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Paediatrician claiming sex is a spectrum

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Sexnotgender · 22/07/2020 16:05

Gets schooled by one of his old professors, and it’s GLORIOUS.

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WatchoutfortheROUS · 22/07/2020 22:51

Love it! Such perfect calm and measured replies that make him look like an absolute idiot Grin

Thingybob · 22/07/2020 22:42

I've just googled Alex and he has a rather
large digital footprint covering various social justice causes. He seems rather odd and very naive, I found myself saying "Oh bless" as I was watching his ramblings.

AnyFucker · 22/07/2020 22:37

He's one of Harrop's cronies, I expect

PearPickingPorky · 22/07/2020 22:36

I didn't see her second tweet to him. That, too, is glorious.

She's a wonderful woman.

Voice0fReason · 22/07/2020 22:22

What a wonderful woman.

I'm glad he apologised but it is deeply concerning that he posts harmful nonsense like that in the first place.

Eyesofdisarray · 22/07/2020 22:10

Wonder if he'll be dispensing advice on how to 'smash the patriarchy'.
Or how to nail jelly to the ceiling.

Annasgirl · 22/07/2020 22:10

How is he still a registered Dr? Seriously can no one complain to his board of registration since he obviously failed biology.

AnyFucker · 22/07/2020 21:49

I love it

Winesalot · 22/07/2020 21:39

Susan Bewley was a co-author if this excellent piece of work released this week too. So, she is very much up on this particular topic as well.

www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-bulletin/article/sex-gender-and-gender-identity-a-reevaluation-of-the-evidence/76A3DC54F3BD91E8D631B93397698B1A/core-reader

vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 22/07/2020 21:30

Susan Bewley is just the most brilliant woman.

She really gives a shit about women.

Melroses · 22/07/2020 21:23

Susan Bewley is very hot on evidenced based medicine.

She is right to call him out on transphobia and sexism being the "principle contexts" of suffering. (Why does he write Transphobia with a capital T Confused )

Beamur · 22/07/2020 20:50

Pants on fire Alex.
Excellent work there by the Professor.

LukewarmCustard · 22/07/2020 20:42

His old professor takes no prisoners. He was doing some sort of woke mea culpa after she called him out, and she came back on Twitter to pull him up on his poor grammar and a claim not backed by evidence.

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BostonFernGreen · 22/07/2020 20:25

You have to wonder what he actually thinks and what matters when it's just him and a patient.

ShinyFootball · 22/07/2020 19:25

Agree it's terrible that he repeated something he knew to be untrue for political reasons.

BostonFernGreen · 22/07/2020 19:19

twitter.com/alexjarmitage/status/1285580990149283840?s=21

OhHolyJesus · 22/07/2020 18:51

Op have you got the link to the twitter thread by any chance? Thanks.

Thisismytimetoshine · 22/07/2020 18:43

Alex apologised and admitted that he did in fact understand that sex was NOT a spectrum and that he understood that he should not use people with DSDs like this....
So what was the ridiculous little halfwit playing at? Confused. It's bitten him on the arse with all possible speed, which is good, but bloody hell - why?
What is wrong with these numbskulls?

RoyalCorgi · 22/07/2020 18:36

Unforgivable to use his status as a doctor to lend credence to something which is not true and may harm children.

When you think about it, it is quite extraordinary that a medical doctor would rather say something he knew to be untrue, and risk looking like an ignoramus, than say something truthful and be thought a bigot.

FedUpAtHomeTroels · 22/07/2020 18:26

God love Susan Bewley, she's a star. Grin Grin

Apollo440 · 22/07/2020 18:20

I'm sure the little idiot wouldn't have backed down if his tutor hadn't shown up. It makes you wonder why they do it when they known they're wrong. Just enjoys pissing on women maybe?

ChattyLion · 22/07/2020 18:07

Susan Bewley is brilliant!!

StandWithYou · 22/07/2020 18:05

I’m disgusted he used his status to say something that is untrue but it shows the level they have to go to, to assert TWAW. It’s a bit like some of the responses to the Rugby Union proposal to not allow transwomen to play in women’s rugby. Despite all the evidence and he process that has been followed the results are still queried, questioned and still cannot see that women’s safety should be the prime consideration. This is one argument - we will still have to go through it on all the others with people like this doctor telling lies because they don’t like the result. Fucking unbelievable.

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Sexnotgender · 22/07/2020 17:43

@ThinEndoftheWedge

Unforgivable to use his status as a doctor to lend credence to something which is not true and may harm children.

This

Absolutely, he tried to use his "status" to manipulate. They really do stoop very low don't they.
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Winesalot · 22/07/2020 17:24

I tend to agree with BostonFern. I felt that it was very manipulative to have posted it in the first place. It was in answer to Sharhar Ali's answer of 'what is a woman' so I did see it as a calculated risk that backfired hugely. He had no where to go to maintain his credibility.

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