I read 3rd Factor and came upon this theory about a year ago when I started my deep dive into researching gender. Thank you for bringing it back into my view. It is a helpful way to understand what my daughter may be experiencing and has provided me with some self reflection.
I have a question for Jessie, but maybe you can answer it too, Stoic Mom? After reading Third Factor intensely and listening to these interviews with Jessie, I think that understanding Dabrowski's theory may be a game changer for my child.
I am now wondering if there are books I could recommend to her that are right for teenagers. I would just show her Third Factor magazine, but since the magazine recently tackled the topic of gender, I suspect she'd stumble upon those articles immediately and dismiss my recommendation as an attempt to get her to desist.
While I don't believe the identity she has chosen for herself is right for her, that is not my goal. She has adopted gender identity theory as a framework for understanding herself and the world and I would like to broaden that horizon and show her there is so much more. My daughter has also diagnosed herself with autism, which I don't think she has, and I believe that viewing herself through a lens of pathology ("there is something deeply wrong with me" coupled with "I am a victim of living in a world designed for neurotypical people') is harming her.
In contrast, this theory is exciting and beautifully optimistic. So, what would be the best way to introduce young people like her to it?
I read 3rd Factor and came upon this theory about a year ago when I started my deep dive into researching gender. Thank you for bringing it back into my view. It is a helpful way to understand what my daughter may be experiencing and has provided me with some self reflection.
I have a question for Jessie, but maybe you can answer it too, Stoic Mom? After reading Third Factor intensely and listening to these interviews with Jessie, I think that understanding Dabrowski's theory may be a game changer for my child.
I am now wondering if there are books I could recommend to her that are right for teenagers. I would just show her Third Factor magazine, but since the magazine recently tackled the topic of gender, I suspect she'd stumble upon those articles immediately and dismiss my recommendation as an attempt to get her to desist.
While I don't believe the identity she has chosen for herself is right for her, that is not my goal. She has adopted gender identity theory as a framework for understanding herself and the world and I would like to broaden that horizon and show her there is so much more. My daughter has also diagnosed herself with autism, which I don't think she has, and I believe that viewing herself through a lens of pathology ("there is something deeply wrong with me" coupled with "I am a victim of living in a world designed for neurotypical people') is harming her.
In contrast, this theory is exciting and beautifully optimistic. So, what would be the best way to introduce young people like her to it?