I hope you enjoyed your time in Adelaide. I was sorry to have missed the conference. Thank you so much for autographing a copy of the programme for me. And thank you for making your keynote available to your subscribers. I have also used the Tooth Fairy when teaching the Methodology of Science. “What is the mechanism?”, can be asked about all forms of pseudoscience, like astrology and homeopathy, but also the claim that so called trans kids have been born in the wrong body. I want to know what it is that has been somehow inserted in the body of a foetus in the womb and how this insertion has occurred. Asking that makes me a scientist or a transphobe depending on your belief in the Gender Fairy.
Your description of people with a saviour complex brought to my mind Michelle Telfer here in Australia, Chief of Medicine at the RCH Melbourne and lead author of the Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines (ASCTG) for Trans and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents.
Earlier this year, Telfer was called as an expert witness in a Family Court case by a mother seeking to subject her son to gender-affirming 'treatment'; the mother lost, the father was given sole parental responsibility. The judge (Justice Andrew Strum) had nothing positive to say about Telfer's 'evidence' or performance as a witness. It is worthwhile reading the full judgment, which can be found here: https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/FedCFamC1F/2025/211.html
Telfer is referred to as 'Associate Professor L,' but Justice Strum permitted her identity to be known (which most people informed in this area could have guessed anyway). He took issue with her activist stance [Paras 10 and 11], pointed out the circularity of her reliance on the ASCTG, which she authored [Para. 70], repudiated her suggestion that the Cass Report stands in a tradition of oppression starting with the Nazis [Para. 106], and described as 'experimental, rather than therapeutic, medicine' her speculation, regarding the boy in question, that a 'biopsy might remove testicular tissue which could be frozen in the "hope" that medical progress might, in the future, enable use to be made thereof for reproductive purposes, in lieu of sperm.' [Para. 145]
I look forward to the remaining parts of your address and I hope you've another book in the works, one which dismantles the pseudoscience that is so-called gender medicine.
'... Well, the people working in gender medicine are performing the rituals of medicine:... ' as happens with 'cargo cults' - religious and social movements, mainly in Pacific Island societies post-World War II, involving 'rituals' that mimic Western behaviours, like building airstrips out of bamboo, to attract material goods ("cargo").
Helen I am looking forward to reading the rest. What I like so far is the drilling down into the essence of what is driving this gender delusion. The conversation about the fact of the delusion is important but the why of the delusion needs to be exposed. It is helpful for those needing to combat this to understand it’s essence but also for those proponents to be faced with the reality of their decisions and choices. This goes beyond rhetoric which is sorely needed. Keep going Helen! You are the right woman at the right time.
I agree wholeheartedly with the tooth fairy hypothesis. It’s a framing error.
If you start with the hypothesis that these men have:
A drive to hide their sex by compulsively imitating the opposite sex
It provides a wonderfully rational explanation for everything from the word “gender” (hiding sex), to grooming, language, delusion, and violence.
It is all 100% in service of hiding their sex, including the higher levels of organization of inducing cooperative sex masking in medicine, law, language, and social systems.
Why? Because in doing so they avoid male aggression and gain access to female enclaves.
Where did this behavior come from?
Humans evolved in ways which made the behavior quite easy. The behavior is present in many animals, and studied in different biological sciences.
It’s called sex mimicry.
Studying tooth fairy optimization fails when you don’t grasp its about the parent.
Studying “transgender” fails if you don’t grasp it’s only about hiding actual sex. Being the opposite sex is an impossibility, as is the existence of a tooth fairy.
Gender is as fictitious as humours, pixies, and aether.
I hope you enjoyed your time in Adelaide. I was sorry to have missed the conference. Thank you so much for autographing a copy of the programme for me. And thank you for making your keynote available to your subscribers. I have also used the Tooth Fairy when teaching the Methodology of Science. “What is the mechanism?”, can be asked about all forms of pseudoscience, like astrology and homeopathy, but also the claim that so called trans kids have been born in the wrong body. I want to know what it is that has been somehow inserted in the body of a foetus in the womb and how this insertion has occurred. Asking that makes me a scientist or a transphobe depending on your belief in the Gender Fairy.
Excellent paper, Helen. New and insightful thoughts, as ever!
Your description of people with a saviour complex brought to my mind Michelle Telfer here in Australia, Chief of Medicine at the RCH Melbourne and lead author of the Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines (ASCTG) for Trans and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents.
Earlier this year, Telfer was called as an expert witness in a Family Court case by a mother seeking to subject her son to gender-affirming 'treatment'; the mother lost, the father was given sole parental responsibility. The judge (Justice Andrew Strum) had nothing positive to say about Telfer's 'evidence' or performance as a witness. It is worthwhile reading the full judgment, which can be found here: https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/FedCFamC1F/2025/211.html
Telfer is referred to as 'Associate Professor L,' but Justice Strum permitted her identity to be known (which most people informed in this area could have guessed anyway). He took issue with her activist stance [Paras 10 and 11], pointed out the circularity of her reliance on the ASCTG, which she authored [Para. 70], repudiated her suggestion that the Cass Report stands in a tradition of oppression starting with the Nazis [Para. 106], and described as 'experimental, rather than therapeutic, medicine' her speculation, regarding the boy in question, that a 'biopsy might remove testicular tissue which could be frozen in the "hope" that medical progress might, in the future, enable use to be made thereof for reproductive purposes, in lieu of sperm.' [Para. 145]
I look forward to the remaining parts of your address and I hope you've another book in the works, one which dismantles the pseudoscience that is so-called gender medicine.
The logic here is impeccable. I have restacked, and I look forward immensely to parts 2 and 3.
'... Well, the people working in gender medicine are performing the rituals of medicine:... ' as happens with 'cargo cults' - religious and social movements, mainly in Pacific Island societies post-World War II, involving 'rituals' that mimic Western behaviours, like building airstrips out of bamboo, to attract material goods ("cargo").
Helen I am looking forward to reading the rest. What I like so far is the drilling down into the essence of what is driving this gender delusion. The conversation about the fact of the delusion is important but the why of the delusion needs to be exposed. It is helpful for those needing to combat this to understand it’s essence but also for those proponents to be faced with the reality of their decisions and choices. This goes beyond rhetoric which is sorely needed. Keep going Helen! You are the right woman at the right time.
Jane
I agree wholeheartedly with the tooth fairy hypothesis. It’s a framing error.
If you start with the hypothesis that these men have:
A drive to hide their sex by compulsively imitating the opposite sex
It provides a wonderfully rational explanation for everything from the word “gender” (hiding sex), to grooming, language, delusion, and violence.
It is all 100% in service of hiding their sex, including the higher levels of organization of inducing cooperative sex masking in medicine, law, language, and social systems.
Why? Because in doing so they avoid male aggression and gain access to female enclaves.
Where did this behavior come from?
Humans evolved in ways which made the behavior quite easy. The behavior is present in many animals, and studied in different biological sciences.
It’s called sex mimicry.
Studying tooth fairy optimization fails when you don’t grasp its about the parent.
Studying “transgender” fails if you don’t grasp it’s only about hiding actual sex. Being the opposite sex is an impossibility, as is the existence of a tooth fairy.
Gender is as fictitious as humours, pixies, and aether.