"the true state of psychiatric science" is arguably a big part of the problem -- far too many have swallowed -- hook, line, & sinker -- the whole concept of "gender affirmation surgery", AKA turning dysphoric children into sexless eunuchs.
Though the record of the profession is rather "spotty" at best; see this case in an old version of Wikipedia's article on "perverse incentives":
"The Duplessis Orphans – Between 1945 and 1960, the federal Canadian government paid orphanages 70 cents per day, per orphan, and paid psychiatric hospitals $2.25 per day, per patient. Allegedly, up to 20,000 orphaned children were falsely certified as mentally ill so that the province of Quebec could receive the larger payment."
Except of course "mental disturbance" too is always open to interpretation and one's own biases.
I disagree completely. This is a typical Post Modern obfuscation that does not reflect the true state of psychiatric science.
One can consider religious faith of all sorts to be a kind of mental disturbance.
Me, I ain't no postmodern. But I dislike dishonesty in all its forms.
"the true state of psychiatric science" is arguably a big part of the problem -- far too many have swallowed -- hook, line, & sinker -- the whole concept of "gender affirmation surgery", AKA turning dysphoric children into sexless eunuchs.
Though the record of the profession is rather "spotty" at best; see this case in an old version of Wikipedia's article on "perverse incentives":
"The Duplessis Orphans – Between 1945 and 1960, the federal Canadian government paid orphanages 70 cents per day, per orphan, and paid psychiatric hospitals $2.25 per day, per patient. Allegedly, up to 20,000 orphaned children were falsely certified as mentally ill so that the province of Quebec could receive the larger payment."
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perverse_incentive&oldid=1113809074