June is the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, He Who is meek and humble, who poured out every drop of His Precious Blood to save us from our sins. I find it increasingly ironic that in our culture June is dedicated to Pride--a capital sin, most opposed to humility. And it is indeed pride that makes some people think they know better than the God Who created them. Sigh. I truly, truly feel sad for the people who cannot appreciate the body they are in, but to think that physicians promote giving them hormones or surgery to heal their deep wounds is criminal. From the very beginning this diabolical experiment (at Johns Hopkins and recounted in As Nature Made Him by John Colapinto) was filled with lies. I wept reading this book many years ago and I couldn't bear to talk about it. But we mustn't stay silent. What a tragedy, both twins, Brian and David Reimer, took their lives from the trauma they endured at the hands of the medical establishment. And increasingly, they target children. The plethora of books for little ones with LGBTQ content is unbelievable. I presented ways to counter this at a Write2Ignite conference prior to the lockdowns. I don't know how an industry dedicated to children has become so corrupt as to blithely harm them. Today is the Feast of Charles Lwanga and his companions, who were tortured for their refusal to engage in homosexual acts with the king. It went against their newfound Catholic faith, which they refused to give up, and for this they were killed. This old article from Fr. Rutler is ever relevant today: New Advent: Ours has become a neo-pagan culture, and that can be even worse than a simple pagan culture
Oh, Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of Mercy for us, I trust in YOU! Save us!
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We are in agreement that these medical changes should be for autonomous adults (in most countries that is age 18+) but I see it as a cross to bear in that people suffer so many difficulties while "being in a body." Body dysphoria goes beyond this issue alone.
Indeed, it is a heavy cross to bear. We are ensouled bodies and we have to accept ourselves as we come into this world with our own peculiarities. I have to admit that I didn't enjoy being a girl until I was in my late teens for both biological and social reasons. But once I started noticing boys and going on dates, I grew to love being a woman, and then a wife and mother. The vast majority of children grow into their bodies if you let them...
I have no insight into gender dysphoria. I always liked being a girl and later, a woman. I make no judgement for something I don't understand. But every person has some aspect of their corporal body they wish was different, and no female I have ever known escaped that. This is my only narrow window into it and, like you, I know it is far better to make peace with it than to "surgerize."
This is why I think it better as a matter of public & medical policy to leave it to legal adults. Adults have facelifts and breast augmentation etc. and we are not going to make it illegal.
So true that once I moved to the US, I became aware of so many girls and women unhappy with their bodies. And the doctors have seized this opportunity to offer all kinds of surgeries that are merely cosmetic. As I explore in BOUND, the outward appearance along with function does matter. Burns, accidents, deformities, etc. can be corrected. Still, I wonder whether some of these plastic surgeons (I see ads for them in my local newspaper) have their patients' best interests at heart. They no longer take the Hippocratic oath, the first point being to do no harm. Plastic surgery is big business.
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