Is Gender Dysphoria a Fad? | Intellectual Takeout
"Camille Paglia recently suggested that the rise of gender dysphoria is simply the new face of the counter-culture.
Every adult knows the myriad challenges of adolescence.
The hormones.
The confusion.
The pressure.
It’s a period when it’s not unusual for teens to gain freedom, drift from Mom and Dad, and be introduced to alcohol, drugs, and sex.
This would be difficult enough, but children are then usually thrust into large schools with other teens.
And did I mention that
all this is happening at an age when humans reach the zenith of base cruelty?
...When we think of teen rebellion in the modern era, we tend to think of a revolt against authority. Think James Dean or Jack Kerouac in the 1950s.
But many teens today seem to be
rebelling against something greater: nature.
Gender dysphoria, a condition described as “strong, persistent feelings of identification with the opposite gender and discomfort with one's own assigned sex,” is
quite common in young people today..."
Read on.
Al Sharpton
