After this decision, Springer is no longer a "leading scientific journal." It is a worthless shitrag, and everyone should laugh at Springer and anyone who works for them.
This sham consensus serves nothing but a gender ideology agenda, blatantly ignoring the need for genuine scientific inquiry and debate. The battle for truth and the integrity of science is indeed crucial, and it's about time we took off the kid gloves. Springer's cowardly capitulation to activist pressure is a slap in the face of scientific rigour.
It doesn’t take a doctor or research team to see that changing sex physically is not possible. It’s not just the look it’s the wiring. A false penis doesn’t connect to anything that makes sperm, females are born with all the eggs they need. It goes on and on. If in doubt examine your own body. If you are a trans female do you have periods, can you produce milk without heavy chemical interference and is that milk? Does it contain the nutrition and the antibodies baby needs, even if you get an implanted uterus you can’t give birth vaginally. Although it is sometimes necessary to do caesarean deliveries the movement through the birth canal aids the child immune system. For most of history men have considered women inferior now they want to be one! Or is it a movement to marginalized the half of the species that have gained some measure of equality if your goal is extinction of the human species you are on the right track.
Michael Bailey and Suzanna Diaz should sue Springer and the activists who caused the journal to retract their paper. They should do so sooner rather than later.
How else do we send a message to trans activists and their brainwashed cis "allies" that enough is enough and that suppressing ideas, be they pieces in "The New York Times"or articles that have passed peer review in respected scientific journals, for ideological reasons is unacceptable in our democracy?
There is considerable merit to the charge that the ideologies behind gender identity and diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism constitute a secular religion. In that case, the assault on free academic inquiry described here is the 21st century's equivalent of a blasphemy trial right down to the lack of due process. To shift metaphors, there's a distinct Soviet quality to the persecution of Bailey and Diaz, above all in Springer's acceptance of the critics overblown claims of ethical violations and other irregularities.
I'm looking forward to the day when one of the many scholarly journals that operate under the aegis of Springer publishes an assessment of the international gender-identity phenomenon with a view toward explaining how so many smart people could have embraced the ideology so uncritically for so long to the detriment of children, families, society and scholars' reputations.
Further, the adverse effects on the ex-wives and children of men who pretend to "be female" have not been studied, documented or explored by the "sexologists" or anyone in the mental health field, ever. 43 women, trans widows (ex-wives of these dudes--Rachel/Richard Levine types) are now in my survey results, 20 Questions to Ask a Trans Widow. There is a shocking rate of sexual assault on these women. This was not my experience--I merely lived in poverty for 5 years and got PTSD from the stress. Watch the link below and learn about the level of suicidal ideation in the children these men fathered, the gaslighting by therapists telling a woman she needs to say "her penis" about her ex-husband, &etc:
To clarify, Springer is not a medical journal. It is a publisher, with multiple journals falling under its umbrella (which would be of varying degrees of quality as individual journals). So it would be interesting to note whether the pressure to retract was directed at the journal itself, but in this case it appears they went straight to the publisher. I think the latter is more ominous.
Hmm... so it seems that retracted papers (especially the ones that offend politically motivated or conflict-of-interest individuals/groups), are the ones containing truth. Good to know!
This is really disturbing. There's a lot of money behind the Trans Lobby and if we can't count on the science anymore, our government is going to continue to support this malpractice of transitioning kids. A child's brain doesn't develop the capacity for critical thought or processing an abstract concept like gender until 16 at the earliest. There is no way a kid younger than that can form consent for life-changing drugs and surgery. This is going to be a huge medical scandal. Europe is ahead of us in this process, and they are putting the brakes on child transition. Tavistock Clinic in the UK was shut down for its reckless treatment of kids. American doctors are not taking the same precautions recommended in Europe. There are two female detransitioners filing lawsuits against Kaiser-Permanente for transing them when they were too young to consent. One girl, who says she was pushed toward transition by her doctors at a time when she was mentally disturbed and needed protection, was given a mastectomy at 15. She regrets it, but it can't be undone. This is just the beginning. There is a wave of social contagion driving teen girls toward transition in large numbers. Some schools say as many as 25% of their students identify as trans. This is a rare condition that can't have suddenly exploded this way organically. Kids are being groomed by teachers who think they're promoting inclusivity, but are actually just confusing them, and TikTok stars who should set off everyone's child safeguarding alarms. This ideology has no place in schools. Kids can't understand the implications of transition, which means a lifetime of cross-sex hormones, surgeries with potential for numerous complications, and side effects including osteoporosis, sterility, loss of genital sensation and anorgasmia. How can a kid who has never had an orgasm consent to a risk of never having one? There are those of us who believe that telling a child they might be in the wrong body is abuse. We're transing away tomboy girls and effeminate boys, which in many cases will turn out to be lesbians and gay men. We are literally sterilizing same sex attracted kids. Statistics have shown that if left alone, the vast majority of gender dysphoric kids reconcile with their biological sex by the end of puberty. If they start them on puberty blockers, they almost always continue to transition. Let's slow down and let these kids have a chance to reconcile with their sex. Let's demand reliable research, free from ideology or political agendas, and evidence-based medicine that includes more therapy and less surgery for kids. It's our job to protect them, and we just aren't.
