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==Criticism and statistics== | ==Criticism and statistics== | ||
With a prevalence of only 0.001%, transgenderism is unlikely much more prevalent than mutation-selection balance would predict, hence it is unlikely an evolved sexual strategy.<ref>https://tgmentalhealth.com/2012/02/13/the-prevalence-of-transgenderism-an-update/ | With a prevalence of only 0.001%, transgenderism is unlikely much more prevalent than [[wikipedia:Mutation–selection balance|mutation-selection]] balance would predict, hence it is unlikely an evolved sexual strategy.<ref>https://tgmentalhealth.com/2012/02/13/the-prevalence-of-transgenderism-an-update/ | ||
https://tgmentalhealth.com/2010/03/31/the-prevalence-of-transgenderism/</ref> | https://tgmentalhealth.com/2010/03/31/the-prevalence-of-transgenderism/</ref> | ||
Especially young transgenders appear to use the protected class status of transgenderism as a means of status ascension (a.k.a. ''transtrender''), which is evidenced by the fact that most revert their sexual orientation after a while. Many also show signs of deleterious [[mutation]] or adverse social environments, which is not to say that they are worse human beings, but that it may be a critical component of their etiology and counter-evidence to their phenotype being expression of an adaptive sexual strategy, at least in humans. | |||
These claims are corroborated by the statistics below: | These claims are corroborated by the statistics below: | ||
'''Transtrenders''' | |||
*About 88% of children who have gender dysphoria grow out of it.<ref>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90229789</ref> | |||
*Only 12% of boys who believe they are transsexuals still believe so when they are older.<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18194003</ref> | |||
*Only 21% of transsexuals can successfully pass as the opposite gender.<ref>http://www.thetaskforce.org/static_html/downloads/reports/reports/ntds_report_on_health.pdf#page=3</ref> | |||
*Transsexuals who undergo sex reassignment surgery are more likely to commit suicide.<ref>http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0016885</ref> | |||
'''Behavioral deviance''' | |||
*Transsexuals are four times more likely than the average person to be infected with HIV.<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/id/40279043/ns/health-health_care/</ref> | *Transsexuals are four times more likely than the average person to be infected with HIV.<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/id/40279043/ns/health-health_care/</ref> | ||
*41% of transsexuals have tried and failed to commit suicide.<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/id/40279043/ns/health-health_care/</ref> | *41% of transsexuals have tried and failed to commit suicide.<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/id/40279043/ns/health-health_care/</ref> | ||
*Most young transsexuals have committed self-harm within the last twelve months.<ref>http://saravyc.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/05/SARAVYC_Trans-Youth-Health-Report_EN_Final_Print.pdf#page=44</ref> | *Most young transsexuals have committed self-harm within the last twelve months.<ref>http://saravyc.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/05/SARAVYC_Trans-Youth-Health-Report_EN_Final_Print.pdf#page=44</ref> | ||
*65% of transsexual youth have seriously considered suicide within the last year.<ref>http://saravyc.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/05/SARAVYC_Trans-Youth-Health-Report_EN_Final_Print.pdf#page=44</ref> | *65% of transsexual youth have seriously considered suicide within the last year.<ref>http://saravyc.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/05/SARAVYC_Trans-Youth-Health-Report_EN_Final_Print.pdf#page=44</ref> | ||
*37% of transsexual youth have attempted suicide within the last year.<ref>http://saravyc.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/05/SARAVYC_Trans-Youth-Health-Report_EN_Final_Print.pdf#page=44</ref> | *37% of transsexual youth have attempted suicide within the last year.<ref>http://saravyc.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/05/SARAVYC_Trans-Youth-Health-Report_EN_Final_Print.pdf#page=44</ref> | ||
*1 in 10 young transsexuals has attempted suicide more than three times in the last year.<ref>http://saravyc.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/05/SARAVYC_Trans-Youth-Health-Report_EN_Final_Print.pdf#page=44</ref> | *1 in 10 young transsexuals has attempted suicide more than three times in the last year.<ref>http://saravyc.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/05/SARAVYC_Trans-Youth-Health-Report_EN_Final_Print.pdf#page=44</ref> | ||
