Episode Transcript: #1509 - Abigail Shrier
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Hello Abigail, how are you? I'm doing great. How are you? Thanks for doing this appreciate it
Thanks so much for having me on irreversible damage the transgender craze seducing our daughters
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That's a hot buttons object right that is a this is a minefield. It shouldn't be though. No, it really shouldn't be
No, it shouldn't be but so I think we should probably establish some things like up front right
Some people surely as adults are transgender, of course. Yes, of course. I interviewed a lot of them and
We fully support that absolutely. Okay. I have friends who fall into that category your concern is about
Very young children that teenage girls has nothing to do with adults who are transgender
Okay, many of whom are amazing people
They you know went through mental health, you know therapy and they decided they made this decisions
they suffered with discomfort in their bodies from the time they were young and
As adults they made a decision to transition fully support them has nothing to do with my book what what what?
Was the motivation to write this book and if it's about teenagers, why is there a very young girl on the cover?
Well, this is like the cover it looks like a little girl year old right it does
I mean I decided to cover but I I think I think the cover is very good
I because I think it's supposed to evoke what we've lost in our a whole generation. Well. Yeah, she's that I assume her uterus
Infertility is what yeah. Oh infertility. Yeah, that's what that's what happens
I mean I I involved in this this wasn't a personal issue for me. In fact, it was an issue originally
I thought I was gonna avoid a reader wrote to me
I write most often for the Wall Street Journal and a reader wrote to me and she said listen