渴望变性的儿童数量呈增长趋势
<p>医学杂志《儿科学》日前刊登几份研究报告称，认为自己生错了性别，从而得到家长和医生的支持，接受变性治疗的青少年甚至更小的儿童虽然数量不大，但正逐渐增加。该问题引起了伦理质疑，一些专家要求对此采取谨慎态度。</p><p>洛杉矶一名8岁的2年级学童出生时是个女孩，但在18个月时“他”宣布“我是个男孩”，并且一直坚持这么认为。“他”的家人一开始很震惊，但现在已把“他”看成男孩，并准备在“他”出现最初的青春期特征后就开始治疗。对此，波士顿儿童医院性别认同医疗中心负责人斯帕克认为，儿科医生们需要知道这些孩子存在并应该接受治疗。改换性别角色，偶尔假扮成另一种性别对于小孩子来说很普遍。但这些孩子不同。他们很确定自己生错了性别。据估计大约1万名儿童中就有1名有这样的问题。</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="teens">teens</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="younger">younger</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wrong">wrong</span> <span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="doctors">doctors</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="sex">sex</span>-<span word="changing">changing</span> <span word="treatments">treatments</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reports">reports</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="journal">journal</span> <span word="Pediatrics">Pediatrics</span>。</p><p><span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="raises">raises</span> <span word="ethical">ethical</span> <span word="questions">questions</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="urge">urge</span> <span word="caution">caution</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="treating">treating</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="puberty">puberty</span>-<span word="blocking">blocking</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hormones">hormones</span>。</p><p><span word="An">An</span> 8-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="second">second</span>-<span word="grader">grader</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Los">Los</span> <span word="Angeles">Angeles</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="typical">typical</span> <span word="patient">patient</span>. <span word="Born">Born</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="girl">girl</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="at">at</span> 18 <span word="months">months</span>, "<span word="I">I</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="boy">boy</span>" <span word="and">and</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="stuck">stuck</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="belief">belief</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="shocked">shocked</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="refers">refers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="boy">boy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="watching">watching</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="signs">signs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="puberty">puberty</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="begin">begin</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span>, <span word="his">his</span> <span word="mother">mother</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Associated">Associated</span> <span word="Press">Press</span>。</p>
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