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Once they have reached 16 years old, children are given two options: To halt the hormone blockers - causing them to stay the same gender - or to take 'cross-sex' hormones, which change their body to the opposite gender.
originally posted by: zazzafrazz
a reply to: beezzer
I guess I'm too simple to understand.
Aparently you are, here let me help you.
A child of any age CAN'T determine what course without parental and doctors advice.
originally posted by: boymonkey74
a reply to: MoreBeer
I didn't report it but did you not read the thread from the mods?.
Thay made it perfectly clear stuff like that is a no no on ATS now. Oh and freedom of speech? lol never existed on ATS nor most other forums.
originally posted by: queenofswords
See...I think it is the parents' responsibility to guide a child through the earliest years helping that child to identify their sex. This whole notion of just letting a child flounder around trying to understand what a boy is and what a girl is and figure out for him/herself what gender they are is irresponsible on the part of the parents.
You confirm their identity when they are babies. "You are a boy...she is a girl". When he puts on a piece of female clothing, you gently take it off and say "no, that is for girls...you are a boy." You encourage and enable that child to understand and know what he or she is early on, and often. You don't leave it up to them.
When you don't explain and guide them, they get confused and then stressed when you act like it doesn't matter and it's okay to just be what you want to be. It does matter and as their parent, you are responsible for educating them and gently guiding them to understand and comprehend what sex they are.
Our society has become dysfunctional. Too many parents are influenced by the latest psycho-babble gurus and reality TV. Also, being a "single mom" has become some sort of banner waved around. In too many families the men are absent or even somewhat emasculated themselves. We are exposed to too much craziness, and that exposure is, imo, causing severe mass psychosis and we don't even realize it.
originally posted by: theabsolutetruth
a reply to: wmd_2008
Children's hormones should not be messed around with, it could cause complications in many area.
originally posted by: theabsolutetruth
a reply to: wmd_2008
Children's hormones should not be messed around with, it could cause complications in many area.
originally posted by: theabsolutetruth
a reply to: wmd_2008
Children's hormones should not be messed around with, it could cause complications in many area.
humans are born with 46 chromosomes in 23 pairs. The X and Y chromosomes determine a person’s sex. Most women are 46XX and most men are 46XY. Research suggests, however, that in a few births per thousand some individuals will be born with a single sex chromosome (45X or 45Y) (sex monosomies) and some with three or more sex chromosomes (47XXX, 47XYY or 47XXY, etc.) (sex polysomies).
originally posted by: boymonkey74
a reply to: Krazysh0t
I have dressed up as a lady many times in the past and I will tell you what I didn't mind it...I felt sexy as hell lol.
My mate said I was only a four pinter lol.
Other data demonstrated previously known adverse effects of excess estrogen in the DES group. These included bone marrow suppression, liver damage, lipidemia, reduction of NK cell activity, reduction in bone mineralization, and reduction in auditory event- related potential latencies (e.g., auditory brain stem response [ABR]) in the brain. These effects, however, had not been documented previously in adolescence and may have particular relevance for diseases that are prominent in adolescent girls such as anemia and scoliosis, early stage cardiovascular disease, incidence of hepatitis and communicable infections associated with the onset of sexual activity, and vulnerability to induction of precancerous lesions in the breast.
Of most concern were the DES effects that did not fully recover after discontinuation of treatment. These included height, nipple volume, bone mineralization, ovarian morphology, menstrual cycle abnormalities, serum cholesterol, ABR latencies, neutrophil counts, and serum cholesterol. This finding carries the implication that systems regulated by estrogen were permanently altered because of the estrogen exposure during this critical developmental period. These alterations may have implications for adult disorders such as infertility, autoimmune disease susceptibility, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, reproductive tract cancer, and osteoporosis. Environmental factors are known to contribute to the incidence of these major diseases, but the effects of exposures to environmental toxicants, particularly exposures during adolescence, are just beginning to be explored.