In the midst of the litigation over legislation that makes it illegal to block the natural sexual development of the vulnerable, unknowing underaged and otherwise exploit them and experiment with them, 2 decisions that overturned those laws have been temporarily reinstated after appeals.
They will be permanently decided this September. It appears that at least a few judges are waking up to the fact that the US ‘expert consensus’ touted in these cases challenging the legislation is largely isolated, with other countries going the other way.
One of the judges, surnamed Hinckley in this article, is quoted elsewhere as saying, ‘Gender Identity is real.’
I want to point out this tweet from one Fred Wellman who has 310,000 followers. Here is what he says and then see all the people chiming in agreeing and disagreeing...
"They are not performing surgeries on kids. This is a fucking lie. What he is doing is straight fascist propaganda and Dan Crenshaw is an absolute monster willing to destroy families and medical training for his personal gain."
Repeating: someone tell me how we organize the retraction of thousands of papers. This kind of lobbying will not stop until there are consequences for giving in to it. Journals must learn that giving in to these sorts of campaigns will NOT be the end of it, that ENDLESS bother awaits them just around the corner from what seems like a "safe" choice.
At what point will society realize that activists are, broadly speaking, the worst kind of people?
After this decision, Springer is no longer a "leading scientific journal." It is a worthless shitrag, and everyone should laugh at Springer and anyone who works for them.
This sham consensus serves nothing but a gender ideology agenda, blatantly ignoring the need for genuine scientific inquiry and debate. The battle for truth and the integrity of science is indeed crucial, and it's about time we took off the kid gloves. Springer's cowardly capitulation to activist pressure is a slap in the face of scientific rigour.
I explain this to researchers I know and they don't believe me. It is so crazy that it is hard to believe...which is making it harder to fight.
It doesn’t take a doctor or research team to see that changing sex physically is not possible. It’s not just the look it’s the wiring. A false penis doesn’t connect to anything that makes sperm, females are born with all the eggs they need. It goes on and on. If in doubt examine your own body. If you are a trans female do you have periods, can you produce milk without heavy chemical interference and is that milk? Does it contain the nutrition and the antibodies baby needs, even if you get an implanted uterus you can’t give birth vaginally. Although it is sometimes necessary to do caesarean deliveries the movement through the birth canal aids the child immune system. For most of history men have considered women inferior now they want to be one! Or is it a movement to marginalized the half of the species that have gained some measure of equality if your goal is extinction of the human species you are on the right track.
Michael Bailey and Suzanna Diaz should sue Springer and the activists who caused the journal to retract their paper. They should do so sooner rather than later.
How else do we send a message to trans activists and their brainwashed cis "allies" that enough is enough and that suppressing ideas, be they pieces in "The New York Times"or articles that have passed peer review in respected scientific journals, for ideological reasons is unacceptable in our democracy?
There is considerable merit to the charge that the ideologies behind gender identity and diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism constitute a secular religion. In that case, the assault on free academic inquiry described here is the 21st century's equivalent of a blasphemy trial right down to the lack of due process. To shift metaphors, there's a distinct Soviet quality to the persecution of Bailey and Diaz, above all in Springer's acceptance of the critics overblown claims of ethical violations and other irregularities.
I'm looking forward to the day when one of the many scholarly journals that operate under the aegis of Springer publishes an assessment of the international gender-identity phenomenon with a view toward explaining how so many smart people could have embraced the ideology so uncritically for so long to the detriment of children, families, society and scholars' reputations.
