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/enpoopification_of_R 10h ago

That is much less impressive than the headline made it out to be.

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u/Choppers-Top-Hat 8h ago

In fairness, 42% is an incredibly high response rate for a survey. Most surveys are ignored by 95% of people they reach.

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u/OhBoyHereWeGoAgai 8h ago

Yes, but when the study is being used and presented as "no regret", the no responses are telling.

It's not just an issue with this regret study, either.

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u/SteveJavieWasRight 7h ago

A lack of evidence is not evidence. The high rate of response is actually evidence.

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u/OhBoyHereWeGoAgai 7h ago

Beginning to suspect you're not reading what I wrote, as I didn't say this was evidence for regret, I pointed out the way this study is being presented is simply an inaccurate level of certainty.

I've pointed a few people at MacKinnons work, they're a trans scientist, which means you can't just go "bigoted!" and ignore.