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When Brian Wants To Be Jessica: Male Mid-life Crisis and Cross-dressing

When Brian Wants To Be Jessica: Male Mid-life Crisis and Cross-dressing

These Men Are Engaging in Emotional Abuse

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May 16, 2025
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Quite a bit has been said and written regarding the phenomenon of middle-aged males succumbing to their cross-dressing impulses due to their desire to live out perversions and misogynist stereotypes.

These men’s families, and especially their children, are severely impacted, and their spouses, sometimes known as “trans” widows, have been put through what can be described as punishment.

A recent case demonstrating this particular point involves a somewhat well-known public figure and pundit named Brian Riedl, who works for the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank. He now wants to be called Jessica. That means I will refer to him as Brian.

A married father of two young girls, Brian frequently appears in the media to comment on economic and political issues.

His decision to troon out, and the decisions of all men like him, is essentially an emotionally abusive act against his family due to his extreme narcissism and complete disregard for the negative impact on the women around him.

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