Some identify as boys; others as non-binary, gender-fluid, demi-boys or suchlike. They ask to be referred to as ‘he/him’ or ‘they/them’, or by novel pronouns such as ‘xie/xir’ – in other words, as anything but female. This chapter looks at what is driving girls to abandon their sex. The story has three strands: female sexuality, modern feminism and, finally, something this group is particularly prone to – social contagion.
