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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 356061" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>When you get your son assessed, mention the possible gender identity issues. Some of it could simply be curiosity or similar, or it could actually be a gender identity issue.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion (based on reading and study) this isn't necessarily genetic, but it is probably congenital, meaning they're born with it. One strongly held theory states that it happens due to fluctuating hormone levels in utero; when the levels fluctuate, how long and how much can change the way the fetus's brain responds to certain hormonal triggers. Homosexuality can be one facet of this (and there is a spectrum of sexual orientation as well as sexual 'intensity') and also possibly gender identity dysmorphia.</p><p></p><p>But I'm not an expert. I'm also concerned that it is possible for some parents to pigeonhole their child as definitely gender identity dysmorphia, when actually the child hasn't really settled on this. Any move to definitely and finally assign one or other gender to a child while under age is very controversial and really, it is open to problems as a child risks decisions being made in childhood that cannot be undone. Some gender identity dysmorphia people (I won't say "sufferers" since many of them see themselves as a third gender, intersex) are very happy with ambiguous gender and sexuality. This can be a lot more complex than mere homosexuality.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't go too far down this road just yet - just toss the history in there as possibly of relevance, but don't lock anything in place nor allow anyone to.</p><p></p><p>A cousin of mine grew up with a religious Anglican father. My cousin later became Roman Catholic and was really overboard with it. He then married a Jewish lady, had three children and after ten years he divorced his wife. He then took up a homosexual lifestyle. In other words - his entire life he went from one lifestyle to another and in each case he was enthusiastically whatever-he-was at the time.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes you never really know for sure. I know my cousin used to really drive his mother nuts, but she loved him anyway.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 356061, member: 1991"] When you get your son assessed, mention the possible gender identity issues. Some of it could simply be curiosity or similar, or it could actually be a gender identity issue. In my opinion (based on reading and study) this isn't necessarily genetic, but it is probably congenital, meaning they're born with it. One strongly held theory states that it happens due to fluctuating hormone levels in utero; when the levels fluctuate, how long and how much can change the way the fetus's brain responds to certain hormonal triggers. Homosexuality can be one facet of this (and there is a spectrum of sexual orientation as well as sexual 'intensity') and also possibly gender identity dysmorphia. But I'm not an expert. I'm also concerned that it is possible for some parents to pigeonhole their child as definitely gender identity dysmorphia, when actually the child hasn't really settled on this. Any move to definitely and finally assign one or other gender to a child while under age is very controversial and really, it is open to problems as a child risks decisions being made in childhood that cannot be undone. Some gender identity dysmorphia people (I won't say "sufferers" since many of them see themselves as a third gender, intersex) are very happy with ambiguous gender and sexuality. This can be a lot more complex than mere homosexuality. I wouldn't go too far down this road just yet - just toss the history in there as possibly of relevance, but don't lock anything in place nor allow anyone to. A cousin of mine grew up with a religious Anglican father. My cousin later became Roman Catholic and was really overboard with it. He then married a Jewish lady, had three children and after ten years he divorced his wife. He then took up a homosexual lifestyle. In other words - his entire life he went from one lifestyle to another and in each case he was enthusiastically whatever-he-was at the time. Sometimes you never really know for sure. I know my cousin used to really drive his mother nuts, but she loved him anyway. Marg [/QUOTE]
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