Further, the adverse effects on the ex-wives and children of men who pretend to "be female" have not been studied, documented or explored by the "sexologists" or anyone in the mental health field, ever. 43 women, trans widows (ex-wives of these dudes--Rachel/Richard Levine types) are now in my survey results, 20 Questions to Ask a Trans Widow. There is a shocking rate of sexual assault on these women. This was not my experience--I merely lived in poverty for 5 years and got PTSD from the stress. Watch the link below and learn about the level of suicidal ideation in the children these men fathered, the gaslighting by therapists telling a woman she needs to say "her penis" about her ex-husband, &etc:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA_5p3yI7d0
The medical establishment is so corrupt that I assume when they retract a paper, it's actually good they just don't want us looking at it.
To clarify, Springer is not a medical journal. It is a publisher, with multiple journals falling under its umbrella (which would be of varying degrees of quality as individual journals). So it would be interesting to note whether the pressure to retract was directed at the journal itself, but in this case it appears they went straight to the publisher. I think the latter is more ominous.
So the woke pressure scientists to be un-scientific, then the woke lecture us to "trust the science."
Hmm... so it seems that retracted papers (especially the ones that offend politically motivated or conflict-of-interest individuals/groups), are the ones containing truth. Good to know!
This is really disturbing. There's a lot of money behind the Trans Lobby and if we can't count on the science anymore, our government is going to continue to support this malpractice of transitioning kids. A child's brain doesn't develop the capacity for critical thought or processing an abstract concept like gender until 16 at the earliest. There is no way a kid younger than that can form consent for life-changing drugs and surgery. This is going to be a huge medical scandal. Europe is ahead of us in this process, and they are putting the brakes on child transition. Tavistock Clinic in the UK was shut down for its reckless treatment of kids. American doctors are not taking the same precautions recommended in Europe. There are two female detransitioners filing lawsuits against Kaiser-Permanente for transing them when they were too young to consent. One girl, who says she was pushed toward transition by her doctors at a time when she was mentally disturbed and needed protection, was given a mastectomy at 15. She regrets it, but it can't be undone. This is just the beginning. There is a wave of social contagion driving teen girls toward transition in large numbers. Some schools say as many as 25% of their students identify as trans. This is a rare condition that can't have suddenly exploded this way organically. Kids are being groomed by teachers who think they're promoting inclusivity, but are actually just confusing them, and TikTok stars who should set off everyone's child safeguarding alarms. This ideology has no place in schools. Kids can't understand the implications of transition, which means a lifetime of cross-sex hormones, surgeries with potential for numerous complications, and side effects including osteoporosis, sterility, loss of genital sensation and anorgasmia. How can a kid who has never had an orgasm consent to a risk of never having one? There are those of us who believe that telling a child they might be in the wrong body is abuse. We're transing away tomboy girls and effeminate boys, which in many cases will turn out to be lesbians and gay men. We are literally sterilizing same sex attracted kids. Statistics have shown that if left alone, the vast majority of gender dysphoric kids reconcile with their biological sex by the end of puberty. If they start them on puberty blockers, they almost always continue to transition. Let's slow down and let these kids have a chance to reconcile with their sex. Let's demand reliable research, free from ideology or political agendas, and evidence-based medicine that includes more therapy and less surgery for kids. It's our job to protect them, and we just aren't.
In the midst of the litigation over legislation that makes it illegal to block the natural sexual development of the vulnerable, unknowing underaged and otherwise exploit them and experiment with them, 2 decisions that overturned those laws have been temporarily reinstated after appeals.
They will be permanently decided this September. It appears that at least a few judges are waking up to the fact that the US ‘expert consensus’ touted in these cases challenging the legislation is largely isolated, with other countries going the other way.
One of the judges, surnamed Hinckley in this article, is quoted elsewhere as saying, ‘Gender Identity is real.’
I don’t think that’s going to age well.
And unlike BudLight, Target, et al, it's harder for us "regular folks" to make it "too costly" for these outfits to pull stunts like this...
I want to point out this tweet from one Fred Wellman who has 310,000 followers. Here is what he says and then see all the people chiming in agreeing and disagreeing...
"They are not performing surgeries on kids. This is a fucking lie. What he is doing is straight fascist propaganda and Dan Crenshaw is an absolute monster willing to destroy families and medical training for his personal gain."
https://twitter.com/FPWellman/status/1680216416836804610
Repeating: someone tell me how we organize the retraction of thousands of papers. This kind of lobbying will not stop until there are consequences for giving in to it. Journals must learn that giving in to these sorts of campaigns will NOT be the end of it, that ENDLESS bother awaits them just around the corner from what seems like a "safe" choice.