"Talking Cures"

The famous "Talking cures" bit from the Hecklers debate;

http://www.pfc.org.uk/node/1544

She has since said that she does not mean "reparative therapy" (also known as "aversion therapy") when she says "talking cures" However it is not clear what "talking cures" is supposed to mean. If it means "You shouldn't be trans and you shouldn't have a sex change because it is wrong because gender is only a social construction" then I personally can't see much difference between that at reparative therapy.

Reparative therapy has been known to cause trauma, depression and suicidal tendencies in its victims.

If she means "I understand your pain but you still can't have a sex change because gender is a social construct not a biologically determined situation." then I don't see how that is going to help transgendered people, especially transsexuals.

I think there seems to be a recurring theme here; namely that there is a problem with social constructionism. It clearly cannot explain away the presence of transgendered people. Our mere existence would seem to demonstrate its inadequacy as a theory of human behaviour. if social constructionism were correct then the only trans people would be those who were deliberately brought up to be the opposite sex by their parents.

Maybe this is the reason why JB is so opposed to transgendered people?