Time: 47:58. To answer John's question, yes we should see these people as needing help. The problem in society is that we never want to believe we need help. We are hyper-individualistic and therefore lack a self-awareness of our own needs for help. It's no different than if a friend of yours is putting on a "happy face" yet deep down their spirits are in turmoil and they are dealing with crippling depression. We need to be more open to real help, not affirming help, but real help. I know a lot of transgender individuals and when I look at them or have conversations with them, I see nothing but pain in their eyes. Absolutely we should think these people need help because these people objectively need help. As fellow humans it's not our jobs to ignore the issue, it's our job to get them help. Just like we would a drug addict (or at least should) or a schizophrenic.
Time: 47:58. To answer John's question, yes we should see these people as needing help. The problem in society is that we never want to believe we need help. We are hyper-individualistic and therefore lack a self-awareness of our own needs for help. It's no different than if a friend of yours is putting on a "happy face" yet deep down their spirits are in turmoil and they are dealing with crippling depression. We need to be more open to real help, not affirming help, but real help. I know a lot of transgender individuals and when I look at them or have conversations with them, I see nothing but pain in their eyes. Absolutely we should think these people need help because these people objectively need help. As fellow humans it's not our jobs to ignore the issue, it's our job to get them help. Just like we would a drug addict (or at least should) or a schizophrenic.