I have a better name, and it, too, starts with a "C"....CRAZY!!!
OK, so I've spent my career working in the overall field of mental health, which includes my field of specialization within public education. As a mental health specialist for Texas Department of Criminal Justice I was exposed to "Gender Identity Disorder" and the newest term for the same condition, "Gender Dysphoria". I realize that the issue is very real to those who suffer from such mental anguish.
What I don't understand in this case is the intense media coverage. So what...lots of individuals change their gender every year, why is "Caitlyn" so special?
I guess the answer must be that it's because (s)he is part of the overall Kardashian train-wreck...but, c'mon, folks, why do we need to be bombarded by this particular individual's plight/actions any more than any other transgendered individual (which we don't know is the real truth yet...(s)he may not have had gender re-assignment surgery yet, and if that is the case then we simply have a rather advanced case of transvestite behavior...but that's not unusual, look at all the drag queens out there on the stages, some of whom look VERY feminine).
It seems like such a private matter...as it well should be. What has made us as a culture think that we have to be exposed to this individual's private "journey"? It's all over the major networks' news coverage...
Does anyone else get it? I don't :thumbsdown:
Doug
OK, so I've spent my career working in the overall field of mental health, which includes my field of specialization within public education. As a mental health specialist for Texas Department of Criminal Justice I was exposed to "Gender Identity Disorder" and the newest term for the same condition, "Gender Dysphoria". I realize that the issue is very real to those who suffer from such mental anguish.
What I don't understand in this case is the intense media coverage. So what...lots of individuals change their gender every year, why is "Caitlyn" so special?
I guess the answer must be that it's because (s)he is part of the overall Kardashian train-wreck...but, c'mon, folks, why do we need to be bombarded by this particular individual's plight/actions any more than any other transgendered individual (which we don't know is the real truth yet...(s)he may not have had gender re-assignment surgery yet, and if that is the case then we simply have a rather advanced case of transvestite behavior...but that's not unusual, look at all the drag queens out there on the stages, some of whom look VERY feminine).
It seems like such a private matter...as it well should be. What has made us as a culture think that we have to be exposed to this individual's private "journey"? It's all over the major networks' news coverage...
Does anyone else get it? I don't :thumbsdown:
Doug