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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Layla Moran on Nick Robinson's Political Thinking on Radio 4

109 replies

nauticant · 25/07/2020 18:03

He asked her "What is a woman?" You can imagine how that went. "Word soup" would be a kind assessment.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08lqgvv

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Muttonindistress · 25/07/2020 18:30

God. It makes me want to scream listening to these stupid politicians. It’s so obvious that they haven’t really listened to women at all.

Nobody thinks that people shouldn’t be able to identify as the opposite gender and be happy. Nobody thinks all transwomen are predatory men. And nobody wants to look down anyone’s pants to check their sex - we can bloody well tell.

But I genuinely can’t understand how any reasonably intelligent person can’t grasp that self-I’d is open to abuse.

And the trans people are scared shtick drives me nuts too. I’m bloody scared - for me and my 13 year daughter and all other girls and women. And I sometimes wish I could leave the country too. But I don’t even know where I’d go, as this madness seem so be spreading. Any ideas?

nauticant · 25/07/2020 18:23

I had such low expectations that I listened as though it was to a Moran impersonator on Dead Ringers and found she did a reasonably amusing turn.

If I'd taken her seriously then, yes, it would have been very depressing.

(Can you tell I'm looking forward to Saturday night wine?)

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ThePurported · 25/07/2020 18:22

Did her answer have something to do with souls??

And bearded women, that killer gotcha.

RoyalCorgi · 25/07/2020 18:22

"What is a woman?" turns out to be an impossibly hard question to answer for our politicians, up there with theoretical physics and the more esoteric bits of fiscal policy.

ChattyLion · 25/07/2020 18:14

She’s not really what I’d call a ‘political thinker’ Grin

Neolara · 25/07/2020 18:12

I thought her thinking on this issue was quite depressing. I would have had more respect for her viewpoint if she'd at least acknowledged that that this is a really tricky issue and there are legitimate concerns from both "sides" of the debate.

Kit19 · 25/07/2020 18:11

Did her answer have something to do with souls?? 🤪

nauticant · 25/07/2020 18:08

He doesn't seem to like this gender identity rubbish very much.

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TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 25/07/2020 18:05

Well done him for asking her!