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So, I was watching ABC's 20/20 last night and they had a special about young children who have gender identity disorder. These children, since the age of three, knew that they were really meant to be girls or boys but were tragically trapped in their mismatched bodies.
They showed several children with gender identity disorder such as Jazz (a 7 yr old boy turned girl) and Riley (A 9 year old gender confused boy who turned female)
Then it got me thinking...how exactly is someone "born" a girl or boy?
That argument just made no sense to me. I began to wonder if perhaps these gender-confused children are really just children with low self-esteem and self identity issues (not neccesarily gender related). Perhaps they are uncomfortable being themselves; they've seen another person (of the opposite sex) and desired to be like them (thinking that they'd be happy and complete) hence wanting to change their sex.
When Barbra walters interviewed the children they explain how they never liked "boy" toys when younger and always liked doing girl things...they wanted to wear dresses, play mommy, have tea parties, etc.
This kind of got me confused, how does a child at such a young age discern for themselves what he/she is really suppose to play with. My little sister used to play with my spider-man toys when I was younger but that doesn't make her less feminine than any other young girl of her age.
Im really intruiged by this unusual mental disorder and was wondering what others thought. Personally, I DONT think that at such a young age a child should become transgendered but then again studies have shown that young children who are 'transgendered' tend to have suicidal thoughts, higher risk of HIV, and are much more tempted to use narcotics if their needs aren't meant and they do not have enough parental support...so I could see how its hard for many parents.
They showed several children with gender identity disorder such as Jazz (a 7 yr old boy turned girl) and Riley (A 9 year old gender confused boy who turned female)
Then it got me thinking...how exactly is someone "born" a girl or boy?
That argument just made no sense to me. I began to wonder if perhaps these gender-confused children are really just children with low self-esteem and self identity issues (not neccesarily gender related). Perhaps they are uncomfortable being themselves; they've seen another person (of the opposite sex) and desired to be like them (thinking that they'd be happy and complete) hence wanting to change their sex.
When Barbra walters interviewed the children they explain how they never liked "boy" toys when younger and always liked doing girl things...they wanted to wear dresses, play mommy, have tea parties, etc.
This kind of got me confused, how does a child at such a young age discern for themselves what he/she is really suppose to play with. My little sister used to play with my spider-man toys when I was younger but that doesn't make her less feminine than any other young girl of her age.
Im really intruiged by this unusual mental disorder and was wondering what others thought. Personally, I DONT think that at such a young age a child should become transgendered but then again studies have shown that young children who are 'transgendered' tend to have suicidal thoughts, higher risk of HIV, and are much more tempted to use narcotics if their needs aren't meant and they do not have enough parental support...so I could see how its hard for many parents.
