James McTavish, F.M.V.D. (“A Critique of Gender Ideology”) points out the confusion that gender ideology promotes among people, especially with children who are growing up into sexual maturity. The idea that one can choose their gender regardless of their biological sex only exacerbates the problem of young people who are experiencing “gender dysphoria” (distress brought about by an incongruence between biological sex and experienced gender) and gives them free rein to engage in immoral behavior or activities such as homosexual relationships (prone to HIV infection), “sex reassignment surgery” (a form of mutilation that does not really change the sex of a person), having a laissez-faire attitude toward sex, etc. McTavish notes: “Gender-confused young people … need clearer guidance … to enable them to traverse the choppy ocean of sexual maturation during their adolescent years” (73). – from the Editor’s Preface