{"id":435118,"date":"2022-04-21T01:49:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T22:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/science-shows-transgender-education-doesnt-belong-in-schools\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T01:49:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T22:49:43","slug":"science-shows-transgender-education-doesnt-belong-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/science-shows-transgender-education-doesnt-belong-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"#Science shows transgender education doesn&#8217;t belong in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3aeba2a22a3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3aeba2a22a3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/science-shows-transgender-education-doesnt-belong-in-schools\/#%E2%80%9CScience_shows_transgender_education_doesnt_belong_in_schools%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Science shows transgender education doesn&#8217;t belong in schools&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CScience_shows_transgender_education_doesnt_belong_in_schools%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Science shows transgender education doesn&#8217;t belong in schools&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Betsy McCaughey\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>School districts are embroiled in a battle over whether to teach children in grades K-3 about being transgender. Advocates recommend <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/assets2.hrc.org\/welcoming-schools\/documents\/WS_Lesson_Introducing_Teddy_Gender_and_Friendship.pdf\">teachers read<\/a> their young students \u201cIntroducing Teddy,\u201d about a boy teddy bear who transitions to be a girl, calling it a \u201cheart-warming story about being true to yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The books offered to young children\u00a0make changing genders sound like a cakewalk. Truth is,\u00a0it\u2019s easier for teddy bears than for people.<\/p>\n<p>For honest answers on what\u00a0should be taught in\u00a0public schools, follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> and the US Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>First, the science: A staggering 99%-plus of the population does not have the physical traits that cause someone to become transgender. People with gender dysphoria \u2014 a condition that causes extreme distress \u2014 deserve empathy and respect.\u00a0But only a miniscule 0.6% of the adult population <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu\/publications\/trans-adults-united-states\/\">has it<\/a>, says the UCLA School of Law\u2019s Williams Institute, an LGBTQ think tank.<\/p>\n<p>A classroom lesson proposed for New Jersey 6-year-olds called \u201cPink, Blue and Purple\u201d says children should be taught, \u201cYou might feel like you\u2019re a girl even if you have body parts that some people might tell you are \u2018boy\u2019 parts. . . . No matter how you feel, you\u2019re perfectly normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/introducing-teddy.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Introducing Teddy\" class=\"wp-image-21977930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/introducing-teddy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/introducing-teddy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/introducing-teddy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Advocates are recommending that teachers read \u201cIntroducing Teddy,\u201d a book about a trans teddy bear, to kindergarten through third-grade students. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomsbury<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Normal, no. It is a rare condition.\u00a0Most gender dysphoria manifests in early childhood, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cedars-sinai.org\/newsroom\/most-gender-dysphoria-established-by-age-7-study-finds\/#:~:text=The%20study%20findings%20revealed%20that,gender%20dysphoria%20by%20age%207.\">a 2020\u00a0study<\/a> at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles, so\u00a0guidance counselors and teachers should be trained to offer families help. But there\u2019s no reason to incorporate it into the curriculum, inviting children to choose their pronouns and confusing the 99% who don\u2019t have the condition.<\/p>\n<p>The Human Rights Campaign and other LGBTQ+ advocacy groups ignore this science and insist that someone with \u201cboy parts\u201d can become a girl and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>These groups are teaming up with the National Education Association to steamroll schools into disseminating this false claim,\u00a0even designating\u00a0national reading days when school kids are indoctrinated with lessons about transgender characters like \u201cI am Jazz\u201d\u00a0and \u201cBorn Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"881\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/i-am-jazz.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"I am Jazz\" class=\"wp-image-21978688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/i-am-jazz.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/i-am-jazz.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/i-am-jazz.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The National Education Association has introduced national reading days for books about transgender <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>s like \u201cI Am Jazz.\u201d <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scientists are still debating actual causes,\u00a0but a consensus is emerging\u00a0that\u00a0boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 brains are different, and\u00a0people with gender dysphoria have a brain structure that does not\u00a0correspond to\u00a0their genitalia\u00a0at birth.<\/p>\n<p>Transgender individuals <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/d197for5662m48.cloudfront.net\/documents\/publicationstatus\/75433\/preprint_pdf\/053e7890d40e339ad8b30666509909df.pdf\">process<\/a> the sex hormones estrogen and androgen <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hudson.org.au\/latest-news\/written-in-dna-study-reveals-potential-biological-basis-for-transgender\/\">differently<\/a> from other people. Exeter University researchers say gender dysphoria is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7415463\/\">caused by<\/a> Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, in which \u201cthe testosterone receptor is mutated and faulty, and thus cannot function.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The LGBTQ community is adamant this condition not be\u00a0stigmatized\u00a0as\u00a0mental illness. When the\u00a0Diagnostic and Statistical Manual used\u00a0by American psychiatrists was updated in 2013, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/26054486\/\">it changed<\/a> Gender Identity Disorder to Gender Dysphoria.<\/p>\n<p>Trans advocates want greater acceptance. But instructing young kids that it\u2019s normal for boys to become girls and vice versa is going too far. Parents rightly fear their kids are being \u201cgroomed.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>In the last two decades, the proportion of minors saying they\u2019re transgender has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/68\/wr\/mm6803a3.htm\">soared<\/a> to\u00a01.8%. Gender dysphoria used to be a condition experienced primarily by young boys.\u00a0It\u2019s suddenly shifted\u00a0to teens born female. Brown University\u2019s\u00a0Lisa Littman\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article\/comments?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0202330\">calls this<\/a> \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> contagion,\u201d\u00a0meaning teenage girls <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/peer-pressure-and-transgender-teens-1536524718\">mimicking<\/a> their friends and claiming to be trans, without displaying the classic signs of gender dysphoria that emerge in early childhood.<\/p>\n<p>Children need to be protected from gender hysteria and moving headlong into transitioning.<\/p>\n<p>What does the US Constitution say?\u00a0We have the freedom to practice our own religion. Many Christians and Jews believe God created man and woman. They don\u2019t want their kids indoctrinated in a belief system that claims a person born with \u201cboy parts\u201d can become a girl.\u00a0Parents in Ludlow, Mass., are suing to\u00a0stop the public school from teaching transgenderism.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re likely to win.\u00a0The US Court of Appeals for the 6th\u00a0Circuit\u00a0ruled last year that an Ohio public university could not force a professor\u00a0to address transgender students using their chosen pronouns contrary to the\u00a0professor\u2019s\u00a0Christian beliefs. This month, Shawnee State University agreed to pay the professor $400,000 to settle his suit.<\/p>\n<p>Transgender advocates have a right to their views, but they don\u2019t have a right to\u00a0brainwash our kids with them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Twitter:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Betsy_McCaughey\">@Betsy_McCaughey<\/a><\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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