Suffer, the Little Children

Having just read an article from last Sunday's (London) Times Magazine,* about children with`GID`- gender identify disorder - undergoing a newish drug therapy to delay their puberty before undergoing sex-change operations, I am pained. I am pained, not just for these children, and the turmoil and suffering that they, and their families, have to endure because of this 'condition'; but that it is taking society so long to wake up to the roots of this problem, and deal with the matter there, rather than running around trying to put out fires later in life. An ounce of prevention being worth far more than a pound of cure.

Years ago - it has to be over twenty years ago, now - I came across a book in paperback, recently published in that format (I think it came out in 1990), titled 'BrainSex', by Anne Moir, Ph.D (a doctorate in genetics) and David Jessel (an independent TV producer). It was mind-opening. Therein they documented the research that was proving that our brains are sexed at a very early foetal stage (around 8-10 weeks from conception, as I recall), their development affected by the hormonal bath. If all was well, the brain would be sexed according to the genetic sex of the foetus. If all was not well - well, that was how the wiring could go wrong, and a male brain could be wired into a female body and vice versa and every abnormal stage in between; thus accounting for transsexuals - ie, "children with GID".

I have tried over and over and over again, through the years since, to alert various people in positions of responsibility to this situation, and its roots in our dysfunctional society - ie, when "all (is) not well" - and therefore, our ability to change the scenario, by cleaning up our social act, instead of forcing these unfortunates to have to jump through chemical and surgical hoops.** Or just give up, and commit suicide. Or lash out in inchoate rage, at a world that has cheated them of their birthright. And various such adverse outcomes.

That some of these children are able to handle their situation is a testament to their bravery and steadfastness. Not to our mature handling of the situation.

An example of how I tried to alert a responsible body to this matter. This letter, to GIRES - the Gender Identity Research and Education Society - is dated 18 August 2008:

"Dear Sir or Madam,

"I read the article by Viv Groskop in the G2 section of the Guardian for 14 August, which is how I got your reference. And I have accessed your website, and read the comments under 'Gender Dysphoria' and 'Atypical Gender Development'. What I am concerned about is that there doesn't seem to be much attention being paid to the causes of these 'My body is wrong' [the title of the article] conditions, so that the conditions can be, hopefully, rectified, as much as possible.

"Under 'Gender Dysphoria' you refer to the role, among other causes, of "medication". But: Which medications? And when? And how much information is available both to pregnant women and their pediatricians to try to prevent the improper use of these medications?

"For example. In Anne Moir, PhD and David Jessel's book 'BrainSex', they refer to the role of 'medications, in particular barbiturates, prescribed to pregnant women, as a hormonal disrupter and thus cause of the brain being 'wired' differently than the genetic sex of the fetus. And then there's the potential role of oestrogen mimics/hormonal disrupters in the environment, as contaminants from such as pesticides and plastics. And so forth. My question: How serious is all this being taken?

"Gender Dysphoria indeed. What person would choose to be born with such dysphoria such unhappiness, such potential for suicidal thoughts?

"Moir and Jessel's book was published nearly 20 years ago, alerting the public to these matters. What has happened to help cut the incidence of these outrages, these assaults on the innocent? For example, have pediatricians been sufficiently alerted to the matter not to prescribe certain drugs to pregnant women especially at the (known) particular 'window'/time period of brain sexing? Have theses potentially suspect medications been properly studied and labeled? and so forth.

Not to belittle the very good work that you folks are doing in this area. but please let me know what the situation is as regards these particular aspects of this important matter. (Are we learning anything from it? Or are we just learning to live with it??)

"Yours sincerely, (etc.)

The response?

None.

Nor to this; as an example of a number of such letters of mine to various persons or bodies over the years on this subject. This one was to an e-newsletter site from the States, under a (condemning) article titled 'Schools to kids: You can be boys or girls or both'. My post was in response to one wherein the woman argued for the 'conservative' point of view on the issue of homosexuality. (My response dated 5 June 2011)

"'There is not and never has been a biological basis for this condition.'

