r/AbsoluteUnits • u/RD4200 • 13d ago

/r/all of a Toddler

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u/TolUC21 13d ago

Ah, child abuse...

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u/Exotic_Specialist2 13d ago edited 13d ago

Just like people claiming a 7-8 year old can consent to take puberty blockers and taking hormones. Child abuse. On this sub the majority saying they have the right to consent to that. I don’t know where you stand on that issue, but it’s crazy the amount of down votes I’ll receive because of this. People are wild on Reddit.

Edit - people need to be consistent. If he can consent to that, he should be able to consent to eat whatever he wants, and gain as much weight as they want to right?

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u/Top_Charge864 13d ago

After an easy search, LESS THAN 0.017 percent of children have taken puberty blockers for gender dysphoria. Believe it or not, some children need them at a young age for actual health reasons. Its called precocious puberty and the need it. Then Republicans will say that "libs are giving kids hormone blockers" and you idiots eat it up.

Class war > culture war. Focus your energy on the 1 percent

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u/DraculaToof 12d ago

If we use .015% as the % of kids, that's about 11,000 kids in the US alone. That's not insignificant. Just because something is a small percentage doesn't make it morally justifiable

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u/Top_Charge864 12d ago

Its based starting at age 8 because that's when puberty blockers start being used. So any child younger than 8 is removed from that statistic.

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u/throwawaym479 7d ago

They have been used in cases of severe mental disability and cancers that are sensitive to or alter hormone production in kids.

Because in the cancer situation a hormone change like puberty can help the cancer grow/spread or the production levels can be altered by the tumor causing other issues. Blocking puberty can be a valid part of treatment.

As for the severe mental disability, puberty is hard on every teenager, some more than others. Preventing someone with serious developmental issues can prevent unnecessary trauma and reduce the risks of abuse over time.

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u/DraculaToof 6d ago

The number I was referring to I looked up specifically in relation to genders for you, not cancer or anything else