BBC article about cotton ceiling

[GingerAndTheBiscuits]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57853385 including Angela Wild, Rose of Dawn and Debbie Hayton. There’s no way this would have been published even just a few months ago 🤯

[Chewieboora]

That Stonewall comment is just absolutely fucked.

[bordersroaming]

It is indeed

Can't read it all at present, was it all about TW wanting sex with W , did transmen feature ?

[Novina]

Really surprised to see this on the front page of bbc news this morning. Things are shifting. Has it been archived?

[Theeyeballsinthesky]

Bloody hell that stonewall statement 😱😱 do they really really not get how that statement looks?

And yes there’s no way the BBC would have published this a year ago

[GingerAndTheBiscuits]

@bordersroaming

It is indeed

Can't read it all at present, was it all about TW wanting sex with W , did transmen feature ?

A brief comment from one of those interviewed who said trans men don’t usually want to date gay men so it’s less of an issue. But I think it’s more than that - trans men aren’t usually potentially a physical threat to gay men, so the power imbalance isn’t quite the same between a transwoman and a lesbian.

[Clymene]

Wow. That's quite refreshing

[chilling19]

Wow - really surprised to see this on the BBC. Very thorough article on the issues.

[NecessaryScene]

Bit of a Ratner moment for Stonewall.

I suspect quite a lot of the public still were believing Stonewall supported homosexuality, until today.

[Flammkuchen]

Wow! There have obviously been a lot of concerned journalists at the BBC who have been prevented from doing their jobs properly until now.

I hope the BBC officially drops Stonewall now.

[Franca123]

I found that piece really chilling. It made me feel quite emotional. I'm glad these topics are finally being explored by the BBC. I garuntee that no one thinks this is ok.

[WinterTrees]

The change of direction at the moment is really astonishing. Top 10 BBC stories this morning include this one and Dave Chapelle/Netflix. It's like the floodgates have opened and the truth and all the questions and problems and issues people haven't been allowed to voice before are just pouring out. #nodebate is being comprehensively washed away.

[AlkasaurusHex]

Well, that's a bit of an about turn. That article would never have seen the light of day a couple of months ago.

[QuentinBunbury]

Really interesting article, thanks for sharing. I'm glad this is getting some mainstream attention

[BatmansBat]

Wow, quite a step forward that this can be discussed.

I think many people who haven’t seen this debate before are choking on their mid morning coffee at the moment.

[bordersroaming]

It just emphasise the sex difference doesn't it ? It's all one way

If transwomen were women would they really get upset and start insulting people who wouldn't want sex with them ?

[Franca123]

That Stonewall comment is fucked. They are fucked. No one thinks it's OK to try to reprogramme your sexuality. And why a supposed gay charity is involved in that........

[RoyalCorgi]

What a fantastic article. Really thorough and well-researched.

[GingerAndTheBiscuits]

It’s incel behaviour, just wrapped up in different packaging.

[Whatwouldscullydo]

I had to check several times it was actually a BBC article.

Very happy to finally see this out there though.

Eagerly awaiting apologies from all those who have claimed it doesn't happen....

[NutellaEllaElla]

Amazing, they've FINALLY twigged. Talk about missing the band wagon though. I wonder if the Nolan podcast has helped free up the discourse at the BBC?

[NotBadConsidering]

It’s a brilliant article but I had to really seek it out from the News homepage, it wasn’t on my front page. Had to get to England before it was prominent. I suspect it’s buried for a reason.

[NutellaEllaElla]

I saw a TikTok of Prof Robert Winston categorically stating that one cannot change sex and the comments were 100% supportive of him and reality. So good to see.

[GingerAndTheBiscuits]

Stonewall: “Nobody should ever be pressured into dating, or pressured into dating people they aren't attracted to. But if you find that when dating, you are writing off entire groups of people, like people of colour, fat people, disabled people or trans people, then it's worth considering how societal prejudices may have shaped your attractions.“

This is conversion therapy by any other name isn’t it? “if you find that when dating, you are writing off entire groups of people, like men, or women, then it's worth considering how societal prejudices may have shaped your attractions.” So sexuality is nurture not nature and we can all be shaped out of it.

[bebanjo]

Iv just read this, come hear to see if there was a thread on it and now can’t find it, please tell me I’m being dim, please tell me it’s been archived.

[Datun]

Nancy Kelley:

Nobody should ever be pressured into dating, or pressured into dating people they aren't attracted to. But if you find that when dating, you are writing off entire groups of people, like people of colour, fat people, disabled people or trans people, then it's worth considering how societal prejudices may have shaped your attraction

Yup, the foremost LGBT organisation in the country is calling sexual orientation prejudice.

"We know that prejudice is still common in the LGBT+ community, and it's important that we can talk about that openly and honestly."*

I'm glad that the concept of the cotton ceiling is being discussed. Anyone reading it will instantly believe it, too. It's sooo same old, same old.

Men pressuring women into sex is such a familiar concept, that everything else will just instantly slot into place. Like calling the LGBA a hate group, and the huge backlash against lesbians protesting at Pride, eating pizza, or sitting on seats, etc. Just being lesbians.