The narrative about childhood transition that transgender activists have been selling is slowly crumbling. Last week, Reuters published an investigation into the exponential increase in teenage girls wanting to transition, acknowledging that referrals to gender clinics have been overrepresented by this population. For many, their gender dysphoria is influenced by their peers and social media.

For anyone who’s been following this issue for a while, you may be thinking, “Oh, really?” The piece also described a variety of reasons why a young woman may want to live as a man, including mental health issues besides gender dysphoria, hatred of her body, sexism, and not wanting to be sexualized due to being female.