{"id":35048,"date":"2024-10-15T22:21:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T22:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/should-puberty-blockers-hormone-therapy-and-gender-reassignment-surgery-be-available-to-minors\/"},"modified":"2024-10-15T22:21:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T22:21:31","slug":"should-puberty-blockers-hormone-therapy-and-gender-reassignment-surgery-be-available-to-minors","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/should-puberty-blockers-hormone-therapy-and-gender-reassignment-surgery-be-available-to-minors\/","title":{"rendered":"Should puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and gender reassignment surgery be available to minors?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 25px 0px 5px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"margin: 5px; font-size: 30px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;Final Paper<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"color: var(--color-1); font-size: 22px; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Assignment<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"color: var(--color-1); font-size: 18px; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Required Resources<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Read\/review the following resources for this activity:<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Textbook: Chapter 13&nbsp;\n<p><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"none\">Bassham, G., Irwin, W., Nardone, H., &amp; Wallace, J. (2023).&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"none\">Critical thinking<\/span><\/i><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"none\">&nbsp;(7th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Lesson<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your &#8220;Argumentative Paper Checklist&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 40px 0px 20px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\">Instructions<\/h4>\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 0px 0px; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.3; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 5px 0px 2px; font-weight: 700; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1; cursor: auto;\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-controls=\"kl_panel_0_content\"><span style=\"margin-top: -8px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><a style=\"padding: 10px 10px 10px 30px; font-weight: 400; font-size: 1em; cursor: auto;\">Course Project Overview<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Week 7 Assignment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This week, all the hard work you have done in researching your topic and issue will come to fruition in your argumentative paper. Address the requirements below to complete your paper:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Follow the directions in the assigned textbook reading on how to write an argumentative essay on the issue you chose in Week 1.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Write a 4\u20136 page argumentative essay on your chosen topic.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Be sure your essay contains the following:&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">An opening paragraph<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>that states a clear thesis that is focused, plausible, and arguable and that gives direction and purpose to the paper&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A fair-minded, balanced, and objective development of<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the pros and cons of the issue<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>in a well-organized sequence of ideas, free of mechanical errors&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Credible, reliable, and authoritative<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>evidence<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>in support of the points made&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A minimum of<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">five<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">authoritative sources<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>that support your claim<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A strong conclusion<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>that summarizes your views, reminds the audience of the issue and its importance, and shows in brief that you have successfully defended your thesis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Once you feel you have got the final draft, try to put the paper aside, even for a few hours, and then read it again.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Consider these questions when you review your paper:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Did you address at least three aspects of the issue you chose?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Does each aspect have relevant and authoritative evidence in support of your point?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Have you included a view that is in opposition to your viewpoint, and have you answered that opposing view, pointing out its flaws in such a way as to refute it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Edit your paper<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Look for wordiness, repetition, vagueness, and ambiguity.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Check the organization of the paper as a whole; make sure each paragraph maintains focus.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">After you are satisfied that the content of your paper is good, carefully proofread it and correct mechanical errors.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 40px 0px 20px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\">Writing Requirements<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Length: 4\u20136 pages (not including title page or references page)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1-inch margins&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Double spaced&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">12-point Times New Roman font&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Title page&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">References page&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 40px 0px 20px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\">G<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 40px 0px 20px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\">Outcomes<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">CO\u202f4: Evaluate arguments by applying standard tests.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">CO\u202f5: Evaluate the role of cognitive bias and fallacies of relevance in critical reasoning and decision-making.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">CO\u202f6: Apply principles of critical reasoning to political, educational, economic, and\/or social issues.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">CO\u202f7: Create a fallacy-free argument that incorporates principles of ethical decision-making.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Refernces:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Annotated<br \/>\nBibliography<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Turban,<br \/>\nJ. L., King, D., Carswell, J. M., &amp; Keuroghlian, A. S. (2020).<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> Pubertal<\/i><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>suppression for transgender youth and<br \/>\nrisk of suicidal ideation<\/span><\/i><\/b><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">.&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Pediatrics<\/i>,&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">145<\/i>(2).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/publications.aap.org\/pediatrics\/article-abstract\/145\/2\/e20191725\/68259<\/span><\/b><\/a><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Littman, L. (2020). <i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The use of methodologies in<br \/>\nLittman (2018) is consistent with the use of methodologies in other studies<br \/>\ncontributing to the field of Gender Dysphoria research: Response to Restar <\/i>(2019).&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Archives<br \/>\nof Sexual Behavior<\/i>,&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">49<\/i>(1), 67-77. <\/span><\/b><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10508-020-01631-z<\/span><\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Pang, K. C., Notini, L., McDougall, R., Gillam, L., Savulescu,<br \/>\nJ., Wilkinson, D., &#8230; &amp; Lantos, J. D. (2020).<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> Long-term puberty<br \/>\nsuppression for a nonbinary teenager<\/i>.&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Pediatrics<\/i>,&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">145<\/i>(2).<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/publications.aap.org\/pediatrics\/article-abstract\/145\/2\/e20191606\/68237<\/span><\/b><\/a><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Mahfouda,<br \/>\nS. (2023). <i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Biological underpinnings, mental health and gender-affirming medical<br \/>\ninterventions: An examination of urgent research priorities in transgender and<br \/>\ngender non-conforming children and adolescents.<\/i><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/research-repository.uwa.edu.au\/en\/publications\/biological-underpinnings-mental-health-and-gender-affirming-medic<\/span><\/b><\/a><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Langendyk,<br \/>\nV. (2021).&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The ethics of puberty blocking treatment for adolescents<br \/>\nunder the age of 16 diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria<\/i>&nbsp;(Doctoral<br \/>\ndissertation, Macquarie University).<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/figshare.mq.edu.au\/ndownloader\/files\/37957485<\/span><\/b><\/a><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Final Paper Assignment Required Resources Read\/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 13&nbsp; Bassham, G., Irwin, W., Nardone, H., &amp; Wallace, J. 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