putting the gender war stuff aside, on a biological level, "brain maturity at 25" is pseduoscience
"Helen Joyce...said: “Given that we know the vast majority of elective mastectomies relating to gender identity are performed on girls who haven’t reached the crucial age of brain maturity at 25, the sharp rise in the number of these surgeries in recent years is a tragedy."
November 1, 2026 at 6:21 PM
putting the gender war stuff aside, on a biological level, "brain maturity at 25" is pseduoscience
Weird how this "crucial age of brain maturity at 25" argument is never employed anywhere outside of the "trans debate", by genocidal freaks like Helen Joyce. It's also just a complete bullshit (deliberately) misleading interpretation of the data. It isn't "crucial... maturity" at. all.
"Helen Joyce...said: “Given that we know the vast majority of elective mastectomies relating to gender identity are performed on girls who haven’t reached the crucial age of brain maturity at 25, the sharp rise in the number of these surgeries in recent years is a tragedy."
November 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Weird how this "crucial age of brain maturity at 25" argument is never employed anywhere outside of the "trans debate", by genocidal freaks like Helen Joyce. It's also just a complete bullshit (deliberately) misleading interpretation of the data. It isn't "crucial... maturity" at. all.
“the crucial age of brain maturity at 25”
November 1, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“the crucial age of brain maturity at 25”
The entire brain maturity thing at 25 is literally bunk
That’s not when the brain “matures”, that’s just where they ended that study
That’s not when the brain “matures”, that’s just where they ended that study
November 1, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The entire brain maturity thing at 25 is literally bunk
That’s not when the brain “matures”, that’s just where they ended that study
That’s not when the brain “matures”, that’s just where they ended that study
Oh not the bloody ‘brain maturity at 25’ bollocks.
This was always going to be the next step. Limit transition for ‘under 25s’ as part of Cass panic then undermine all trans healthcare
This was always going to be the next step. Limit transition for ‘under 25s’ as part of Cass panic then undermine all trans healthcare
"Helen Joyce...said: “Given that we know the vast majority of elective mastectomies relating to gender identity are performed on girls who haven’t reached the crucial age of brain maturity at 25, the sharp rise in the number of these surgeries in recent years is a tragedy."
November 1, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Oh not the bloody ‘brain maturity at 25’ bollocks.
This was always going to be the next step. Limit transition for ‘under 25s’ as part of Cass panic then undermine all trans healthcare
This was always going to be the next step. Limit transition for ‘under 25s’ as part of Cass panic then undermine all trans healthcare
Such Trump like behavior. We need maturity
Leeanne Locken: This Is Called Maturity. Try It.
Alt: Leeanne Locken: This Is Called Maturity. Try It.
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November 1, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Such Trump like behavior. We need maturity
the "brain maturity at 25" thing is debunked pseudoscience that makes no categorical sense, but what's the through-line here? everyone under 25 to be considered a child?
"Helen Joyce...said: “Given that we know the vast majority of elective mastectomies relating to gender identity are performed on girls who haven’t reached the crucial age of brain maturity at 25, the sharp rise in the number of these surgeries in recent years is a tragedy."
November 1, 2026 at 2:42 PM
the "brain maturity at 25" thing is debunked pseudoscience that makes no categorical sense, but what's the through-line here? everyone under 25 to be considered a child?
That headline is now 18 years old, and has thus officially reached maturity. I, who will never tire of posting it, not so much
October 31, 2026 at 9:30 AM
That headline is now 18 years old, and has thus officially reached maturity. I, who will never tire of posting it, not so much
This kid had more maturity and emotional intelligence than 90% of the men I work with…
October 31, 2026 at 6:10 AM
This kid had more maturity and emotional intelligence than 90% of the men I work with…
Oh, does she mean the mythical and thoroughly debunked age of "brain maturity" because the original study only went up to 25 and subsequent studies found there was no set age limit and brains constantly adapt throughout your life.
November 1, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Oh, does she mean the mythical and thoroughly debunked age of "brain maturity" because the original study only went up to 25 and subsequent studies found there was no set age limit and brains constantly adapt throughout your life.
we agreed on an age that defines maturity and when people can be fully responsible for their own actions: 18. notice how the brain maturity pseudoscience aims to push more people into institutionalized infantilization & therefore less autonomy, rights, power (therefore easier to be abused)
"Helen Joyce...said: “Given that we know the vast majority of elective mastectomies relating to gender identity are performed on girls who haven’t reached the crucial age of brain maturity at 25, the sharp rise in the number of these surgeries in recent years is a tragedy."
