Quote From: fringold"Exgay", gay, straight, pansexual, none of these terms apply to this discussion. This episode is NOT about sexual orientation. This episode is about GENDER IDENTITY. And with the selection of so-called experts, I can't see this ending well.
I think it is useless to argue with someone who thinks that being a woman is an illness, and that behavioral modification or adversion therapy is best course to "cure" this girl before it is too late. And to say that there is no such thing as gender identity disorder in children is daft. This is not a precurser to homosexuality. Gay men like being men. Gay women like being women. So again, I have to point out that this is not about sexual orintation.
I'll watch the show. I'm pretty sure I know how this will go already, and that I will have more to say.
I think it's a complicated issue and that neither side has a complete answer.
I would have liked to hear more from what each side is doing....as they are working with multiple cases...and less from the sarcastic mother who was clearly defensive. She mocked and interrupted the ideas as if they were saying them to her. Thetwo men on the left side clearly said that there wasn't a cookie cutter answer. Several times, they got "told" what their perspective was and then were interrupted, mocked or called out on some word usage that the other side didn't think was politically correct when they tried to clarify. This was not helpful discussion and when they tried to quell the sarcasm, Dr. Phil stopped them again!!
What I'd like to hear more about is why there are hormone deficiencies, if there are enough hormones to make certain genetalia in the first place? How does DNA relate to hormones in such development? I'd love to see each side spend time visiting the other's approach centers and see if they can come up with answers to the questions that the other isn't addressing.
