What have young women in common with adult men?

Thread from 24th January 2025

"The University of York study shows a sharp rise in the number of girls with such concerns, with twice as many cases as in boys."

Epidemiology of gender dysphoria and gender incongruence in children and young people attending primary care practices in England: retrospective cohort study

Objective To examine trends in diagnosis of gender dysphoria and related conditions in children and young people attending primary care practices in England. Design Longitudinal analysis of electronic primary care records from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) Aurum database linked to …

Instructions for authorsArchives of Disease in Childhood

The same has happened here.

Are we investigating the reasons why? https://archive.ph/N3qa3

"The research shows that from 2015 onwards, the number of cases rose more rapidly in those recorded as female than those recorded as male by  their family doctors, and were about twice as high by 2021."

Prior to the significant rise in 2015 these were the figures for children from Ireland referred to the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) at the Tavistock (another one later confirmed was referred in 2009); less than five more to University College Hospital London also.

A study of those with suspected or confirmed gender dysphoria between 2005 and 2014 in St. Columcille's found that

"159 of the patients were MTF and 59 were FTM, accounting for 72.9% and 27.1% of the cohort,.."

So almost three quarters were adult men.

Between ages 16 - 18 there were 110 women to 46 men. Yet aged 51+ the sexes were reversed with 3 women to 63 men in the 2023 report on the Register of Gender Recognition:

What can young women possibly have in common with adult men?