Re: General Discussions Reply #1905 – July 22, 2024, 03:10:56 pm Agree with LP, Medical Resources are limited and there has to be proper criteria to be part of any study and unless you are a biological woman I cant see how you qualify for R/D into endometriosis and early onset menopause.Reality and common sense has to be the priority and not have gender ID issues as part of the framework for discussion, thats for another study. Quote Selected 2 Likes
Re: General Discussions Reply #1906 – July 22, 2024, 03:13:58 pm Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on July 22, 2024, 03:10:56 pmReality and common sense has to be the priority and not have gender ID issues as part of the framework for discussion, thats for another study.Yep, why was it included?It feels either a political or mental health issue, and either seems a waste of funds. Quote Selected
Re: General Discussions Reply #1907 – July 22, 2024, 03:21:09 pm Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on July 22, 2024, 03:10:56 pmAgree with LP, Medical Resources are limited and there has to be proper criteria to be part of any study and unless you are a biological woman I cant see how you qualify for R/D into endometriosis and early onset menopause.Reality and common sense has to be the priority and not have gender ID issues as part of the framework for discussion, thats for another study.What is this "common sense" thing you speak of? Where does one obtain it? Online or in store only? Please elaborate as i'd like to get me a few dozen to hand out as gifts to people. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: General Discussions Reply #1908 – July 22, 2024, 03:22:06 pm Quote from: Gointocarlton – on July 22, 2024, 03:21:09 pmWhat is this "common sense" thing you speak of? Where does one obtain it? Online or in store only? Please elaborate as i'd like to get me a few dozen to hand out as gifts to people.Facebook Trader, going cheap! Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: General Discussions Reply #1909 – July 22, 2024, 03:24:29 pm Quote from: LP – on July 22, 2024, 03:13:58 pmYep, why was it included?It feels either a political or mental health issue, and either seems a waste of funds.Probably a bit of both, trying to be fair, there maybe issues of phantom symptoms after hormone treatments, surgery etc where a transgender female might experience pain or other problems similar to those being studied etc but that is for a different study and separate funding if available. This study is catering to a majority group with specific criteria and you cant include every medical segway, as we all know there are many conditions that affect minorities but the money/facilities just isnt there and why we have the many fundraisers we see today. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: General Discussions Reply #1910 – July 22, 2024, 03:32:09 pm https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-disease/endometriosis-in-australia/contents/endometriosisYou may want to read the report before jumping to wild, transphobic conclusions, and you really should post a link to the original source document rather than resort to cheap sensationalist clickbait. Fear not, your precious taxpayer dollars are safe. Just like they're safe from people faking their indigenous status to gain advantage, or faking disability to gain advantage. Funny how the only demographic which seems to escape your razor sharp intellectual and analytical prowess is the one to whom you belong : the True Blue, little Aussie battler, doing it tougher than everyone else, honest as the day is long, pure in heart and spirit, and of course, never guilty of anything. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: General Discussions Reply #1911 – July 22, 2024, 03:35:31 pm Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on July 22, 2024, 03:24:29 pmThis study is catering to a majority group with specific criteria and you cant include every medical segway, as we all know there are many conditions that affect minorities but the money/facilities just isnt there and why we have the many fundraisers we see today.A few years ago there was the famous case right here in Australia, a rather famous government official who had transitioned to female late in life, after a long marriage and fathering children, passed from prostate cancer.Maybe not relevant, but a clear example of socially imposed norms bearing no influence over nature, there is an asymmetry at play here between headspace and physiology that has to end before we go right off the rails and waste a lot of money! Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: General Discussions Reply #1912 – July 22, 2024, 03:36:54 pm Quote from: Gointocarlton – on July 22, 2024, 03:21:09 pmWhat is this "common sense" thing you speak of? Where does one obtain it? Online or in store only? Please elaborate as i'd like to get me a few dozen to hand out as gifts to people.Cambridge Dictionary's version of the meaning of common sense:"The basic level of practical knowledge and judgment that we all need to help us live in a reasonable and safe way".Practical knowledge and judgement is in short supply these days imho... Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: General Discussions Reply #1913 – July 22, 2024, 03:42:01 pm Quote from: PaulP – on July 22, 2024, 03:32:09 pmhttps://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-disease/endometriosis-in-australia/contents/endometriosisYou may want to read the report before jumping to wild, transphobic conclusions, and you really should post a link to the original source document rather than resort to cheap sensationalist clickbait.It means nothing @PaulP , we've already stated females that have transitioned to or identify as male are valid cases, it's the reverse that's a waste of money in a physical health study.Being "included" or "inclusive" isn't a good enough reason, and volunteering a response shouldn't be a justification for inclusion either, we have already seen the damage voluntary data like the UK Yellow Card system does to the pandemic statistics. Quote Selected Last Edit: July 22, 2024, 03:44:42 pm by LP
Re: General Discussions Reply #1914 – July 22, 2024, 03:48:50 pm Quote from: LP – on July 22, 2024, 03:42:01 pmIt means nothing @PaulP , we've already stated females that have transitioned to or identify as male are valid cases, it's the reverse that's a waste of money in a physical health study.Being "included" or "inclusive" isn't a good enough reason, and volunteering a response shouldn't be a justification for inclusion either, we have already seen the damage voluntary data like the UK Yellow Card system does to the pandemic statistics.So naturally, you have good evidence that rorting of the system is widespread, and thousands of people are trying it on, and bleeding taxpayers dry ? Bring the receipts. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: General Discussions Reply #1915 – July 22, 2024, 03:54:02 pm Quote from: PaulP – on July 22, 2024, 03:48:50 pmSo naturally, you have good evidence that rorting of the system is widespread, and thousands of people are trying it on, and bleeding taxpayers dry ? Bring the receipts.I've already stated, R&D dollars are rare in Australia, roughly 3% of GDP or 1:30 ratio.We can't waste a cent, no matter how offended some minority might become over the removal of a socially constructed (synthetic) freedom!How big of an expert panel, how many meetings, what number of bureaucrats, what was the lawyer head count, of those who were are involved in such a decision process, we pay for the lot? Quote Selected Last Edit: July 22, 2024, 03:57:45 pm by LP
Re: General Discussions Reply #1916 – July 22, 2024, 03:55:42 pm Quote from: LP – on July 22, 2024, 03:54:02 pmI've already state, R&D dollars are rare in Australia, roughly 3% of GDP or 1:30 ratio.We can't waste a cent, no matter how offended some minority might become over the removal of a socially constructed freedom!So, no evidence. Quote Selected
Re: General Discussions Reply #1917 – July 22, 2024, 04:37:05 pm Quote from: LP – on July 22, 2024, 01:10:36 pmNo, every tax dollar we waste in R&D is worth about $30 in the general economy. Investigating and / or treating superfluous health conditions with wasted tax dollars is a tragedy. It's woke madness.The researchers are begging for funds, and now they have to allocate hard funding for waste targets just to avoid being labelled discriminatory.Further, it will completely distort / bias double blind trials, because some targets aren't genuinely afflicted and never could be afflicted by real world conditions. The extremism inflicting humanity is unquestionable, many called it alarmist when people rallied against transgender in sport, and yet the protestors are and were correct.Given the opportunity, eventually there will be some "bloke" somewhere who mounts a legal challenge claiming being excluded from a women's health trial is discriminatory, this is the way humanity behaves and there is no point denying it! Actually, it could well be more valid to include people who "Identify as Male" than those who identify as Female"!PS; Identify as "Kangaroo", my sexuality "Indeterminate", so my pronouns are "Flyer or Boomer" My family has been here on this land the longest of any, and my ancestors were slaughtered by the 1st human arrivals, I'll be filing for compensation shortly!I think this response just proved Blue Moons point.If you are REALLY worried about tax payers $'s, then there are plenty of bigger fish to fry than going after a minority of a minority included here.As ludicrous as it may be, its a drop in the ocean of where real $'s are being spent. Quote Selected
Re: General Discussions Reply #1918 – July 22, 2024, 04:40:44 pm Quote from: kruddler – on July 22, 2024, 04:37:05 pmI think this response just proved Blue Moons point.If you are REALLY worried about tax payers $'s, then there are plenty of bigger fish to fry than going after a minority of a minority included here.As ludicrous as it may be, its a drop in the ocean of where real $'s are being spent.Money aside, Id rather include more of the majority and those who genuinely qualify to be part of the study given its a major issue for women with the real condition/s in the hope of getting better results. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: General Discussions Reply #1919 – July 22, 2024, 04:41:50 pm Anyone undergone hormone therapy with respect to menopause likely shouldn't be part of a study about endemetriosis and menopause surely? Quote Selected