Unconventional wisdom on trans stories in schools
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Alex Blaze
January 10, 2011 1:30 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2011/01/unconventional_wisdom_on_trans_stories_in_schools.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2011/01/unconventional_wisdom_on_trans_stories_in_schools.php)
Critics will cry that introducing all children to the concept of transgender people will cause children to "become transgender." But the authors found that schooling has little impact on gender identity development in children. In fact, children who develop a transgender identity seem to do so in spite of often unwitting but nevertheless pervasive efforts by schools to enforce gender conformity.
QuoteCritics will cry that introducing all children to the concept of transgender people will cause children to "become transgender."
This has to be the stupidest assertion ever made.
It would be like claiming that, telling children that fire will burn them will make them want to play with fire.
Or, on slightly less secure logic, children would opt for transgender identity if it seemed a more attractive option than others.