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Duncan Bannatyne on Twitter

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Awning10 · 20/02/2020 20:16

If anyone is interested, there's a conversation going on re access to the changing rooms on Duncan's Twitter.

twitter.com/DuncanBannatyne

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Fallingirl · 20/02/2020 21:14

I think for a lot of men, it is inconceivable to think of a man without a penis as a man. And for far too many men, women are merely non-men, so for them, the whole issue is a question of the presence or absence of a penis.

This is still highly misogynists, even when they agree people with penises shouldn’t use women’s changing rooms.

LynnSchmob · 20/02/2020 21:08

Tbh I appreciate that he’s stood up against this nonsense. 90%+ transwomen retain their penis and at least removing it shows a level of commitment.

(FWIW I don’t believe women have or used to have a penis)

Ereshkigalangcleg · 20/02/2020 21:07

I think a lot of them think that after the penis is removed it's not possible to notice they were once men.

I think they do. They think males who physically transition are delicate fey creatures.

GeordieTerf · 20/02/2020 20:52

Apologies, in my post a few posts back, I meant to say that DB had said that trans women weren't welcomed in the women's changing rooms, not that they're not welcome in the changing rooms full stop.

testing987654321 · 20/02/2020 20:49

I think a lot of them think that after the penis is removed it's not possible to notice they were once men.

ZuttZeVootEeeVro · 20/02/2020 20:47

It's another man defining woman as a man without surgery.

I can see why he thinks that should be the line, but he doesn't take into account that women and girls would have to trust that the male in front of them has had surgery. And that the acceptance of male transpeople in womens spaces is to normalise male people in women's spaces.

GCAcademic · 20/02/2020 20:44

Looking at his Twitter feed, he tweets about gender identity stuff a lot and in pretty brusque terms. No one seems to give him grief about it either, which is interesting.

PerfectParrot · 20/02/2020 20:44

Perhaps he's still evolving in his understanding, or perhaps he thinks the current legal balance is about right. I think that anyone prepared to stand up to extremists (in this case TRAs) is worthy of respect, even if their views don't align exactly with my own. And especially when the extremists have taken over the second largest political party in the UK.

GeordieTerf · 20/02/2020 20:43

I think he did say a few months back that the changing rooms in his gyms were off-limits to trans women?

He's pretty gender critical from what I remember.

CaptainKirksSpikeyGhost · 20/02/2020 20:38

I'm still not sure where he stands.

I think he, Ricky Gervais and many others feel once the penis is removed that makes someone 'truly trans'.

ItsLateHumpty · 20/02/2020 20:35

But he's also said if a man fully transitions to a woman by removing his penis, he can use the ladies, and earlier in the conversation he said a transwoman wouldnt he stopped using the ladies.

His message seems to be a bit all over the place, and I'm still not sure where he stands.

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Awning10 · 20/02/2020 20:28

Duncan's quote: "Ok so a man is walking into ladies changing area. Staff stop and he says I am transgender they say sorry and let him walk straight in amongst the ladies, young girls and children. Not in my world Mel. Not gonna happen when I am there".

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Annasgirl · 20/02/2020 20:28

The first post I read mentioned people transitioning to the sex they preferred - didn't bother reading after that level of intelligence.

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