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Paediatrician claiming sex is a spectrum

42 replies

Sexnotgender · 22/07/2020 16:05

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

Paediatrician claiming sex is a spectrum
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MiraWard77 · 22/07/2020 17:22

Yeah, you're probably right @BostonFernGreen

It got him a LOT of publicity too. Probably really helping his candidacy.

SunsetBeetch · 22/07/2020 17:17

Ha! Got caught out there, wokey blokey.

ThePurported · 22/07/2020 17:15

It does seem that he has political aspirations

Yup, in the Green Party whose regional co-chairs are expected to identify as 'self-identifying non-female' or 'self-identifying non-male'.

ThinEndoftheWedge · 22/07/2020 17:11

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

This

SoftlySoftly123 · 22/07/2020 16:58

Susan Bewley is brilliant. She expressed a lot of sense early in lockdown when a lot of things were up in the air with maternity services.

Cascade220 · 22/07/2020 16:57

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Helmetbymidnight · 22/07/2020 16:56

he works on the drug policy -arf- for the green party

Helmetbymidnight · 22/07/2020 16:55

he is clean shaven but may identify as bearded.

Helmetbymidnight · 22/07/2020 16:54

that is brilliant Grin

BostonFernGreen · 22/07/2020 16:53

@MiraWard77 I see it slightly differently. I think he's being manipulative and disingenuous. As a medic he knows sex is binary. He thought the spectrum line would play well and when it didn't he changed his tune.

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

MiraWard77 · 22/07/2020 16:49

The way he admits his mistake, having listened to others, then corrects himself AND APOLOGISES is quite something.

I have a lot of respect for him.

Heavens! The potential for a Green Party where some candidates understand both what a woman is and how changes to the law affect them. AND who can admit fault and learn from mistakes??!

They won't get far in politics...

Michelleoftheresistance · 22/07/2020 16:42

So in other words, it was all bollocks and he knew perfectly well that it was all bollocks but was saying it for personal effect? Hmm

Does he have a beard?

Winesalot · 22/07/2020 16:28

It was a well toned answer by Susan Bewley. And after an excellent tweet also from ClaireCAIS and others on DSDs, 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....

It does seem that he has political aspirations.

ThatsHowWeRowl · 22/07/2020 16:25

Ha ha, brilliant! Have looked up the thread and he has now backtracked and accepted that sex is binary and apologised for bringing intersex into it!

FloralBunting · 22/07/2020 16:17

That's very "I'm not angry with you Alex, I'm just disappointed" 🤣😂🤣

SarahTancredi · 22/07/2020 16:12

So put of curiosity, when they ars looking at side effects or doses etc which chart do they look at?

What a twit.

Littlegreymen · 22/07/2020 16:07

Fabulous!