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==Criticism and statistics== | ==Criticism and statistics== | ||
With a prevalence of only 0.001% among adults, | With a prevalence of only 0.001% among adults,<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> transgenderism is unlikely much more prevalent than [[wikipedia:Mutation–selection balance|mutation-selection]] balance would predict, hence it is unlikely an evolved sexual strategy. | ||
Young transgenders (which are much more common) appear to often 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 adult transgenders 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. | Young transgenders (which are much more common) appear to often 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 adult transgenders 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. | ||
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* 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 name="menie2017">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-017-0084-x</ref> | * 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 name="menie2017">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-017-0084-x</ref> | ||
*Transsexuals are more likely to have autism than the general population | *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> | *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 of transsexuals are being treated for mental health.<ref>http://www.medicaldaily.com/transgender-people-more-likely-develop-depression-and-anxiety-247044</ref> | *One third of transsexuals are being treated for mental health.<ref>http://www.medicaldaily.com/transgender-people-more-likely-develop-depression-and-anxiety-247044</ref> | ||