Why on earth is anybody still supporting Mermaids? Systematic Institutional FailuresThanks for reading Erica White Writes! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. I’ve been shocked about a lot of things over the last few days. The things that were already public knowledge about Mermaids are shocking enough; the sixteenth birthday penis removal holiday; the data breach; the suicide baiting; the lifelong medicalisation of teenagers, many of whom are autistic, lesbian or gay; the links to disgraced doctor, Webberley; the judge who barred Mermaids from contacting a child whose mother was forcing him into transition; the sending of breast binders to children without parental knowledge or consent; the mixed age forums and events (13-19 anybody?); the admission that not only were senior Mermaids staff not any kind of experts, they had not even read the Cass review; the list of serious institutional failings goes on and on.
And I can concur as another child who was abused and raped that my parents just hoped I'd put it aside like a bad dream and pretend I could get on with life as a nice normal girl.
awesome Ceri.
And I can concur as another child who was abused and raped that my parents just hoped I'd put it aside like a bad dream and pretend I could get on with life as a nice normal girl.
That didn't work out...