Sangchenyeshe wrote: "Hopefully, parents considering this procedure for their
children will read Dr. Szasz first!"
In these politically correct times, telling a parent that their child's
behavior (using the pseudomedial diagnostic terminology like: ADHD, Dyslexia,
Gender Disphoria-transexualism) isn't a disease, gets them very upset. How
dare someone tell them their child isn't "sick". Unfortunately the poisons
called treatments given to these children usually make them worse sometimes
confirming the "diagnosis". If the children "improve" (as Szasz would say: the
parents are happier the psychiatrist is happier the child's teacher is happeir
etc) that also confirms the diagnosis and the treatment. It's a "Catch 22" and
is virutally impossible to counter in a debate. The parents abdicate their
responsibility to train/control their children and hand over the responsibility
to the state sanctioned psychiatrist.

Martin



To: thomasszaszdiscussion@...: sangchenyeshe@...: Fri,
19 Dec 2008 20:43:57 +0000Subject: [ThomasSzaszDiscussion] "Should Children Have
Sex Changes?"



Believe it or not, this is a cover story in 'The Atlantic'(Nov. 2008, "A Boy's
Life"). Author Hanna Rosin discusses new treatments for transgender children:'A
recent medical innovation holds out the promise that this might be the first
generation of transsexuals who can live inconspicuously. About three years ago,
physicians in the U.S. started treating transgender children with puberty
blockers, drugs originally intended to halt precocious puberty. The blockers put
teens in a state of suspended development. They prevent boys from growing facial
and body hair and an Adam's apple, or developing a deep voice or any of the
other physical characteristics that a male-to-female transsexual would later
spend tens of thousands of dollars to reverse. They allow girls to grow taller,
and prevent them from getting breasts or a period....'The problem with blockers
is that parents have to begin making medical decisions for their children when
the children are quite young. From the earliest signs of puberty, doctors have
about 18 months to start the blockers for ideal results. For girls, that's
usually between ages 10 and 12; for boys, between 12 and 14. If the patients
follow through with cross-sex hormones and sex-change surgery, they will be
permanently sterile, something [Dr. Norman] Spack always discusses with them.
"When you're talking to a 12-year old, that's a heavy-duty conversation," he
said in a recent interview. "Does a kid that age really think about fertility?
But if you don't start treatment, they will always have trouble fitting
in.'--from Is this ethical medicine? I don't see how a parent or child can make
this kind of decision. Personally, I agree with Dr. Szasz: "If a man cuts off
his own penis, psychiatrists call him schizophrenic, but if he can persuade a
surgeon to cut it off for him, then they call him a transsexual."--from 'Sex by
Prescription: The Startling Truth about Today's Sex Therapy'Hopefully, parents
considering this procedure for their children will read Dr. Szasz first!





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