"Er, no, Nan; not true. I encourage you, and others on this site, to get hold of a copy of the book 'BrainSex' by Anne Moir, Ph.D. and David Jessel. Their research of the scientific literature on the matter is compelling. Everybody who has been following this thread would do well to consider that the brain is 'sexed' at an early stage of foetal development, regardless of its genetic sex, by the hormonal bath it is subjected to; and this bath can be skewed, from various causes.

"These causes can range from an adrenal abnormality of either the mother-to-be or the foetus, to various plastics and pesticides in the environment (creating what are known as endocrine disrupters or estrogen mimics) to stress (there is evidence that there are more homosexuals born just after the stress of wars than at 'normal' times, eg; but stress can take many forms, including malnutrition), to drugs like barbiturates, prescribed to pregnant women without sufficient regard to their potential effects on the still-developing fetus. All of these causes can result in male brains being 'wired' into female bodies and vice versa and every spectrum stop in between, like that resulting in 'trannies'. Thus, neither 'classic' side in this debate is entirely correct; both camps would do well to look beyond their entrenched positions, and pay a little more attention to the physiological facts of the matter.

"Personally, my sympathies lie more with all the individuals who feel the need to go through sex change ops, or lash outwards in frustrated violence, or commit suicide, because their brains don't match their bodies. Not a healthy state of affairs. We need to pay as much attention to the causal aspects of the matter as the effects, such as the brouhaha over 'civil rights'. Let's consider the rights of babies to be born with as clear a brain as possible; clear of the adverses environmental effects that we have imposed on them, thus interfering with their full potential. Time's a'wasting, with all these other secondary matters taking our attention, distracting us from the real issue."

- the real issue being summarized in the truism: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It's time and past that we get truly serious about this matter. As with similar matters. Which is going to require of us to change our basic template of econo-social life; from one of letting the moneychangers run and rule the world, to aligning ourselves more directly with our essential selves. As 'spiritual beings having a human experience,' as the philosopher described Homo sapiens. Which experience needs, now, to be upgraded a notch. From neither capitalist nor socialist - nor humanist nor 'nocarist' in either of those process-level camps - to sons and daughters of the Most High; recognizing that we are, in truth - that is to say, in our essence - neither male nor female, but One.

But experiencing duality, for a reason.

And cleaning up our act on this material level is part of that reason.

In order that we can qualify for Ascension.

About to happen, on a planet near you. And you. And you...



P.S. These same two people put together another important book about children a few years later, titled 'A Mind to Crime', subtitled 'The Controversial Link Between the Mind and Criminal Behavior' (Michael Joseph, 1995; Signet ppb 1997), which reported on research into damaged brains that leads to 'mindless violence'; and how this damage can be spotted early on, to try to head off such 'mindless violence' later on in life for these unfortunate souls, and their victims (including their families). This same issue, of an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure, being brought up again, regarding our children.
They don't speculate abut what can be causing such brain damage; they just report on its results, and how it can be identified (by brain scan and symptoms). But it's the same issue: the mindlessness of the adult world to pay sufficient attention to what is going on with their children, and to deal with these various 'anomalies' in a higher-consciousness way.
This latter subject, of criminal behaviour, and the brain damage that causes much of it, having a link with the subject of vaccines. But that is a particularly sore subject, for me; and I don't want to go there, right now.
I am pained enough by this matter of what we seemingly glibly call GID - tossing it off as though it were just another interesting feature of life, and what's for dinner tonight, dear? - to last me for awhile.
A lifetime, actually. But a mind can take in only so much input at a time. And I'm full up to the point of visceral anger as it is.

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* having put it off at the time; knowing how the article was going to make me feel...


** Which brings up the role of the profit motive in this, and many of our current societal maladies. But that is material for another blog, another day.