Abigail Shrier is an author, journalist, and writer for the Wall Street Journal. Her new book “Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters” is available now. https://www.amazon.com/Irreversible-Damage-Transgender-Seducing-Daughters/dp/1684510317
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51:30 – In regards to having a female outlier competing in women's sports; not only is it very, very rare for outliers to exist within women (they exist more commonly in men, as there are strong divergences from the average in men), but comparatively, the average male vs. the average female is huge. This means that it is much more likely for men identifying as women to beat biological women than it is for a female outlier to come along and crush the competition. It objectively makes competing as women harder. The Australian Women's Soccer team lost 7-0 to an under 16's regional boys team. Is this the kind of shit we want to see happen in women's sports?
38:45 – Redefining 'conversion therapy' to include people questioning if someone is trans or not, or to analyse their choices and recognise them as very high risk, is downright pernicious. If the data shows that a majority of dysphoria cases when left alone turn out non-dysphoric, then this line of thinking is entirely reasonable, in fact, a measurably better line of thinking.
I searched this video up and some trans dudes reaction to this video came up too and it was awesome because he tried arguing with them but basically proved their point
11:20 – The lack of red tape around this is done under the guise that it's more sympathetic to those people. This reasoning is so flawed. There are many disciplinary and experience-based precautions parents take with their children, like disallowing them to catch a bus at midnight alone, drive a car on public roads under the age of 15, etc. Parents should be aware of the data that already exists which is the vast majority of kids who experience some kind of dysphoria through their teens completely outgrow it. Allowing your child to make permanently life-altering changes to their bodies and minds is extremely dangerous.
There's a really dangerous assumption that transitioning will solve their problems. That is the wrong message: transition may help to some degree, but it is highly likely those depressive tendencies will stay with you permanently, regardless of what you do. The narrative around depression is always about a cure, rather than a recognition that it's part of you. That false sense of changing something and hoping it'll heal you will likely push more people down the wrong path.