From 3c12b389a2255ccb927a7820f33bc926b5414409 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nate B <43703496+NB419@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 14:02:28 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update and rename bad_studies.md to studies_to_watch_our_for.md --- .../{bad_studies.md => studies_to_watch_our_for.md} | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) rename debunking/{bad_studies.md => studies_to_watch_our_for.md} (59%) diff --git a/debunking/bad_studies.md b/debunking/studies_to_watch_our_for.md similarity index 59% rename from debunking/bad_studies.md rename to debunking/studies_to_watch_our_for.md index 9934c92..6e5028a 100644 --- a/debunking/bad_studies.md +++ b/debunking/studies_to_watch_our_for.md @@ -1,8 +1,11 @@ ## Studies to Watch Out For -* [Dhejne C et al. 11](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21364939) - * **Commonly cited by transphobes** to indicate sexual reassignment surgery **HARMS trans people**, increases risk of suicide. - * **BAD DATA**. Control group for post-transition trans individuals was CISGENDER people - **post-SRS trans participants weren’t compared to pre-SRS trans participants, they were compared to cis participants.** Methodology **DOES NOT PROVE** the intended point. +* [Dhejne et al. 11](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21364939) + * **Commonly cited by transphobes** to indicate sexual reassignment surgery **harms trans people** and increases risk of suicide. + * This is **NOT** what the study says + * A study proving that SRS harms trans people would compare the wellbeing of post-SRS trans people to pre-SRS trans people, but this one uses **CIS** people as a control group + * The study merely demonstrates that trans people who have had SRS **still are a vulnerable population** compared to cis people, but NOT that their condition had been worsened by SRS. + * The head author, Cecilia Dhejne, is actually very trans positive herself, and describes her intent in publishing this study in [this AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/6q3e8v/science_ama_series_im_cecilia_dhejne_a_fellow_of/dkuk2tr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x). * [Littman 18](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0202330) * **Commonly cited by transphobes** to indicate transness spreads socially, that exposure to trans material might encourage youth to be trans. **“Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria”** (ROGD). * **BAD DATA**. This study polled **PARENTS, not the actual children**, and those polls were taken online, _and_ those sites were **biased by nature** - ‘_4thwavenow, transgendertrend, youthtranscriticalprofessionals_’.