2 - Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria
Dec 18, 2020•1 hr 2 min
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Summary
Hosts Sasha Ayad and Stella O'Malley delve into Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD), a new phenomenon where adolescents suddenly question their gender without prior indications. They discuss Dr. Lisa Littman's research, the concept of a "symptom pool" in which cultural narratives influence the expression of distress, and the significant impact on families. The episode also draws parallels to eating disorders and examines the role of online communities in shaping identity and fostering division.Episode description
Activists claim that ROGD is not a real thing yet some parents insist that ROGD perfectly describes something that they’re seeing in their teenagers. We explore this new phenomenon of adolescent-onset gender questioning, how it arises and how it impacts families. We also discuss our experience working with these adolescents and some of the common patterns of behaviour and other challenges they face. Socially mediated mental health phenomena from different generations and other parts of the world shed light on this controversial issue.
Links:
- Lisa Marchiano: On Transgender Teens and Psychic Epidemics https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00332925.2017.1350804
- Lisa Littman: Parent reports of adolescents and young adults perceived to show signs of a rapid onset of gender dysphoria https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0202330
- The impact of social contagion – “Fijian girls succumb to Western dysmorphia”
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/03/fijian-girls-succumb-to-western-dysmorphia/
- Symptom pool Edward shorter: https://medium.com/invisible-illness/psychiatry-and-its-discontents-7ee5f263eb4c
- Japanese study PCOS: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17166864/
- Erikson's Psychosocial Development https://courses.lumenlearning.com/teachereducationx92x1/chapter/eriksons-stages-of-psychosocial-development/
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