Book · 2020 · Political Science
Irreversible Damage
The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters
Why people recommend it
Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier is a 2020 nonfiction book that examines the sharp surge in adolescent girls adopting transgender identities, attributing the trend largely to social contagion and peer influence. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan repeatedly brought up the book in multiple episodes, praising it as a fantastic and important text that highlights how social clusters among autistic or vulnerable young girls drive these psychological patterns. Libby Emmons and a guest host on Timcast IRL discussed the publication, describing it as a very good book that accurately details how peer groups propagate this modern teenage phenomenon. Dave Rubin recommended the work on The Rubin Report to support his arguments regarding the social contagion elements present in contemporary health education. Megyn Kelly cited the book on her show while praising the author's boldness in addressing controversial cultural subjects. Matt Walsh also referenced the work on The Joe Rogan Experience when analyzing the specific vulnerability of adolescent girls to social trends. Across these podcast appearances, the book was consistently endorsed by cultural commentators as a brave and essential investigation into modern adolescent psychology, medical transitions, and social media influence.
Who recommended it
- Megyn Kelly Recommended
- Jordan Peterson Discussed
- Dave Rubin Recommended
- Joe Rogan Recommended
- Michael Shellenberger Recommended
- Isabel Brown Discussed
- Andrew Doyle Discussed
- Libby Emmons Recommended
- Dr. Jared Ross Discussed
- Matt Walsh Recommended
- Jesse Singal Discussed
- Matt Taibbi Discussed
- Michael Shermer Discussed
- Riley Gaines Discussed
- Arthur Aidala Recommended
Megyn Kelly — 33 mentions
“That's why Abigail Shrier named her book Irreversible Damage. That's what comes next.”
“Abigail Shrier wrote a book about this recently, 'Bad Therapy.' But more and more the schools—especially, I will say, the girls' schools—want the kids to discuss trauma!”
“you got to look at Abigail shrier in her amazing book irreversible damage in 2020”
“that's been documented by Lisa Litman at Brown others like Abigail shrier Wall Street Journal reporter in her book irreversible damage”
“we brought on Abigail shrier about her groundbreaking lifechanging book today the book that people don't want you to read or us to talk about but guess what we're going to do it it's called irreversible damage and it is important the book is about the number of girls who are declaring themselves transgender and how that number is skyrocketing”
“you had Abigail shri's book in 2020 irreversible damage which showed it's a social contagion and then it went to a place where it's like not only is a social contagion like like anorexia can be where you lose a bunch of weight but you put it then back on and you get to the gym and you build muscle”
“Abigail shri's irreversible damage got all sorts of blowback from the Amazon employees who didn't want that published”
“That wasn't that long ago; you were still enough on the other side that Abigail's book was—it’s just that I knew the social and reputational ramifications that I might suffer.”
“One example that really brought this home for me is from Abigail Shrier's article about Kamani James, one of the leaders of the encampment at Columbia.”
“I remember Abigail shrier when she had launched her book we talked about IR reversible damage and she was saying forgive me audience but basically at best what a girl could grow out of her clitorus is a baby carrot”
“Abigail shri's book uh irreversible damage one of the most important books of of the past three four years but Bar None also was suppressed by Amazon”
“and I absolutely love her and her book, um Irreversible Damage, was a a game-changer for me, too.”
“Abigail shrier who wrote the mustre irreversible damage and we talked about how the entire industry of psychotherapy for children”
“when Abigail shrier wrote her book irreversible damage in 2020 there were precious few resources out there for parents struggling with this issue”
“she's brilliant it was her work on which Abigail shrier based irreversible damage in large part”
“one of the first guests we ever had on the show was Abigail schreier who wrote the must read book um irreversible damage and one of the first to sound the alarm on on this social contagion based on Dr Lisa lipman's work at Brown University”
“Abigail schreier had written her beautiful and immensely important book irreversible damage documenting the social contagion sweeping teenage and adolescent girls”
“I mean Abigail schreier writes about that in irreversible damage which I'm sure you're all familiar with it's saying how the parents need to be very careful before just taking your kid into a therapist”
“what's happening in today's day and age as documented by Lisa Lipman at Brown by Abigail schreier in irreversible damage in others is it has become a social contagion where you're totally female daughter at age 16 instead of cutting or resorting to anorexia to deal with the pressures of Youth and teenage and coming of age decides instead she's”
“and by the way uh Dr Sachs in that interview does lay out some of those strategies for the younger ages if you start to see somebody getting pulled into this as does Debra so in her book Abigail schreier does as well”
“she is a contributor to the New Media Company launched by our pal Barry Weiss called The Free Press and author of The must read must read book irreversible damage if you have not read irreversible damage and you care at all about what the trans Community the medical community”
“on minors as Abigail schreier's book calls it irreversible damage can happen just with hormones”
“Abigail schreier who we've talked about her book said indicate nearly 70 percent of kids who experience childhood gender dysphoria and are not affirmed or socially transitioned eventually outgrow it”
“you know abigail schreier writes about you you got to go out of town you got to get rid of the social media you got to take away the phone and you could get your daughter back potentially if you get these influences away from her that are sort of messing with her thinking”
“Abigail Shrier, of course, in her wonderful book Irreversible Damage has taken a deep dive into this, and she's been proven right, I mean, time and time again.”
