Simply put, if the powers that control the culture can empower children to make permanent and drastic life altering decisions that are organic to becoming “transgender,” then children can certainly make life choices such as those mentioned above. To say otherwise is pure hypocrisy. Of course children aren’t actually making these decisions, rather they are pawns for very selfish and despicable people who are willing to exploit children to enhance their own egos, power, wealth, and celebrity.

“Transgenderism” has exploded in countries of wealth and privilege in a frighteningly brief period. The reasons for this are varied and clearly among them are, in fact, wealth and privilege and the superficial and materialistic existence that it offers: hard as it may seem, a life with meaning and substance will not be found in IPhones, playing Fortnight, or watching Netflix original series. The one commonality of what is essentially a “transgender” pandemic is the internet: simply put, “transgenderism” would not exist without the internet and the associated pernicious detritus: social media in general and Tic-Toc type programs in particular.

I admit I have less sympathy for males who demand everyone else accept their desires to be considered females. The public face of these people are “drag queens,” those who are losers as males but can be excel in competition with actual females, and people desperate for attention, money, and cheap celebrity. They are characterized by flamboyance, in-your-face activism, and a yearning to put on public display their kinks and fetishes. Curiously, we never hear of drag kings.

I do have sympathy for girls who so sadly feel themselves to be inadequate and think (or, more accurately, are told) all their insecurities and self-esteem issues will disappear if they reject who they are and magically turn into boys. Prior to ubiquitous social media, social pressure came from limited and predictable sources, especially mean-spirited peers: not feeling popular enough, not being attractive enough, or not being cool and part of the in-clique. One of the rewarding and necessary roles of parents and other compassionate adults was to reassure kids that the bullies they encountered were merely cowards whose moral weakness caused a need to put down others, and that it would pass. The message was a good one- “you are fine; you are not defective, you are not a freak.”

I can barely imagine the social pressure girls encounter today, which has grown exponentially in the internet age. Not only do they have to be pretty, they have to be hot and sexy and willing to flaunt it. Not only do they have to be part in the in-crowd, they have to obtain celebrity status. Worthiness is dependent on the number of likes and followers on Instagram, and a negative comment by a complete stranger can be devastating. Whereas boys figure if they pretend to be girls they will feel relatively superior, girls cannot remotely live up to the meaningless demands and vaporous expectations placed on them not by just a a few bullies in school, but by the entire world. Simply said, many of them feel they cannot live up to the unobtainable (but utterly empty) requirements to succeed as a girl: to have any hope at all, they need to deny who they are and accept mutilation and poisoning.

Perhaps the most vile people in America right now are the teachers, politicians, social workers, and medical providers (and sometimes parents) who tell children, “Yes, you were born defective, you are a mistake, but trust me, once we cut off your breasts or penis and alter your body with chemicals you will find happiness.” They have become the bullies that demean and marginalize children, and use baseless promises to coerce them to conform to their own self-serving narratives. All in all, typical social and sexual predatory behavior.

Throughout history and until quite recently the role of responsible and caring adults and institutions was to guide and nurture children through the challenges and vicissitudes of growing up, to encourage them to find their own way as much as possible but have the wisdom and courage to gently pull them back from the inevitable mistakes they will make: to simply say “No” when in the best interest of the child. Suddenly these people and institutions are called Nazis, fascists, and TRANSPHOBES! by predatory cultural powers. We truly need to emasculate these forces who want to use and exploit children to further their own pernicious agendas. If we cannot, as a society, find the spine to do this we will lose not just our children but our humanity.