Is It Culty? Trans Activist Community - Detrans Experience Part 3: Information & Thought Control

Some people who have gone down the pathway of detransition later decide that it is not a good match for them. There is a growing movement of "detransitioners." As they start to unpack and deconstruct what led to their decisions they find alarming parallels with the sort of groupthink, undue influence and social pressures that play a role in other high demand groups.

In this interview one such detransitioner, Michelle Alleva, shares her own experiences having gone down that pathway, including hormones, double mastectomy and hysterectomy - only to later find her self conception and worldview were distorted in ways that she did not understand until coming out as a detransitioner and learning about the BITE model.

Michelle's story is specific to her own journey - but other detransitioners have related similar experiences. Not every one will have the same experience, but understanding how aspects of undue influence may be present in a decentralized online community built around strongly held beliefs can help people maintain their own agency as they navigate the world of transition.

To help identify and quantify how her own experience in the world of social media Trans Activism may have matched this pattern of Cultiness, detransitioner Michelle Alleva goes through the IsItCulty.com online assessment and shares her thoughts on what she experienced.

Being aware of some of the mechanisms of undue influence as they may appear in the trans activist community can help individuals avoid such forces intruding into their own agency and decision making process as they navigate the world of transition.

In Part 3 of this assessment we review the mechanisms of Information and Thought control according to a form of the BITE model of cultiness.

We look at the final total score for the Is It Culty assessment and compare it to other high demand totalistic groups.

Part 2 - Information and Thought Control

Chapters:
00:00 - Bumper
02:17 - Intro
02:46 - Milieu Control
08:45 - Confession
12:54 - Unaccountable Leadership
32:52 - Deception
41:19 - Sacred Science
42:54 - Spying and Reporting
47:30 - Mystical Manipulation
52:01 - Propaganda Saturation
53:16 - Black and White Thinking
55:52 - Totalism
01:01:03 - Transformed Identity
01:14:31 - Doctrine Over Self
01:18:17 - Totalist Reframing
01:22:13 - Emotion Over Intellect
01:24:31 - Loaded Language
01:30:49 - Thought Terminating Cliches
01:32:15 - Identification and Example
01:34:17 - Us Vs Them Thinking
01:37:48 - Dispensation of Existence
01:39:40 - Final Total Score
01:45:04 - Outro
01:45:33 - After Credits Scene

Part 1 - Intro & Behavior Control Control - https://youtu.be/Fkr9jazqevo
Part 2 - Emotion Control - https://youtu.be/oUI6-cRUfBM
Part 3 - Information and Emotion Control & Final Score

Do your own assessment here: https://isitculty.com/

Find Michelle on twitter: https://twitter.com/somenuancepls
Michelle on Substack: https://somenuanceplease.substack.com/

Michelle Alleva Detransition Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLevx2DAlF-YAJgSpONjAzdQwx1IufIwpa