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Modern WisdomThe Shocking Research On Sexuality They're Trying To Hide - Michael Bailey
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At a glance
WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Retracted Gender Dysphoria Study, Sexuality Science, And Censorship Wars
- Michael Bailey discusses the retraction of his rapid onset gender dysphoria (ROGD) paper, arguing it was driven by activist pressure and publisher cowardice rather than genuine ethical or methodological failings.
- He outlines the study’s findings on adolescent gender dysphoria, mental health comorbidities, and clinician influence, and contrasts social-contagion explanations with the “left-handedness”/social-acceptance model for rising trans identification.
- The conversation broadens into Bailey’s wider research on sexual orientation, paraphilias (including autogynephilia, gynandromorphophilia, acrotomophilia, and autopaedophilia), and sex differences in the rigidity and fluidity of male vs. female sexuality.
- They end by touching on cultural shifts in mating, mate value, and the limits of how much environment can reshape sexual orientation, while highlighting the chilling effects of politicization on sex research.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasThe ROGD paper’s retraction was political, not scientific, according to Bailey.
He maintains the study was methodologically sound, retracted on a technical informed-consent pretext after transgender activists pressured Springer Nature; he argues downloads and media coverage soared post-retraction, creating a Streisand effect.
Rapid onset gender dysphoria appears tied to social contagion and preexisting mental health issues.
In a survey of 1,655 parents, most affected youth were adolescent girls with prior anxiety/depression, no childhood gender dysphoria, high social and ideological influence, and worsening well-being after social transition; parents often felt pressured by “gender specialists” to affirm transition.
Both increased tolerance and social contagion likely contribute to rising trans identification.
Bailey accepts that a more accepting culture lets genuinely dysphoric people come forward, but he also argues that adolescent girls’ social sensitivity, peer dynamics, and the valorization of victim status amplify identity contagion in ways activists resist acknowledging.
Male sexuality is more fixed and paraphilia-prone, female sexuality more fluid and context-sensitive.
He emphasizes strong biological underpinnings for male orientations and paraphilias (e.g., autogynephilia, pedophilia, acrotomophilia), while women show more erotic and romantic flexibility over the life course and greater responsiveness to social and relational environments.
Autogynephilia and related sexual variants are under-studied because activism censors uncomfortable truths.
Bailey argues that activists’ efforts to deny or suppress autogynephilia and other paraphilias in trans populations have impeded research that could actually help those individuals decide if, when, and how to transition or structure their lives.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesThe retraction was a sham. Our article was retracted because of the ideas and the evidence it presented that angered transgender activists and their allies.
— Michael Bailey
Rapid onset gender dysphoria is the explanation of the surge in cases of gender dysphoria that has happened over the past decade and especially the past five years.
— Michael Bailey
Instead of trying to silence our research, it would have been better if the skeptical had done their own studies to try to clarify what they thought was going on.
— Michael Bailey
Autogynephilia is very controversial because trans activists have tried to sweep it under the rug. They're embarrassed by it. I'm not. I don't judge these people.
— Michael Bailey
Why is everyone not a sex researcher? Why is everyone not doing paraphilia sex research?
— Chris Williamson
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