"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."
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."
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