*16% of transsexuals have been sent to jail or prison, compared to 2.7% of the general population.<ref>http://www.avp.org/storage/documents/Training%20and%20TA%20Center/FORGE_Trans_People_Police_Incarceration_Facts.pdf</ref> | *16% of transsexuals have been sent to jail or prison, compared to 2.7% of the general population.<ref>http://www.avp.org/storage/documents/Training%20and%20TA%20Center/FORGE_Trans_People_Police_Incarceration_Facts.pdf</ref> | ||
*Gay and transgender students are half as likely to graduate high school as straight students.<ref>https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbt/news/2010/06/21/7980/gay-and-transgender-youth-homelessness-by-the-numbers/</ref> | *Gay and transgender students are half as likely to graduate high school as straight students.<ref>https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbt/news/2010/06/21/7980/gay-and-transgender-youth-homelessness-by-the-numbers/</ref> | ||
'''Economic adversity''' | |||
*44% of transsexuals with a job are underemployed.<ref>http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/transgender-workers-at-greater-risk-for-unemployment-and-poverty</ref> | *44% of transsexuals with a job are underemployed.<ref>http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/transgender-workers-at-greater-risk-for-unemployment-and-poverty</ref> | ||
*Children raised by gay couples are twice as likely to be in poverty as children of straight married couples.<ref>http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/headlines/beyond-stereotypes-poverty-in-the-lgbt-community/</ref> | *Children raised by gay couples are twice as likely to be in poverty as children of straight married couples.<ref>http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/headlines/beyond-stereotypes-poverty-in-the-lgbt-community/</ref> | ||
*“24% of lesbians and bisexual women are poor, compared with only 19% of heterosexual women.”<ref>http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/headlines/beyond-stereotypes-poverty-in-the-lgbt-community/</ref> | *“24% of lesbians and bisexual women are poor, compared with only 19% of heterosexual women.”<ref>http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/headlines/beyond-stereotypes-poverty-in-the-lgbt-community/</ref> | ||
* | *20-40% of homeless children identify as homo- or transsexuals compared to only 5 to 10 percent of the overall youth population.<ref>https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbt/news/2010/06/21/7980/gay-and-transgender-youth-homelessness-by-the-numbers/</ref> | ||
'''Mutational load''' | |||
* MtF transsexuals are about three times as often left-handed than the general population. (p < .0001),<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/21414644_Left-handedness_in_male-to-female_transsexuals_3</ref> which is considered a marker of mutational load.<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-017-0084-x</ref> | |||
*Transsexuals are more likely to have autism than the general population.<ref>http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00787-005-0469-4</ref> | |||
*53% of mothers of transsexual children have Borderline Personality Disorder, compared to only 6% of mothers of normal children.<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2016237</ref> | |||
*One third transsexuals are being treated for mental health.<ref>http://www.medicaldaily.com/transgender-people-more-likely-develop-depression-and-anxiety-247044</ref> | |||
*85% of transsexuals show signs of psychological distress or have been recently treated for mental health.<ref>http://www.medicaldaily.com/transgender-people-more-likely-develop-depression-and-anxiety-247044</ref> | *85% of transsexuals show signs of psychological distress or have been recently treated for mental health.<ref>http://www.medicaldaily.com/transgender-people-more-likely-develop-depression-and-anxiety-247044</ref> | ||
*44% of transsexuals show signs of clinical depression.<ref>http://www.medicaldaily.com/transgender-people-more-likely-develop-depression-and-anxiety-247044</ref> | *44% of transsexuals show signs of clinical depression.<ref>http://www.medicaldaily.com/transgender-people-more-likely-develop-depression-and-anxiety-247044</ref> | ||
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*MRI scans indicate that MtF transsexuals are either men aroused by the thought of possessing female genitalia or homosexuals who want to seduce straight men.<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180619/</ref> | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||