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Apr 15, 2022·edited Apr 15, 2022Liked by StoicMom

Was poking around and found that there's market research available (costs $2500) on Transgender Medicine for investing firms to weigh how much profit they can get off of those undergoing surgery:

https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/gender-reassignment-surgery-market-trends-and-growth-size-2022--detailed-analysis-of-top-companies-business-opportunities-and-challenges-forthcoming-developments-and-demand-forecast-to-2025-2022-01-18

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Yes, our miraculous glittering devices have distracted us from that which gives us strength, not "likes" but the connection to others, face to face with all the attendant bother and static.

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May 13, 2023Liked by StoicMom

Thank you for articulating what I have been obsessively missing! It’s not about biological sex. My daughter is not stereotypically/ culturally feminine but she is most definitely not a man. Your thoughts have framed all of this in a much more compassionate way.

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Great essay and one of the first I've read that tackles why this is occurring. I'd like to read a similar essay questioning the abdication of the medical establishment. How did gender-affirming care reach its hasty conclusions? Is this really just another hideously twisted tale of end-stage capitalism creating markets for expensive procedures and "experts" to staff the new bureaucracies? What persuaded people steeped in the scientific method to abandon their "senses" in favor of that nebulous entity: the soul? Whatever the cause...it seemed to happen overnight without any societal munching over the consequences.

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https://lydia833.substack.com/p/leaping-away-from-girl-hood

I would like to share my story of my highly sensitive girl with you.

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Great essay and one of the first I've read that tackles why this is occurring. I'd like to read a similar essay questioning the abdication of the medical establishment. How did gender-affirming care reach its hasty conclusions? Is this really just another hideously twisted tale of end-stage capitalism creating markets for expensive procedures and "experts" to staff the new bureaucracies? What persuaded people steeped in the scientific method to abandon their "senses" in favor of that nebulous entity: the soul? Whatever the cause...it seemed to happen overnight without any societal munching over the consequences.

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