.
It was hard enough when I was growing up and I never wanted to be male, but if the cult offered a way out, I could see it would be tempting. To finally be treated with respect and as an equal is a huge lure.
But since rights for girls and women, expectations based on appearance have gone backwards from the Seventies, the trans cult will continue to be fed. (And as girls are fetishized, boys are drawn to confusing that with being popular and attractive.)
I suggest that, as much as can be done, encourage girls (and women) to dress in ways that feel comfortable and feel safe, and not to attract boys and also to not fit into mainstream misogynistic and expensive trends. That would eliminate one of the draws for girls to want to be boys. Who wouldn't want the privileges boys get that girls don't? Equalizing things would help tremendously.
"We found in her possession a book given to her by the school counselor with a false cover. This book warned her not to trust us, her parents, and told her to find a ‘supportive community’ online. It also provided her with the addresses to Reddit forums where I found all manner of horrors: pornography, suicide notes, self harm manuals, advice on how to obtain drugs, and template letters inviting children to tell their bigoted parents to ‘fuck off and die’."
Could you name the author and title of this book? It sounds very disturbing and as a detransition ally I'd like to present the book as more evidence of gender ideology in schools. Thanks much!
From another academic: I think this is an eloquent, powerfully written essay. Thank you for taking the time to write this. There is no point in this essay with which I disagree, and none less important than any other.
However, I'm especially intrigued by one, "That’s why so many trans women dress like ludicrous parodies of women... Equally girls who imagine themselves to be boys have only the remotest idea of what it is actually like to be a boy." In a lighthearted way, I echoed this point in a short essay:
https://everythingisbiology.substack.com/p/whats-a-woman-whats-a-man-whats-an
Although the essay was lighthearted, the point made — your point, too — is serious. The caricatures that many "trans" youth portray leads me to think that this is not really about being a different sex as much as it is about being "trans." Or, just being different.
Likewise, the histrionic, misogynist rhetoric voiced by those who claim to be (trans)women makes it obvious that actually being a woman is the farthest thing from their mind.
Rather than exploiting these young people, the school system and medical establishment should be partnering with parents, and nurturing and guiding the youngsters into a healthier worldview. I think that your essay will make a substantial contribution to that end. Thank you, again, Frederick
Excellent exposition!
Demonstrates the truth of Jesus' words to the religious authorities: "You father is Satan, the father of lies." This is a Satan tactic - word/meaning manipulation. As one whom God's word (Truth) saved from same-sex attraction, I now say LGBTQ are designations of sexual "abnormalities" - they are NOT" identities". And when the religious authorities called in the parents of the man Jesus had healed of blindness from birth, they were afraid to speak favorably of Jesus, because they were afraid the religious leaders would "cancel" their ability to worship in the temple.
The reference to the work of Foucault to "mistrust the image" has been reinforced by brain studies. Visuals/music/emotions register in the older/inner brain. The forebrain is our word processor - where critical thinking, logic, and decision making take place. Thus, e.g., when someone is in the presence of a person who is raging, emotional contagion occurs. The emotion "contaminates" the inner brain, BEFORE the frontal lobe even makes the person aware of the emotion. And consider how emotionally oriented our society has become. Emotions may be "indicators" of reality, but they are not "creators" of reality. Thus, visual images/emotions are a major means of Satan's work.
The question here is "Do we allow our emotions to control/enslave us, rather than us controlling our emotions?" (Genesis) When Cain was angry with God and brother Abel, God warned Cain: "Sin is crouching at your door. It wants to have you. You must master it." Later (Matt. 5) Jesus warned of the danger of allowing powerful emotions (anger, lust) to control us. He acknowledged that it wasn't easy, but that it's ultimately better that we not be enslaved by them. We must use our God-given word processing part of our brain to free us from powerful self-destructive emotions. Truth, God's word is our greatest resource in fighting Satan's attempts to enslave us through word manipulation/lies and destructive emotions.
Madam, it's a public forum. I shall continue.
