A recent poll on gender identity issues suffers from the same flaw as abortion polling. Intentional or not, the poll used loaded language or unclear terms that tilted the respondents toward liberal answers.
Advocates for transgender people march from the South Dakota governor's mansion to the Capitol in Pierre, S.D., on March 11, to protest a proposed ban on transgender girls and women from female sports leagues.issues suffers from the same flaw as abortion polling. Intentional or not, the poll used loaded language or unclear terms that tilted the respondents toward liberal answers.
First, the term “gender-affirming care” means the opposite of what the plain language understanding would indicate. Since it is not possible for someone to actually change their gender, “gender-affirming care” sounds like helping a person who struggles with gender dysphoria come to a healthy understanding that they have a mental health issue, but it can be treated, or at least managed.
The poll does not mention drugs and surgeries nor explain what “gender-affirming” means. In many ways, then, this poll is similar to abortion polling, which often did not, which allowed abortion through all nine months of pregnancy.
A good poll question might say, “Some states want to prohibit 14-year-old girls from permanently removing healthy breast tissue and eliminating their ability toof individuals who struggle with gender identity issues will eventually grow out of this confusion. Do you support a law that would require individuals to wait until they are 25 years old before taking hormones or having surgery?”
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