Dr. V's magical putter

Um, Dr. V.'s. By a landslide.

Wendy Davis was 21 when her divorce was completed, 19 or 20 when they separated. She said she "became a single mom at 19."

Wow! That's huge!

 

OK, you see your mistake, or ok we agree to disagree?

Because, you know homosexuality was viewed as a mental disorder at one time. Having that view now would be unthinkable for most.

 

Is it your contention that more critical attention was paid to Dr. V than to Bosch or Davis?

 

I'm going to get this thread locked if I'm not careful, but go read the DMN story from a couple of days ago. That's not the only whole in her narrative, and she's looking to do more with her personal narrative than sell a golf club.

 

I read the whole story. It's Dr. V and it's not even close.

 

How so?

I think you are dead wrong. So wrong, I think you will eventually be embarrassed by this statement.

 

OK, your opinion is noted. I don't know enough to form an opinion either way.

Yes, homosexuality was once considered a mental disorder. Noted. So was schizophrenia. And it still is. I don't know where gender confusion falls on that continuum, but because one trait was mislabeled at one time does not render subsequent similarly labeled traits mislabeled, as well.

 

Homosexuality was viewed as a mental disorder that could be cured with enough treatment. That's different.

Treatment for sexual orientation or gender identity doesn't mean reversing it. It means better understanding it.

 

I read the story. She was 21, and she didn't live in her trailer long enough to satisfy some. And her husband paid for her schooling.

Earth-shattering stuff.

 

See my statement above, and also:

Mental illness: Any of various conditions characterized by impairment of an individual's normal cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning, and caused by social, psychological, biochemical, genetic, or other factors, such as infection or head trauma.

I'd say, if transgenders are so depressed/confused/afraid, so much so that they kill themselves, that qualifies as impairing their emotional functioning.

 

I'm not sure it's a contest.

What I do know is that all kinds of folks -- not just sicko transgendered women -- lie about their credentials. It happens every day.

Hannan's article wasn't about a putter that was being sold under false pretenses. Hannan's article was about him. It was about him playing Sherlock Holmes and finding a transgendered woman.

As this Gawker article http://bit.ly/1ff6SzI points out, Hannan lost all interest in the putter once he discovered SHE'S A MAN. The putter is collecting dust in his garage.

He had found a bigger story -- a freakish man, living as a woman.

 

December 2012:

The American Psychiatric Association announced this month approved changes in its official guide to classifying mental illnesses.

Among the major announced revisions to the manual, known as DSM-5, is that Asperger's syndrome will now be included in the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder "to help more accurately and consistently diagnose children with autism," the association said in a statement.

But the group made another big change that did not make as many headlines, though it is considered by many to be important.

The new DSM eliminates the term "gender identity disorder," long considered stigmatizing by mental health specialists and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists.

That old diagnosis meant that a man who believed he was destined to be a woman was considered mentally ill.

No longer so.

The new DSM refers to "gender dysphoria," which focuses the attention on only those who feel distressed by their gender identity.

"I think it's a significant change," said Jack Drescher, a member of the American Psychiatric Association group that made the recommendation after working on it for four years. "It's clinically defensible, but it reduces the amount of stigma and harm that existed before."

Drescher said there had been calls to remove the diagnosis altogether just as homosexuality was removed from the DSM in 1973. Drescher said he believes that removal changed world opinion on homosexuality.

http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/27/being-transgender-no-longer-a-mental-disorder-in-diagnostic-manual/