To think that women know quite a lot about their own kids, despite just being “a bunch of mothers”

[HermioneWeasley]

This journalist has dismissed the stories of women talking about the (frankly indisputable) phenomenon of rapid onset gender dysphoria in girls, on the basis that they are just a bunch of mothers.

As a reminder, there has been a 4000% (not a typo) increase in girls attending gender clinics, but there’s no way a mere mother could offer any insights into this.

This should go well.

'a bunch of mothers'- that's misogyny right there, for a start off
are they talking about us?
maybe they should consider that not only are a 'bunch of mothers' likely to have their daughters' best interests at heart, but also we-
have lived lives as girls and women and experienced female puberty
and, may even have some additional expertise as -oh, I don't know- doctors, teachers, philosophers....

Don’t be ridiculous newt everyone knows women have no value other than as fuck holes and incubators.

"a bunch of mothers'- that's misogyny right there, for a start off"

Fuck, you're setting the bar low. Misogyny? Is your anxiety easily triggered? Calling mothers 'mothers' is problematic for you?

"even have some additional expertise as -oh, I don't know- doctors, teachers, philosophers...."

But then you'd be called a bunch of, I don't know, doctors or teachers. The very idea of ROGD is flawed. "Indisputable"? According to whom?

Besides which, what's with your 4,000%? Anyone with a passing knowledge of gender studies knows to ignore facts and figures.

I think some do and some don’t. Not every mother is a Saint. Some might be right if they think their child suffers from gender dishonoring. Other might be misguided or have their own selfish desires such as need for attention.

I know I always wanted to be a boy when I was a child. One of the reasons, I guess, was that boys seemed to matter more than girls and that they were allowed to do cooler things.

Happy nobody suspected gender disphoria because I am quite happy to be a woman now.
OTOH of course I do thing it exists.

One of my daughters suffered from childhood gender dysphoria, thankfully before all this transtrender nonsense. We allowed her to dress as she pleased but nothing official until she was 18. Around the age of 16 she started acting more feminine and now at 24 she is very comfortable with her gender. She will always have more masculine interests and personality and is a lesbian but is undoubtedly a female. I'm happy all this nonsense started after that period in her life. Today 'professionals' would have forced her into something she was not old enough to regreted as an adult.

One of the issues here is that ROGD seems to be triggered by exposure. Sexuality can be fluid in adolescence and it is not uncommon for young people to have a crush on someone of the same sex, even if they later identify as straight. On top of that, young people want to be the same as their peers. If a peer is identifying as transgender and getting a lot of attention for it, it's hardly surprising that they'd want to jump on the bandwagon.