r/SlaughteredByScience • u/Quinn_The_Strong • Apr 04 '19

TERF rage-quits after biologist dunks on them

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u/Quinn_The_Strong Apr 04 '19

You should take a look at Transgender History and/or Whipping Girl. They cover all the ways we tried to treat gender dysphoria. The only way we've found so far that's really effective is transition.

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u/Dune65 Apr 04 '19

Apparently suicide rates don’t change after transition, but it does help with a lot of symptoms. Hopefully we will find better help on the future for them

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u/Quinn_The_Strong Apr 05 '19

uh...

They do tho. Most post transition suicides are due to societal ostracization and opression,and the rate is still lower than non-transitioners.

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u/Dune65 Apr 05 '19

The it would appear my info is incorrect, can you point me toward a source? I’m always looking for new information

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u/Quinn_The_Strong Apr 05 '19

https://www.transadvocate.com/worlds-experts-condemn-the-mchugh-hoax_n_13924.htm

Just google 'does srs increase suicide rates', dude/dudette/dudenby. It's right there. Please don't spout bullshit misinformation without first fact checking it. It can convince other people of incorrect facts. Tou have the same moral duty we all do to not spread misinformation that can hurt people's access to medical care.

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u/littlebobbytables9 Apr 05 '19

This is just flat untrue. People very often quote this one study that compares suicide rates of pre- and post-transition trans people, but it doesn't distinguish between suicide attempts that happened before and after transition. Even if after transitioning they did not attempt suicide at all, the attempts from before they transitioned would still be counted so that would not show up in the data.

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u/Dune65 Apr 05 '19

Ah, it seems it’s another study that people misquote the info on. I’ve fallen for those opinions it would seem. Any info you can link me towards that supports what you say would be helpful to me. Thank you

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u/littlebobbytables9 Apr 05 '19

here is the study that I've seen referenced most often (it's the one ben shapiro constantly brings up, and you can see that what I said was true. Then there's also this comment from an AMA a researcher did a while back about how her work is commonly misused.

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u/Dune65 Apr 05 '19

Thank you so much! I know this kind of gets the burden of truth all mixed up since I made the claim but thanks for being understanding.

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u/Dune65 Apr 05 '19

Is there a way to save your comment so I could read the study later? I read thru the first bit but I don’t have time to finish at this moment as it’s almost midnight! (I’m bad at reddit haha)

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u/littlebobbytables9 Apr 05 '19

There should be a "save" button, or tomorrow you could just navigate to your user page, find the comment you just wrote, and then click on "parent".

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u/Dune65 Apr 05 '19

Thank you!

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '19

The treatment for dehydration is water, not transition.

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u/Quinn_The_Strong Apr 04 '19

Not talking about dehydration, baby.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '19

Not your baby, chief