Bullied or Bullying?

A study out of Finland raises questions about a frequent allegation made by advocates of “transgenderism”. Janet Parshall will share her thoughts on that question in this week’s commentary.

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In the battle swirling around transgenderism. It's often said that
people who are transgendered are bullied. But a study from
Finland questions that claim.

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Here to unpack present day issues from a biblical perspective
is Janet Parshall.

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Transgenderism has created a cultural tsunami greater than any issue
in the last decade. What we hear repeatedly through advocates,
the media and an education policy is that those young
people who are struggling with their identity are often ostracized
and harassed merely because they're trying to find their true selves.
A study from Finland, published in Frontiers in Psychology, entitled

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Transgender Identity is associated with bullying. Involvement among Finnish adolescents
found that teenagers who identify as transgender or non-binary were
more likely than their non-trans identified peers not only to
be bullied, but also to bully others. In fact, the
link between transgender identity and bullying was even stronger than
the link to being bullied. Doctor Colin Wright, a Manhattan

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Institute fellow wrote. This adds a more complex picture to
the public conversation. Yes. Trans identifying adolescents may face disproportionate bullying,
but they're hardly just passive victims. The nonbinary group, in particular,
stood out across both younger and older age groups. They
reported bullying others more often than they were bullied themselves.
This flips the common narrative. And then the authors of

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the study wrote, trans gender identity, especially non-binary identity, is
associated with both being bullied and perpetuating bullying, even when
a range of variables, including internal stress and involvement in
bullying in the opposite role, are taken into account. Here's
what I take away from the finished study. For starters,
we need to remember that transgenderism is an ideology, not

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a diagnosis. And for any ideological activist, there is the
temptation for the advocate to stretch the truth in an
attempt to advance the issue. The issue of transgenderism is
a perfect example. It's also crucial to note that non-binary
or transgender are self-applied terms. It's how a person feels
about their sexuality. It's not rooted in truth, but driven

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by feelings, mostly feelings of dissatisfaction, often accompanied by depression,
and many times abuse of some kind. Gets folded into
the dark mix. Minds are bruised, hearts are broken. But
the truth doesn't change. And neither does your sex. The
saying hurting people hurt people applies here. I am not
surprised that non-binary or transgendered people bully as much, if

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not more, than those who don't fall into those categories.
It's a condition of the heart. People who struggle with
their sexual identity often don't feel like they belong. They
desire acceptance. They want to be loved. And when that
doesn't happen, the person perceived of doing the rejection gets bullied.
What's the answer for followers of Christ to ask God
for tougher skin and a kinder heart? Only when we

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see ourselves and everyone else as having been made in
the image of God, does our behavior toward others change?
Those are my thoughts. I'm Janet Parshall.

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