Author: unitedfamilies

How Social Media Fuels the Transgender Social Contagion

Indeed, peer influence is a major factor for the huge uptick in cross-sex identification today, and it’s not without its consequences. Since 2018, when Lisa Littman first put forward the social contagion hypothesis, her work has been confirmed by findings that suggest social transitioning (including binding) only adds to the problems these young people face: “According to the parents, AYA [adolescents and young adults] children’s mental health deteriorated considerably after social transition.”

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Is ‘assisted dying’ really about autonomy?

One of the most puzzling features of assisted dying is the distinction between physician assisted suicide and euthanasia. In the former, the patient administers the lethal drug; in the latter, the doctor.
The question is this. People are said to choose assisted dying because they fear loss of control. But in jurisdictions where both options are available to patients, like Canada and Belgium, patients overwhelmingly choose euthanasia, where the doctor is in control.

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