Originally posted by Mountain Man
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Originally posted by Mountain Man
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Is left-handedness a mental disorder? Why / why not? It's relatively unusual, you could even say 'abnormal'.
Something the practice of psychology learned as it developed in the 20th century was that the criteria as to what makes something a 'mental disorder' versus not, isn't as simple as 'abnormal' (because then you end up including left-handedness etc), nor is it as simple as 'I personally feel it should be a mental disorder' (because then you end up with a changing list). So they had to develop an objective standard by which things could be consistently classified as mental disorders vs not.
And by that accepted standard, transgenderism is not in and of itself a mental disorder (if accompanied by other issues/symptoms it can be one labelled Gender Dysphoria), but in and of itself transgenderism isn't one anymore than being left-handed is one.
So your statement is false. And insofar as you continually reassert it to be true, having full knowledge there is an official and widely accepted objective standard for the labeling of something as a mental illness that say it isn't one, you are lying and knowingly purveying false information.
If what you mean is "I MM, would personally, entirely lacking in any experience in the field of psychology, assert that I feel like transgender people should be in the 'mentally ill' category" then, (a) nobody cares what an ignoramus like you thinks, and (b) I can equally assert that you, MM, should be in the mentally ill category, for all the meaning or relevance that would have.
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