I have seen the elephant since 1972, when April Ashley loomed into the young male homosexual circle in which I had several friends ( leaving claimed gender aside, you might ask what a thirty seven year old with no university connection was doing hanging around a set of teenagers).
I was once at a party with an American rower Rhodes Scholar where April came and talked at us for a while. When we were alone again, after a short silence, he said ‘That is one creepy dude’. That’s always summed up the adult transistioners I have met or known of, really. ‘Creepy dudes.’
Brilliant, brilliant piece. I am sharing this with others - the ‘anaesthetising effect of identity politics’ is making it so hard for so many of us parents caught in this cult to wake people up. Thank you for lighting up the truth in this way.
For all the people who read and enjoyed this entry, please take some time to explore James Lindsays work and his New Discourses website and podcasts. He dissects this issue with extreme precision.
Wow. What a tour de force. I felt the frustration and anxiety through your writing. Or perhaps I’m superimposing my own. I am frustrated an anxious… I am also scared. What do we do?
Thank you so much. I will order and read the book. My daughter has just turned 13, but I have been walking through this valley with her since she was 11 years old. I’m so thankful you were able to save your daughter from our present evil society. She is blessed to have you and you will be rewarded , in the end, for standing for the truth and going against the ways of the world.
"A familiar conversation may proceed like this; ‘Gender identity’, I say, ‘makes no sense. ‘Gender’ derives from ‘2nd Wave Feminism’ and describes that which is imposed on women in order to socialize them as willing subordinates, wives and sex objects."
Boom.
The 2WFeminists were wrong about that; and from this pernicious idea flows the pernicious gender identity cult.
This is a great piece. I really like the "castration cult" way of putting it in perspective. I'm saving this one, so that I can draw upon your arguments when (and if) I get into a dialogue about this with my few remaining SJW friends . . .
Whoa. That is an elephant but here's a bigger one. All real transsexuals are exclusively homosexual. All. All the identitarian bs, all the rest, are not transsexual and should not receive any 'affirming surgery' at least prior to majority. And here is the elephant: gender and sexuality cannot be separated. The former is dependent on the latter and a moment's reflection will confirm that. You have been lied to. Gender is innate. It is how we advertise our sexuality to potential mates. We are animals and this is our mating dance. So naturally males who are attracted to men appear feminine and vice versa. A whole litany of lies and circular logic has been created to deny this, but it's true. Unfashionable, but true. So all nonhomosexual 'transgender affirmation' should stop, now. It serves no purpose and does much harm.
We can argue the minutiae of which homosexuals should do what but actually they represent a minority. We could solve around 80% or more of the problem just by refusing 'affirmative care' to every nonhomosexual applicant under majority. They won't kill themselves. Then we need to go for the sources of this insanity- the academics, the transacivists, the feminists and their fellow travellers, and fire them all.
Then we can argue the toss about whether 'gay' or 'trans' is better.
Stunning expose. I'm sharing as widely as possible.
Powerful
This is perfect. Thank you for your insight!
Feminism talks about sex being immutable, how we are born, but whether from shying away from the word or something else, almost everyone talks about "gender" which amorphous, and having to do with illusion, fetish, etc., which the trans cult is running with.
If girls and women were given full equality and not daily bombarded with media images teaching them and us that we are innately inferior, this would all change. I was noticing yet again famous women in the media wearing excruciating high heels, half naked and pornified, yet it's all shown as "normal" and reasonable. It's very difficult to find any female image that is not pornified like this.
It was hard enough when I was growing up and I never wanted to be male, but if the cult offered a way out, I could see it would be tempting. To finally be treated with respect and as an equal is a huge lure.
But since rights for girls and women, expectations based on appearance have gone backwards from the Seventies, the trans cult will continue to be fed. (And as girls are fetishized, boys are drawn to confusing that with being popular and attractive.)
I suggest that, as much as can be done, encourage girls (and women) to dress in ways that feel comfortable and feel safe, and not to attract boys and also to not fit into mainstream misogynistic and expensive trends. That would eliminate one of the draws for girls to want to be boys. Who wouldn't want the privileges boys get that girls don't? Equalizing things would help tremendously.