This is an interesting take. If it’s sometimes a good thing, why does it matter whether or not it’s generally a thing?
Because many people talk about it like it’s a thing that happens all the time to trans children when really, it isn’t. There’s a lot of fearmongering around this. I think pointing out how insignificant this topic is is important. I don’t have sources that it generally does more harm than good and tbh I’m too lazy to go dig something up for an argument on lemmy. However i think by ignoring my “rhetorical smokescreens” you missed an important point. I think intersex children that have experienced mutilation during infancy are a great example for why sex change surgeries on minors should not be made completely illegal. Generally I don’t think this topic warrants governmental interference.
Because many people talk about it like it’s a thing that happens all the time to trans children when really, it isn’t. There’s a lot of fearmongering around this. I think pointing out how insignificant this topic is is important.
It’s fair to fearmonger over this topic. It causes severe harm and injury to the children who get it in the vast majority of cases. You’re right that it’s also important to talk about how few people are actually getting these surgeries, it has no bearing on whether or not it should be legal.
I think intersex children that have experienced mutilation during infancy are a great example for why sex change surgeries on minors should not be made completely illegal.
Is your argument that mutilating children during infancy should be legal, or illegal? Or, is your argument that sex change surgeries should be allowed to reverse such mutilation? If it’s the latter, would you say that’s the only type of sex change operations available for minors?
It’s fair to fearmonger over this topic. It causes severe harm and injury to the children who get it in the vast majority of cases. You’re right that it’s also important to talk about how few people are actually getting these surgeries, it has no bearing on whether or not it should be legal.
Is your argument that mutilating children during infancy should be legal, or illegal? Or, is your argument that sex change surgeries should be allowed to reverse such mutilation? If it’s the latter, would you say that’s the only type of sex change operations available for minors?
big fucking yikes.