“That's why Abigail named the book Irreversible Damage.”
“this is definitely something that Abigail Shrier calls attention to in her wonderful book Irreversible Damage.”
“one of the things I love about Abigail's book irreversible damage is she offers real solutions for parents who are going through this”
“abigail schreyer writes about it in her book i've had lots of people on the show talking about it”
“we know from books like abigail schreier's um irreversible damage that the trans thing has become a social contagion”
“If you haven't read her book Irreversible Damage, The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, you have to. You must.”
“Mhm and there's so much regret in so many of these kids when they take drastic measures like Abigail's book says they cause irreversible damage to their bodies because they get sucked into like groups online...”
“everybody should read her book irreversible damage if you haven't already my gosh”
Jordan Peterson — 12 mentions
“I had a period of illness and when I came back to start my podcast up again in earnest, I interviewed Abigail Shrier and she wrote Irreversible Damage.”
“I guess it was 2 years ago when Abigail first put out her book Irreversible Damage.”
“that he had watched Abigail sh shrier and I talk about her book irreversible damage and the harm that gender affirming care care”
“She was the first person I talked to in this new series of podcasts and she had just published her book Irreversible Damage, The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters.”
“So I think it's about 2 years since we talked and if if I remember correctly, you were the first guest I had on again after I more or less got back on my feet and made me very nervous because you'd written this contentious book and I was sure that we'd get trashed to death by YouTube which we”
“With any luck, books like yours along with Shrier's and others will continue to decimate the arguments made on gender transition, especially for minors.”
“She'd just written a book called Irreversible Damage about this absolutely godawful catastrophe on the trans front that physicians and psychologists are collaborating in producing.”
“The first person I interviewed was Abigail Shrier, who just wrote a book called 'Irreversible Damage' about this absolutely god-awful catastrophe on the trans front that physicians and psychologists are collaborating on, producing much to our shame, let's say. I know Abigail had been pilloried by all the usual suspects and tarred and feathered with the brush of disgust and”
“Abigail shrier has documented that quite nicely and in her book uh irreversible damage and it's way more girls than boys”
“irreversible damage the transgender craze seducing our daughters thanks for agreeing to talk to me today”
“um in the book it says in the book schreier accuses social media of playing a driving role in girls decisions to identify as transgender transgender excuse me based on the unproven and contentious hypothesis of rapid onset gender dysphoria she advocates for withholding gender affirming medical care for transgender youth a fringe position not currently supported by most reputable”
“i just interviewed abigail schreier who wrote irreversible damage and she talks about some of the consequences now obviously her book is quite controversial”
Dave Rubin — 9 mentions
“Abigail Shri wrot wrote an incredible book called irreversible damage about just that that there's a social contagion element to this where suddenly because so many kids are being taught taught in seventh grade health class that you can change your gender”
“Abigail shrier I'm sure you know the book irreversible damage wrote an incredible book about the social contagion”
“You mentioned the social contagion part, uh, Abigail Shrier, I'm sure you know the book Irreversible Damage, wrote an incredible book about the social contagion particularly as it pertains to young girls transitioning to boys, not the other way around. I’m wondering, are you hearing from young girls who are in high school now or maybe even younger?”
“So this is what Abigail Shrier's new book is about, because basically what you're saying and what she writes about is that in essence if you were to send a kid who was confused about their gender, which some kids could be part of growing up and puberty and everything else, so you send an 11-year-old girl who thinks she's”
“Well, I can see how this dovetails nicely with Abigail's new book because basically her argument, or the case she's making, is that the entire psychiatric and psychological fields have failed an entire generation.”
“Your previous book, "Irreversible Damage," was about the social contagion as it relates to gender confusion.”
“and you know if you do and this is exactly what abigail's book is about that you referenced earlier uh irreversible damage”
“Same thing, same thing, same thing that happened during COVID same thing that happened, is my physician freezes, they freeze and they're afraid to do anything, they're afraid to say anything.”
“Joining me today for a long overdue interview is author of the new book "Irreversible Damage The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters". Abigail Shrier, welcome to The Rubin Report.”
Joe Rogan — 7 mentions
“And Abigail Shrier wrote a fantastic book about it called irreversible damage that she highlights how they're happening in these clusters of a lot of girls who are autistic.”
“If you look back at Megan Murphy and Abigail Shrier's appearances, and Abigail Shrier wrote the most important book about transitioning, uh, the transitioning of young women, irreversible damage, and she's had a terrible time as well.”
