Norwegian man identifies as disabled woman

It's interesting he's gone for the wheelchair as an instant and visually obvious symbol of disability (I think it's something like less than 10% of people registered as disabled are wheelchair users in the UK). Not something unglamorous like learning difficulties. Or a hidden disability like T1 diabetes or chronic fatigue.

Identifiying as having Down's Syndrone next on the cards?

"Yet despite his wife’s outrage, Alme started dressing as a woman at home, a situation that “became a strain” for her, as she was struggling with a recent cancer diagnosis. Agnes has been open about her difficulties in accepting her husband’s fetishistic behaviors, and has said that she initially “tried to leave” him twice “in despair and grief.”

I know others have already highlighted this bit, but how dare he! Never mind he thinks he's a woman and thinks he's disabled how bloody dare he choose the time his wife is having probably the most profoundly worrying time of her life to decide to make everything all about him.

What an incredibly selfish twat.

I always wonder that.

I think about that woman … what’s her name? Who identified as a black woman and was adopted and raised by a black family and didn’t tell anyone she wasn’t actually black. Everyone was OUTRAGED about her. She stood by the fact that she identified as black but everyone was still horrified.

But a man identifies as a woman and that’s not to be questioned or commented on.

I am not pro- or anti- anything but just find it very curious!

I realise it wasn't ideal for capitalism or totalitarian but I do miss the days when we were allowed to point out lying for what it was ie. Lying.

His poor wife, she has cancer and he decides that then is the time to use a wheelchair.

His timing struck me as well. Still, wife’s cancer makes a change from choosing to start displaying your fetish when your children are sitting their A-levels. These men are so narcissistic it’s painful.

His poor wife, she has cancer and he decides that then is the time to use a wheelchair..I wonder whether she needed care from him at that point
It would be interesting to know if he has a 'carer'/demands physical 'care' from her as part of his fetish.

Some of us have to use a wheelchair all of the time and can't opt out..

I do not deny he has problems I just don't think pandering to his delusions / narcissistic nonsense helps anyone. Which he is I'll leave to Qualified professionals.

Just when you think you've heard it all!

I saw something about the guy earlier and i was absolutely lost for words and it's not often that happens!

I was going to say ~ they walk among us ~ but in his case, it's more a matter of they ride amongst us!
I just hope he isn't given the same considerations as those who genuinely do have to use wheelchairs, by that I mean, I hope he doesn't get discounted travel, disabled seating and discounts at cinemas/gigs etc., that he might not really be entitled to but people might be too reluctant to challenge him.

Could we all club together and buy a decent sized private island where only the sane can go to live, I'll chip in the first £tenner! :-/

Hell's teeth FemaleAndLearning 🤮

My friend is an amputee and she is aware of people who want to have limbs amputated. My friend is on support groups for amputees and gets asked a lot of questions some people ask too many questions and they soon turn out to be those with an amputee fetish. It's disgusting.

Seems like he could do with therapy.

Of course Stonewall et al would say that this is conversion therapy. Instead we should instantly affirm his 'disability', possibly even pay for surgery to remove the use of his legs as some sort of 'disability affirmation' treatment.

... and of course anyone who questioned this would be a bigot.

I wonder if it draws too strong a divide to say that no one accepts any of these things.

We do, within certain limits, accept people's racial identities. And we also, to some extent, accept their identities as abled or disabled. Part of the reason forms and such often ask people if they "self-identify" as this or that is because we see those categories as something other than wholly objective. A person who in the UK might want to be identified as mixed-race would more likely identify as black in the US or Canada; a good number of deaf people don't consider themselves disabled, even if they need accommodations or specialized services which are provided on the basis of legal status as disabled.

Creating strong identarian feelings around these kinds of things perhaps has downsides. Because it's always possible to flip them, and argue from the other side.