I just finished watching the documentary Leaving Neverland and found it incredibly compelling and disturbing. I can't get it off my mind. It's bigger than just Michael Jackson and even child sexual abuse. I see some clear parallels to several ongoing cultural issues and thought I'd share.
The narrative that was presented years ago and, regrettably, that I even somewhat bought into was the idea that Michael Jackson was just an innocent childlike figure who had been deprived of his own childhood. The phrase "child's brain trapped in a man's body" was even used (sound familiar?) and sadly many of us fell for it. As he paraded and flaunted his victims in front of the whole world, there was very little questioning or outcry. We bought the story and we're buying it again. Children are being abused right in front of us, (did you see the 4th Wave Now Tweets?), and the narrative is...let it happen. Transitioning children with gender dysphoria at a young age is the loving and compassionate course of action. To withhold treatment would be cruel and damaging. The gaslighting by TRAs has been incredibly successful here in the US (and Canada).
Also, I found it interesting that both mothers featured in the documentary had moments where they did question what was happening, but actively talked themselves out of their concern. I have always felt that mothers (not all, but many) have an instinctual drive to protect their children, an inherent gut sense when their offspring are threatened or in danger. When we talk ourselves down and try to ignore or rationalize the alarms, our children are at risk. Mothers are speaking out, concerned about men in women's spaces, men participating in women's sports, the scourge of porn and the sex industry, and the growing tide of ROGD. We are being told there is nothing to fear, that these are irrational fears, and that we should trust in our leaders, physicians, and communities to protect our children.
Don't buy it, speak up. Don't allow more people to be groomed into accepting the idea that woman is just an identity or that children can actually change sex with blockers and hormones. Don't let the men in your life be seduced by pornography.
We must destroy this toxic narrative and flood our world with the cleansing sunlight of TRUTH.