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gender dysphoria in children.
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The argument against treating children, in part, is that a percentage of these children may simply be suffering from gender confusion and not aligning with stereotypes about boys and girls... And the long term effects of hormone blockers is not yet known... Which is also true...
So I think there are ethical matters to consider in regards to when can we ethically start hormone treatments for an individual... This issue is far from simple and better addressed on a case-by-case basis IMO...
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In the distant future, when changing biological gender permanently - and not the semi-functional version that exists currently and that only changes some traits - will become easy and easily reversible, such a treatment applied to children will make sense. But as of now, the therapy has too many side effects and effectively hooks the individual up on taking hormones for the rest of their life, which can have drastic effects on their health in the future and is likely to noticeably reduce their life expectancy.
A better way to go forward, in my view, is making one's gender a non-issue in the society. In that case, trans people will not even need to change their gender, since, whether they are male or female, will not affect their lives in any way. The whole gender dysphoria phenomenon may disappear then, as the concept of "gender" will no longer be relevant outside biological sciences.
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  Entity Sentiment Detection: Ben Shapiro    gender dysphoria   3rd grade   basic sciences  
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