New Rules: Social Contagion & the Transgender Boom

Cold Open

Alright, folks, gather ’round for another episode of “New Rules,” where I, your friendly internet skeptic, take a blowtorch to the sacred cows of modern bullshit.

Tonight’s rule: If you’re a parent treating your kid like a social-media prop in the name of “inclusivity,” maybe pause before you pump them full of puberty blockers and carve up their bodies like a Thanksgiving turkey. Because guess what? This whole transgender “epidemic” isn’t some organic awakening—it’s a social contagion straight out of the history books, fueled by narcissistic moms and dads chasing likes and virtue points. And the kids? They’re the casualties in this progressive Hunger Games.

The Set-Up: Patterns We’ve Seen Before

Let’s start with the facts. Remember when cultural manias spiked—and then fizzled?

• Multiple Personality Disorder (DID) boom (’80s–’90s):
  Tens of thousands of cases after Sybil, therapy fads, and victim-status rewards. Later prevalence drops to ~1–1.5%; much of it iatrogenic—suggested by clinicians.
• Recovered Memory Syndrome (’90s peak):
  Therapists “unearth” abuse memories; ~65% of clients “recover” horrors in therapy; meta-analyses later peg ~30–46% as bogus, families wrecked.
• Eating-disorder contagion:
  Spread via peer mimicry/media glamour; ~35% contagion in some inpatient units.
• TikTok tics (post-2020):
  Clinics report 10–20× spikes, mostly girls; up to 98% “recover” after ditching the app.

Translation: Suggestion + status + media = fast social spread.

Applying the Lens to Gender

Pre-2010s, gender dysphoria was rare—~1 in 30,000 to 1 in 100,000. Now:

• U.S. identification: 0.53% (2014) → 0.89% (2023) (+68%).
• Ages 13–17: ~3.3% identify as trans; diagnoses tripled (2017–2021).
• UK trend: ~5× increase (2000–2018).

This isn’t evolution; it’s acceleration—amplified by social media, school “affirmation,” and parents chasing virtue points.

The “Devouring Parent” Archetype

Jordan Peterson’s point: improbably dense clusters in elite circles.

• Disney exec with a 5-year-old “trans” and 7-year-old “pansexual”—odds framed as astronomical.
• Megan Fox: three gender-nonconforming boys—presented as even more astronomical.
• Charlize Theron: similar pattern.

Take: Not a coincidence—performative compassion with kids as props.

Claimed Medical Harms

The “reversible” sales pitch vs. trade-offs:

• Puberty blockers: risks to bone density, fertility, and brain development.
• Cross-sex hormones: lifelong medicalization, side effects.
• Surgeries on minors: mastectomies, hysterectomies, phalloplasties—with complications.

Historical hysterias (Salem, Tanganyika laughter) spread in clusters. Today’s analog: ROGD (Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria)—teens after online exposure; ~57% with prior mental-health issues, ~55% with trans friends. The APA deems ROGD “unsupported,” but we’re told to never question the narrative.

Detransition: “Rare”—or Rising?

We’re told it’s ~1% and due to “transphobia.” Recent signals say otherwise:

• Up to 13.1% have detransitioned at some point; 82.5% cite external pressure.
• Discontinuation rates: ~1.6–9.8% for hormones; ~1–7.6% for blockers.
• Surgery regret: pooled ~1.94%; up to ~4% for transfeminine.
• Military cohort (2022): ~30% stopped hormones within four years.
• Overall estimates: ~2–10%, rising as barriers drop.
• Survey (n=237 detransitioners; 92% female): 46% had surgeries; many report little to no support, ~51% felt abandoned by LGBT groups.

These aren’t spreadsheets—they’re people: suicidal, scarred, infertile, told to shut up.

New Rule (The Close)

Parents: If your kid declares they’re trans after a Tumblr deep-dive, start with therapy—not a scalpel.
Doctors: First, do no harm—not “first, affirm.”
Society: Wake up before we mass-produce regret and lawsuits.

Virtue-signalling isn’t parenting; it’s abuse. If that ruffles feathers—good. Maybe it saves a kid from the knife.