{"id":312,"date":"2019-08-14T08:18:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T12:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bettypeters.com\/bettypeters\/?p=312"},"modified":"2019-08-14T08:18:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T12:18:36","slug":"the-cracks-in-the-edifice-of-transgender-totalitarianism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bettypeters.com\/bettypeters\/2019\/08\/14\/the-cracks-in-the-edifice-of-transgender-totalitarianism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cracks in the Edifice of Transgender Totalitarianism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Jane Robbins<br \/>\nJuly 13, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The epidemic of supposed gender dysphoria among children and adolescents\u2014\u201ctransgenderism\u201d\u2014has often been described as a cult. The designation is in some ways apt. Though lacking a charismatic leader usually found in such movements, other expert descriptions of cults certainly apply: \u201cdesigned to destabilize an individual\u2019s sense of self by undermining his or her basic consciousness, reality awareness, beliefs and worldview, [and] emotional control.\u201d Cults also lead the target to believe that \u201canxiety, uncertainty, and self-doubt can be reduced by adopting the concepts put forth by the group.\u201d The promise is a \u201cnew identity\u201d that will solve all problems, even as it separates one from family and previous life.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Please read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepublicdiscourse.com\/2019\/07\/54272\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Cracks in the Edifice of Transgender Totalitarianism<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jane Robbins July 13, 2019 &#8220;The epidemic of supposed gender dysphoria among children and adolescents\u2014\u201ctransgenderism\u201d\u2014has often been described as a cult. The designation is in some ways apt. Though lacking a charismatic leader usually found in such movements, other expert descriptions of cults certainly apply: \u201cdesigned to destabilize an individual\u2019s sense of self by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-sex-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bettypeters.com\/bettypeters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bettypeters.com\/bettypeters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bettypeters.com\/bettypeters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bettypeters.com\/bettypeters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bettypeters.com\/bettypeters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.bettypeters.com\/bettypeters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313,"href":"http:\/\/www.bettypeters.com\/bettypeters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions\/313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bettypeters.com\/bettypeters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bettypeters.com\/bettypeters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bettypeters.com\/bettypeters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}