{"id":39119,"date":"2016-05-31T09:44:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T13:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=39119"},"modified":"2016-05-31T09:45:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T13:45:21","slug":"paglia-transgender-mania-is-a-symptom-of-cultural-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=39119","title":{"rendered":"Paglia: \u2018Transgender Mania is a Symptom of Cultural Collapse\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2ae2ae26fd16c09366d99cf93eba6a2e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2ae2ae26fd16c09366d99cf93eba6a2e.jpg\" alt=\"2ae2ae26fd16c09366d99cf93eba6a2e\" width=\"236\" height=\"236\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29653\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/21stcenturywire.com\/2016\/05\/30\/paglia-transgender-mania-is-a-symptom-of-cultural-collapse\/\" target=\"_blank\">21st Century Wire<\/a><\/strong> says\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Does this explain the sudden rise of \u2018transgender mania\u2019 throughout the mainstream media and entertainment complex?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ever since <span id=\"articleText\">North Carolina became <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/05\/29\/supreme-court-may-decide-transgender-bathroom-issue-once-and-for-all\/\" target=\"_blank\">the first U.S. state to require transgender people to use restrooms<\/a> in public buildings and schools that match the sex on their birth certificate rather than their gender identity \u2013 the \u201ctransgender\u201d political issue has dominated American media headlines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"articleText\">Similarly, last year it was reality TV celebrity <strong>Caitlin (Bruce) Jenner<\/strong> who grabbed the lion\u2019s share of media impressions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, all things <em>transgender<\/em> are elevated to prominence.<\/p>\n<p>Author and academic\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Camille_Paglia\" target=\"_blank\">Camille Paglia<\/a> has branded the rise of what she calls \u2018transgender mania\u2019, as a \u2018symptom of cultural collapse\u2019. Paglia <a href=\"http:\/\/cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/sam-dorman\/camille-paglia-transgender-mania-symptom-cultural-collapse\" target=\"_blank\">says<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cSex reassignment surgery, even today with all of its advances, cannot in fact change anyone\u2019s sex.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cUltimately, every single cell in the human body, the DNA in that cell, remains coded for your biological birth.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cI think that the transgender propagandists make wildly inflated claims about the multiplicity of gender.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cEverywhere in the world you find this pattern in ancient times: that as a culture begins to decline, you have an efflorescence of transgender phenomena. That is a symptom of cultural collapse.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Watch the full interview with the author below, where she brands parents who help young children attempt to change their gender as \u2018child abusers\u2019:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MRC TV video player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/140882\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/21stcenturywire.com\/2016\/05\/30\/paglia-transgender-mania-is-a-symptom-of-cultural-collapse\/\">http:\/\/21stcenturywire.com\/2016\/05\/30\/paglia-transgender-mania-is-a-symptom-of-cultural-collapse\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>21st Century Wire says\u2026 Does this explain the sudden rise of \u2018transgender mania\u2019 throughout the mainstream media and entertainment complex? 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