More specifically, the study observes that rapid onset gender dysphoria in young teens has a strong correlation to a frequent online presence, particularly in online communities where people are encouraged to feel as if they have gender dysphoria. It doesn't dismiss gender dysphoria as abnormal, it just suggests that rapid onset gender dysphoria might have a cause that needs further study.
I would like to read the actual paper. I wonder if I could find it somewhere. It sounds like the paper is about a theory I’ve had for years. That transgender people are real, and valid. But, a lot of young people are choosing to identify as trans because it’s “trendy” right now on sites like Tumblr. And they want to fit in.
Maybe it was a badly done study? Small sample size, spurious correlation or other logical issues etc etc. I'd have to read it to decide. Anyone has the source?
Ah, thanks, the comments were collapsed so I didn't notice.
"So far, multiple comments on the paper have pointed out potential issues in what one user dubbed a “fatally flawed paper” — such as the lack of a control group, the fact that Littman recruited study participants from allegedly biased websites, and only interviewed parents, not children or their clinicians." Hmm, yeah that could be the case. It could also be the case that people are nitpicking it because it doesn't follow the mainstream opinion. I'll read the full study linked in the article when I have some time on my hands, because it sounds like an interesting and important discussion to have.
https://retractionwatch.com/2018/08/29/reader-outcry-prompts-brown-to-retract-press-release-on-trans-teens/
Who would have thought it's more complex than portrayed by fox news and some guy on 4chan?
"So far, multiple comments on the paper have pointed out potential issues in what one user dubbed a “fatally flawed paper” — such as the lack of a control group, the fact that Littman recruited study participants from allegedly biased websites, and only interviewed parents, not children or their clinicians." Hmm, yeah that could be the case. It could also be the case that people are nitpicking it because it doesn't follow the mainstream opinion. I'll read the full study linked in the article when I have some time on my hands, because it sounds like an interesting and important discussion to have.