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falcolas on Oct 30, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Gender-Affirming Care Is Dangerous - I Know Becaus...

Do you not believe that 5-8 years is enough time for a child to think about whether they want their bodies to look like how their minds already feel?

dbsights on Oct 31, 2023 [–]

Its also enough time for them to accept their body the way it is. Yet that doesn't appear to be what ever happens, why?

Prior estimates were 90% would desist..

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.6327...

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