Is it reasonable that a person adapts to the world?

That may be true in some cases but I think you will see that it doesn’t work in all cases.

You may find it interesting that a medical association in the United States has stated that “The sex reassignment movement is a vast, unregulated experiment based on studies with a high drop-out rate, non-randomized control studies, and no long-term studies past the first five years for interventions that are structurally and/or functionally mutilating and have long term and irreversible consequences.”

But why would they say that?

The American College of Pediatricians in distinguishing “gender,” a term that refers to the psychological and cultural characteristics associated with biological sex, and “sex,” a biological term that indicates maleness and femaleness. Gender is a psychological concept, it says. “Gender identity refers to an individual’s awareness of being male or female, referred to as an individual’s ‘experienced gender.’”

Gender dysphoria (GD) is a psychological condition in which the individual feels an incongruence or incompatibility between his or her experienced gender and his or her biological sex. The condition is associated with varying levels of anxiety and unhappiness.

The traditional understanding of childhood gender dysphoria had been that it reflected confused thinking on the part of the child. While the standard approach was observant waiting by the parents with the advice of a mental health specialist. The goals of therapy were to address family pathology when present, treat any psychosocial co-morbidities in the child, and aid the child in aligning gender identity with biological sex.

But that is no longer the default approach, and a veritable industry of gender dysphoria affirmation treatments has sprung up in recent years.

The so-called treatment for gender dysphoria in the US includes affirmation of the child’s confusion, chemically blocking puberty, lifelong cross-sex hormones (testosterone for girls and estrogen for boys) and at times mutilating surgeries.

Lifelong cross-sex hormones are associated with dangerous health risks. It has been observed that estrogen administration to boys will place them at risk of developing thromboembolism (which is a circulating blood clot that gets stuck and causes an obstruction), elevated lipids (which are any of a class of organic compounds that are fatty acids or their derivatives), hypertension (which is when the pressure in your blood vessels is too high), decreased glucose tolerance, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and breast cancer. Girls provided with high-dose testosterone will be at risk of developing elevated lipids, insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease, obesity, polycythemia (which is a blood disorder occurring when there are too many red blood cells), and unknown effects on breast, endometrial, and ovarian tissues according to an American College of Pediatricians 2018 report.

There are frequent claims that children with gender dysphoria will commit suicide if they are not affirmed in their decision to transition, but from what I’ve read those claims are not scientifically supported.

You may be asking why would I even bring this up.

It is very simple; we have to discern more about the new ideas and trends that people in our society bring to the world. This is because if we don’t look at the big picture, we may miss something that can have a devastating effect on those involved.

Consider the following quotes;

“Most practising scientists focus on ‘bite-sized’ problems that are timely and tractable. The occupational risk is then to lose sight of the big picture.” – Martin Rees (British Scientist)

“To be a good citizen, it’s important to be able to put yourself in other people’s shoes and see the big picture. If everything you see is rooted in your own identity, that becomes difficult or impossible.” – Eli Pariser (American Businessman)

“I look at the big picture and try not to create with ego.” – Frank Dukes (Canadian Producer)

To conclude a few questions for you;

• Is it appropriate to just go with the flow of society at all times?
• Have you thought of looking more into the discernment process before you agree with some new idea or trend that has proposed?