@Meic
I listened to the program and wanted to give Mumsnet a vote of support. I normally just read here because as a male single parent I feel like an intruder posting here.
However that doesnt stop me from fully supporting a place where people can speak freely, even if it can be hostile to my gender as a whole.
On the subject of the gender recognition act, there is an assertion running through this thread that the suppression and censorship is being driven by men. Obviously I cant speak for all men but I think this is way off the mark. On this particular issue I think that you will find that the majority of people (including that gender which many of you see as the enemy) agree with you and especially support your right to free expression even when we dont agree.
Yes, there are men who support the freedom to speak and do not support the current campaign or ideology. A few of them have been mentioned here quite often and maybe a couple have even posted. However this campaign is being driven by an organisation which I have long considered male and misogynistic, albeit in later years including women.
This doesn't mean I say you are a misogynist or only men are, and are to blame for everything wrong. There is a sort of default though and a hierarchy in which somehow women often seem to end up secondary or worse, even, as in this case as invisible. The GRA is badged, portrayed, pursued, perceived and adopted as a 'rights' agenda, and therefore embraced by all sorts of people, not only men but young, old, idealists, awareness and rights- and right-thinkers of the left and the 'progressive'; and more than that, by institutions, from the international rights one, such as the UN, the European Convention, the EU, Amnesty and so on down to our own political parties, Cabinets, government departments, lawyers, professions, education, polling companies, commercial firms, charities, even women's organisations such as the Fawcett Society the Women's Party - how did that happen?