tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994073177496022401.post880986316363222359..comments2024-03-27T15:00:33.760+00:00Comments on Catholic Commentary: Gender ideology harms childrenJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339499088443959192noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994073177496022401.post-30142817761600545372016-04-16T17:21:19.094+01:002016-04-16T17:21:19.094+01:00Patricius:
I think you are right in your comment...Patricius: <br /><br />I think you are right in your comment on the American College of Pediatricians - I linked to their "About Us" page so that readers could recognise this. <br /><br />I also think that the references in their statement might need to be treated with some caution.<br /><br />The APA, for example, in moving to the use of the term "gender dysphoria" are trying to avoid their previous use of the term "gender identity disorder" - so suggesting that the condition is not a "disorder" properly so called. It is only their retention of reference to "significant distress" (a feature of disorders in general?) in their definition that enables the College of Pediatricians statement to still wish to cite the APA manual to identify gender dysphoria as a disorder in the clinical sense.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339499088443959192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994073177496022401.post-38799652961551827912016-04-16T14:00:36.024+01:002016-04-16T14:00:36.024+01:00I am wholly in agreement with all the views expres...I am wholly in agreement with all the views expressed in this piece however I would urge some caution regarding the American College of Pediatricians. They may be absolutely correct on this issue- in fact I believe they are- but they are not as representative of American pediatricians as their inclusive name might lead one to believe. Very decent people, no doubt, but only a minority of their profession in the USA.Patriciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906131174326742939noreply@blogger.com