Book · recommended on 2 episodes
Irreversible Damage
Abigail Shrier ISBN 8423435393
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Abigail Shrier ISBN 8423435393
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This book by Abigail Shrier has come up 2 times on Joe Rogan. One of those mentions was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Abigail Shrier, Matt Walsh. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
The "trans" epidemic sweeping teenage girls. Until just a few years ago, gender dysphoria -- severe discomfort in one's biological sex -- was vanishingly rare. It was typically found in less than .01 percent of the population, emerged in early childhood, and afflicted males almost exclusively.
“they took my book off Target they threw a fit and Target removed the book and they did it because even though they have hundreds of trans celebratory books”— Abigail Shrier
The guest here is Abigail Shrier: Journalist and author of Irreversible Damage and Bad Therapy, known for critiquing youth gender medicine and the mental-health treatment industry. Abigail Shrier argues that over-therapizing and over-medicating kids is making a generation more anxious, not less.
“Abigail shri's written about this in her great book uh and and there that's the social contagion they pick it up from society”— Matt Walsh
The guest here is Matt Walsh: Conservative political and social commentator at The Daily Wire, Catholic author, and creator of the documentary What Is a Woman?. Matt Walsh discusses his What Is a Woman? documentary, gender ideology, child medical transition, and a long debate with Rogan over marriage.
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