where something is said along the lines of you have dismissed the parent with actual experience. Not only have I not, at all, not once , nor directly nor indirectly, this faux concern (the same faux concern for our young people that posters claim is driving their anger against trans) is unsettling. It is only because this parent arrived to say they didn't use the pronouns and all was well that you have latched onto
@RootyT00t
That's not actually the parent post I'm referring to. You're so determined make assumptions about my motivations you can't even be bothered to listen to the actual experience of parents on this thread. I was referring to Tiktokersmiracle's post actually where she uses NB pronouns for her daughter (and I have said several times to you in this thread that I would do the same, but I guess that's another inconvenience fact that doesn't fit your narrative). She said
'DD felt that for all the struggle, and yes, we can vote, we are still kept down. We are still put in our place. We are here to have babies. We are seen as less in the workplace than men. They asked what exactly did it really do in the longer term? That if men were go getters it was applauded but females were spoken of in derogatory terms for the same. They women get paid less for doing the same Job. That society still expects female to mean cute and fluffy and thigh gaps and tits.'
'We had a really good debate on it actually, and about a month later they sent me a whatsapp link to a piece about non binary and that if it was OK they wanted to explore that option.'
So that's at least one family reporting that their daughter's discomfort with misogyny in society triggered her exploration of NB identity.
And you sneered are the motivation of that child saying 'I couldn't believe upthread about people musing whether changing sex or being non binary was about avoiding the pay gap or sexual harassment. Of course it isn't.'
You can't even be bothered to read and pay attention to the lived experience of posters who have direct experience of parenting NB teens so I shouldn't be surprised that you've consistently accused me of saying things I haven't.
You don't need to be academic or well read, but listening to the accounts of others, comprehending what they're actually saying and reflecting on it, are really useful skills for personal growth and development.
Certainly I find them much more helpful than name calling, jumping to conclusions and making unfounded, inaccurate assumptions about others based on your own determination to pick an argument or 'be right'.