BJ Dichter reports that public-health officials reading kids' private messages…

Brief

Jay Plemons quotes BJ Dichter saying public-health officials who see children's private messages report a clear shift: youth now primarily converse about gender identity using phrases like 'What gender am I?' and 'I feel like a boy today.' Dichter claims the trend started on campuses in 2012–2013 and reached elementary/junior-high a decade later; Plemons frames this as evidence for Scott Adams' environmental persuasion thesis.

Why it matters

BJ Dichter reports that public-health officials reading kids' private messages say conversations shifted from 'girls, boys, dancing, music, cars, sports' to identity phrases: 'What gender am I?', 'I think maybe I'm bi.', 'This person’s not gonna like me if I’m gender fluid.', 'I have to choose a gender.', 'I feel like a boy today.'

Key details

Dichter claims the shift began on university campuses in 2012–2013 and that 'ten years later' it was appearing in elementary and junior high students' messages.

Jay Plemons presents Dichter's account as supporting Scott Adams' persuasion argument—that environments strongly influence beliefs—calling it a visible cause-and-effect example in public health.

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jay plemons (@jayplemons)

BJ Dichter shares what public health officials are seeing in kids’ private messages:

@BJdichter “They’re not talking, like we did as kids, about girls, boys, dancing, music, cars, sports.

All they’re talking about is:
‘What gender am I?’
‘I think maybe I’m bi.’
‘This person’s not gonna like me if I’m gender fluid.’
‘I have to choose a gender.’
‘I feel like a boy today.’

This is why, the people who understand and learn from Scott Adams, how much we are persuaded by our environments, that is such a data point where you can see the cause and effect on the ground within public health care.

This started on university campuses in 2012 and 2013. Ten years later it was showing up in elementary and junior high.”

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