Parents are being pressured into transitioning their children by gender clinics, according to a new study, with the parent-child relationship suffering a qualitative drop following such procedures.
The study, published in the “Archives of Sexual Behavior” on March 29, looked at the impact of rapid onset gender dysphoria (ROGD) among adolescents and young adults (AYA) as well as how it affected their relationship with parents.
The study asked parents whether they felt pressure from a “gender clinic or specialist” to transition their children medically or socially. “Of the 390 parents who answered this question, 51.8 percent answered ‘yes,’ 23.6 percent were unsure, and 24.6 percent said ‘no,’” the study stated….