The “coming of age” for those that live in the United States, is set at eighteen years of age, of which that coming of age for those that turn 18, signifies that a child has now transitioned to being recognized legally as an adult, with all the incumbent rights, thereof. The thing is though, within the United States, there are exceptions to this coming of age, of which the most notable exceptions would be the consumption of alcohol, so set at 21, as well as that being the same age set for the smoking of cigarettes and vaping; and in those States which have legalized cannabis, that minimum age is also fixed at 21. So then, strange as it might so appear, that while 18 is age that one can join the military, and thus fight for their nation and risk their own life in doing so, they aren’t able to legally smoke or drink.
In our modern era, there are a small subset of people that are interested in transitioning from one sex/gender to another one. As might be expected, the age of consent for doing so, is basically set at the age of 18, but there are exceptions to this age, which thus permits at an even younger age for puberty blockers to be issued for children, as well as for hormone treatment, and there are even recommendations by certain organizations such as The World Professional Association for Transgender Health that as reported by apnews.com, which are now stating that puberty blockers may be appropriate to prescribe as early as the age of 14, and some surgeries should be done as early as the age of 15.
Whether or not this seems to be sensible, should be answered by the understanding that there is nothing much more that could be more life changing, than the changing of one’s sex/gender so done through the usage of puberty blockers, hormone treatment, and medical surgery. This would seem to indicate, that we have a great deal of inconsistency in regards to the salient fact that certain aspects of adulthood are not legal until the age of 21, but somehow we find that those that are the greatest proponents of sex/gender change are pushing for the age of consent to be ever lower, for that which would seem to be literally life changing.
Further to the point, to somehow believe that young adults, or those that are not even legally adult, know what is always best or wise for them, seems seriously misplaced. So too, to believe that everyone within the medical profession always has the best interests in mind for those that they engage with, is also misplaced, as appallingly demonstrated through the typically hidden history of errant human medical experiments or procedures, wittingly or unwittingly performed upon fellow human beings who thus then have suffered from the ill effects of that which harmed them.
The powers that be in America, have demonstrated in recent history, that they believe that those that are legally adults should have some restrictions placed upon them, in regards to their personal choices, so of. One then would logically think that when it comes to a given person’s sex/gender change, that the Federal government would want to step in and have in place, appropriate restrictions, so done on behalf of these young adults, or soon to be adults, as a sensible protection for them, because the long-term effects of such, positive or negative, is not definitively known.