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From what I can see, the subpopulation of (especially) Aspergirls succumbing to gender ideology actually has virtually nothing to do with her own age itself – it has everything to do with her mother: Those with well-adjusted mothers (and/or fathers) – or even those who broke away from a toxic mother while they could – tend to remain the happiest, healthiest and most‑confident girls of all. On the other hand, those with insecure and overbearing mothers (especially if their fathers are lost or divorced) are dragged down, and their depression (the correct and reasonable response to this abuse) gets systematically misblamed on an internal issue – and after eliminating all other known factors (because there's nothing at all wrong with the girl herself) and the system ageistly accepting the mother's gaslighting (and DARVO) as more “mature” than the girl's valid testimony against her mother (even though these kinds of mothers couldn't be LESS mature emotionally), the FtM path is hence rubber‑stamped.

Boomer mothers are, of course, the most-likely to doom their daughters thusly…

Not only are “detransition rates” the exact-same red herring as hardware “failure rates”, but the scariest thing for me is that the ultimate rebuttal to this decrepit mentality was right in my Mum's own office between 1997 and 2007 or so – a substandard Goldair Turbo-Convector heater (well compliant with the inadequate official standard at the time, but not safe in reality), with top grilles made from ordinary nylon (not a proper high-temperature plastic as reputable manufacturers, namely Kambrook and IXL here in Australia, may have used) and utterly inadequate for the temperature reached (around 130°C for most portable convectors on full power; wire-element fan heaters are generally able to stay below 100°C, but PTC models are mostly just as hot as the fanless types).

0% chance (near enough) of failure within the 2-year warranty; 100% guaranteed to lethally fall apart after a mere decade of average use (after which the now-exposed elements can easily ignite dropped papers, or electrocute a child), whereas 40+ years is no big deal for a properly-made convector (as observed in the very-collectible Belling Champions, built back when British Engineering was an honour – most of them still work fine on their original heating elements). After a few lives were undoubtedly lost, everyone gave up on the “cool touch” plastic idea and went back to idiot‑proof metal grilles.

Speaking of heaters, it's hilarious how many 'Muricans are so scared of portable fan heaters but perfectly happy to use giant central versions ("electric furnaces"), even though that completely and utterly misses the points of central heating; here in Australia where we have 240V rather than 120V at normal outlets, we can draw up to 2400W with a sensible 10A.

I can attest that I only needed two of them to get the old house (only modestly-insulated) plenty warm – pretty awesome from something small enough to carry in one hand, right?

Besides, Kambrook understands perfectly well how to make them safely (as does DēLonghi), as they've never had to recall a heater they've made (and very little else, either); unlike Goldair…

For small rooms I've tried a 500W model – sold as "personal" (not the proper use for fan heaters, but they obviously don't want people expecting it to handle a large space) and although rather cheaply-made and far from ideally-designed (and two power settings rather than just on/off would be nice), they still work well enough.

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