“because that's just so it's so cruel it the the the complete lack of compassion for someone That's done you know as the title of your book irreversal damage to to their life forever”
“according to Abigail schreier who wrote that book uh irreversible damage right with young girls it's up an extraordinary amount like a Preposterous amount where they have these clusters of girls who identify as Trans in school where you get like eight nine kids yeah that just all in a friend group identify as trans”
“there's a book written by this woman Abigail shrier it's called irreversible damage and it's about this and it's about young girls in particular that there's been an uptick of over I think I believe it's over a th% of kids identifying particularly girls identifying as trans when they're in high school”
“abigail schrag's book yeah yes irreversible irreversible damage universal damage”
“What she's talking what abigail's talking about in her book irreversible damage is large clusters of kids who are mostly um kids that are socially awkward”
Michael Shellenberger — 3 mentions
“I mean I it's funny because you had Abigail shrier on wrote this big book on on transgenderism as a social contagion I think it was in 2020”
“I mean it's funny because you had Abigail shrier on wrote this big book on on transgenderism as a social contagion I think it was in 2020”
“I’d read Abigail Shrier's book, but honestly, my psychological reaction until I was confronted with these files and asked to effectively bring them into the world was one of denial.”
Isabel Brown — 1 mention
“Abigail Shrier writes about clusters really powerfully related to gender transition in her book Irreversible damage.”
Andrew Doyle — 1 mention
“I mean there was a a lawyer for the ACLU tweeting about how he wanted Abigail Shrier's book banned and he said this is the hill I will die on.”
Libby Emmons — 1 mention
“There's a very good book um by Abigail Shrier. Um it's Irreversible Damage. The transgender craze seducing our daughters. Um came out in 2020.”
Dr. Jared Ross — 1 mention
“and from there I went on to read Abigail shri's book irreversible damage about this rapid onset gender dysphoria in girls”
Matt Walsh — 1 mention
“then you have the adolescent girls and you know Abigail shri's written about this in her great book uh and and there that's the social contagion”
Jesse Singal — 1 mention
“abigail schreyer wrote a big best-selling book you can't deny that's part of the conversation”
Matt Taibbi — 1 mention
“well abigail schreier is experiencing that in you know like the most hateful and aggressive way with uh her book i believe it's called irreversible damage right”
Michael Shermer — 1 mention
“and that's abigail schreier's work right the irreversible damage”
Riley Gaines — 1 mention
“you're one of them but Kelly J Keane Ellen Joyce Abigail shri's book there's just been you know all these other great women who were to this party nice and early and have been waving the flag saying hold on hold on hold on”
Arthur Aidala — 1 mention
“read irreversible damage by JK rowy H Sorry by aiga Sher shrier to your point here”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 2
“It's the book's been out for a few years. There's a very good book um by Abigail Shrier. Um it's Irreversible Damage. The transgender craze seducing our daughters. Um came out in 2020. Um, but it's a very good book and it talks about how these young girls they have, it's popular among friend groups where friend groups will get”
“The first podcast I did was with Abigail Shrier, who wrote 'Irreversible Damage.' I was very nervous about doing the podcast because, at that point, your reputation was on the line if you objected to the transgender surgery crowd.”
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“And you know, like you, there have been so many women who have inspired me; you're one of them. Kelly J. Kean, Alen, Joyce, Abigail Shrier's book, there's just been all these other great women who were to this party.”
“the first podcast I did when I sort of came back I was still in pretty rough shape was with Abigail shrier who wrote a book called uh irreversible damage and uh Michael shellenberger who's a pretty good journalist in the US”
“I mean, they took my book off Target; they threw a fit, and Target removed the book.”
“But Kelly J Keane, Ellen Joyce, Abigail Shrier's book, there's just been, you know, all these other great women who were to this party nice and early and have been waving the flag saying, 'Hold on, hold on, hold on!','”
“You’re one of them, but Kelly J. Keane, Allison Joyce, Abigail Shrier’s book—there have just been, you know, all these other great women who were to this party nice and early and have been waving the flag saying, 'Hold on, hold on, hold on!'”
“I'd read Abigail shri's book”
“One amazing thing about my last book is that I went to interview—I probably talked to about 1,000 parents because after I wrote the book, I had talked to probably hundreds, and then in the years after the book, so many parents kept reaching out to me.”
“Other publishers said they were afraid our transgender chapter wouldn't sell well on Amazon, especially since Abigail Shrier's book was in danger of being pulled down and Ryan Anderson's book had already been taken down.”
“I mean this is the game they play the the risks that I wrote about irreversible damage which came out in 2020”
“all i'm pointing out in the book is that there are there seems to be a sudden rise in these teenage girls who are subject to pure influence in social media influence deciding they're transgender and there are no medical safeguards for these girls”
“if you read the book i interviewed experts of all persuasions but but but more importantly there are literally thousands i believe certainly hundreds of books celebrating immediate medical transition for teenagers there is precisely one book that did an investigation of the risks and benefits and concerns that that that might be had around the medicalization of teenage girls”
“she goes on youtube who did a 12 part series on my book i i never met her i didn't know about her until she did this but she's a d transitioner did a 12-part session on my book in which she said yes this was totally her experience as a teenager”
“So let's just start with the controversy first because what you write about here in "The Transgender Craze" is really like, the hot topic of the day”
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