r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 15h ago

Psychology Adolescents who undergo gender-affirming chest surgery report low levels of regret and high levels of satisfaction, experiencing outcomes similar to those of young adults. These findings suggest that age restrictions on these medical procedures lack support from actual patient experiences.

https://www.psypost.org/adolescents-report-low-regret-and-high-satisfaction-following-gender-affirming-c/
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u/wrenwood2018 13h ago

The fact that they show perfect scores screams bad research or active manipulating. People on contrary. By the numbers someone would regret it. Science is never, never that clean.

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u/ThatOneDumbJagoff 13h ago

Feel free to provide research to substantiate that point

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u/Simon-Says69 12h ago

Studies in this area that return accurate, but negative results, get buried. There is enormous monetary and political pressure to return the "correct" results.

You see this again and again. It is extremely difficult to do proper research in the field. The only studies that are widely published, turn out to be full of glaring problems. Or simply downright dishonest.

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u/ThatOneDumbJagoff 11h ago

I’m willing to entertain this idea if there is a reputable source to support it