November 2, 2026 at 2:15 PM
we agreed on an age that defines maturity and when people can be fully responsible for their own actions: 18. notice how the brain maturity pseudoscience aims to push more people into institutionalized infantilization & therefore less autonomy, rights, power (therefore easier to be abused)
If 25 is when your brain reaches maturity then surely we'd better stop 16 to 24 year old's joining the military, you know since their brain's has not reached maturity
November 2, 2026 at 12:39 PM
If 25 is when your brain reaches maturity then surely we'd better stop 16 to 24 year old's joining the military, you know since their brain's has not reached maturity
Fuck that lie of brain maturity.
"Helen Joyce...said: “Given that we know the vast majority of elective mastectomies relating to gender identity are performed on girls who haven’t reached the crucial age of brain maturity at 25, the sharp rise in the number of these surgeries in recent years is a tragedy."
November 1, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Fuck that lie of brain maturity.
Boxers swelling into puffy pampers as all of your maturity and smarts are drained from you by some daycare brat you were scolding...
November 1, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Boxers swelling into puffy pampers as all of your maturity and smarts are drained from you by some daycare brat you were scolding...
people talking about “brain maturity” like that’s a real thing
November 1, 2026 at 7:51 PM
people talking about “brain maturity” like that’s a real thing
Teenage violinist wins BBC Young Musician 2026, after first all-female final
Teenage violinist wins BBC Young Musician 2026, after first all-female final
Judges hail Sofia Demetriades’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto as full of insights, poetry and maturity
A teenage violinist has won the BBC Young Musician competition 2026, in the first all-female final in the competition’s 48-year history.
The judges, Joanna MacGregor, Ben Gernon and Errollyn Wallen, hailed Sofia Demetriades’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto as full of insights, poetry and maturity. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Teenage violinist wins BBC Young Musician 2026, after first all-female final
Shedding their squeaky-clean pop image, Brian Wilson wrote and produced the band’s 1971 album Fuck The Beach. Misunderstood at the time, critics today laud its maturity and sophistication. The cover art - a photograph of Mike Love shooting a dog in the face - remains a strident statement of intent.
October 31, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Shedding their squeaky-clean pop image, Brian Wilson wrote and produced the band’s 1971 album Fuck The Beach. Misunderstood at the time, critics today laud its maturity and sophistication. The cover art - a photograph of Mike Love shooting a dog in the face - remains a strident statement of intent.
Of course the pacifier grants you a ram's strength and maturity. There's no way a lamb could push so much into their diaper.
November 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Of course the pacifier grants you a ram's strength and maturity. There's no way a lamb could push so much into their diaper.
Christopher Wood was fond of flowers as a subject, and this painting from 1925 (influenced by van Gogh) shows a degree of maturity by which his pictures from this period were characterised. This work also reveals his understanding of colour and harmony.
November 1, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Christopher Wood was fond of flowers as a subject, and this painting from 1925 (influenced by van Gogh) shows a degree of maturity by which his pictures from this period were characterised. This work also reveals his understanding of colour and harmony.
"Helen Joyce...said: “Given that we know the vast majority of elective mastectomies relating to gender identity are performed on girls who haven’t reached the crucial age of brain maturity at 25, the sharp rise in the number of these surgeries in recent years is a tragedy."
November 1, 2026 at 11:55 AM
"Helen Joyce...said: “Given that we know the vast majority of elective mastectomies relating to gender identity are performed on girls who haven’t reached the crucial age of brain maturity at 25, the sharp rise in the number of these surgeries in recent years is a tragedy."
oh it is 100% a curse to be beheld. maturity is understanding that the thing you wanted is Not It
October 31, 2026 at 3:18 PM
oh it is 100% a curse to be beheld. maturity is understanding that the thing you wanted is Not It
Psychologist here 🙋♂️ This deployment of "brain maturity" in this way is total, total bollocks.
"Helen Joyce...said: “Given that we know the vast majority of elective mastectomies relating to gender identity are performed on girls who haven’t reached the crucial age of brain maturity at 25, the sharp rise in the number of these surgeries in recent years is a tragedy."
November 1, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Psychologist here 🙋♂️ This deployment of "brain maturity" in this way is total, total bollocks.
Like if you want to argue that myelination specifically (which helps with executive function as it wraps up in the PFC, but that's not "maturity" either) is synonymous with maturity you have to accept that a 25-30 year old is about twice as mature as a 2 year old which, lol, no.
November 1, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Like if you want to argue that myelination specifically (which helps with executive function as it wraps up in the PFC, but that's not "maturity" either) is synonymous with maturity you have to accept that a 25-30 year old is about twice as mature as a 2 year old which, lol, no.
Must be because they've reached the age of 25 and are at peak brain maturity - or is that rigidity!
November 1, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Must be because they've reached the age of 25 and are at peak brain maturity - or is that rigidity!
some people need to seriously grow up...
-sincerely, a person with his own maturity problems
-sincerely, a person with his own maturity problems
November 1, 2026 at 4:05 AM
some people need to seriously grow up...
-sincerely, a person with his own maturity problems
-sincerely, a person with his own maturity problems