This blog has introduced you many times to the splendid reporting of Abigail Shrier. Now I want to introduce my readers to Heather Heying. From her website you’ll find the following credentials:
I am an evolutionary biologist, which means I’m interested in everything from brains to bugs, culture to consciousness. Just about everything most humans think about is evolutionary, except for rocks and quarks and the like. Other descriptions for what kind of scientist I am include animal behaviorist, zoologist, herpetologist, tropical biologist, and evolutionary ecologist. I have conducted research on the evolution of social systems and sexual selection, from frogs to humans. I received my PhD in Biology from the University of Michigan, where I earned the university’s top honor for my dissertation, and have a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California at Santa Cruz. From 2019 – 2021 I was a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University.
Impressive.
If you want a relatively brief synopsis of a complicated subject, what Abigail calls the “Transgender Craze,” you need to read their LetterWiki exchange from 2020.
The Torment & Tragedy of Teenage Girls.
During the exchange Heather says:
“Why do we chastise teenage girls when they cut themselves, but celebrate them when they find a doctor to do it for them? When a teenage girl cuts herself, or starves herself, we try to help the human being. We do not sanctify the behavior.”
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