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Radio 4. Right now. Is freaking me out.

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OnePotPolly · 07/07/2023 00:08

Transmen who want us all to accept that they are actual men. But they are a subset of men who can give birth to babies..
Which only women can do, in fact.

And still claim that they are men. After giving birth to babies. From their wombs.

And the presenter on R4 is actually going with it. And sympathising with the person that obviously men can give birth. Or is he just presenting it so that the audience can draw their own conclusions?

Whatever it is, it is winding me up no end. I have listened to R4 for the past 50 years - 50 YEARS!! every night without fail, while I potter about in the kitchen, tidying up and popping a bit of baking in the oven. I love radio 4, it has seen me through many traumas. Divorce, death of parents, death of sibling, permanently life altering illness of my child. Radio 4 has always been there as a stalwart support. A reality check. Reassurance that the rest of the world continues as normal - ordinary, normal even if it's bad news or a war between foreign nations. Right up to 1am and "Sailing By"

I love Sailing By. I find it, at the same time, both soothing and sad (because it's a reminder of times past)

But the shite that I've just listened to has totally wrecked it for me.
What a load of utter bollocks they have just allowed on air.

Unless they're just airing it to show how ludicrous and self absorbed some people can be. . . . .

Really hope that's what it turns out to be.

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Soozikinzii · 07/07/2023 00:23

I think all this stuff is very homophoboc . Like why can't they just be gay ? A butch lesbian or a gay man ? What's wrong with that .? There's something sinisterly homophobic about it all. IMHO .

AgathaSpencerGregson · 07/07/2023 00:21

PretzelKnot · 07/07/2023 00:17

Will they care though? Publicly-funded broadcasters can afford to care a lot less about ratings than commercial broadcasters.

I’m working on the assumption someone has to be listening. Pretty soon no one will be. The output is beyond dire. I don’t just mean the woke bollocks, it’s so smug and boring now.

PretzelKnot · 07/07/2023 00:17

AgathaSpencerGregson · 07/07/2023 00:15

Maybe when everyone stops listening, they’ll learn. Pretty well 95% of R4 is unlistenable shite now. I feel no regret in deserting it

Will they care though? Publicly-funded broadcasters can afford to care a lot less about ratings than commercial broadcasters.

PretzelKnot · 07/07/2023 00:15

It is the babies that I feel for. Testosterone completely fucks up female reproductive systems is so many known way and no doubt many yet unknown ways. Even if it is paused for pregnancy, the long-term effects on the development of the foetus are completely unknown. Pregnant women get judged for taking a paracetamol but are applauded if their bodies are full of wrong sex hormones as they gestate.

AgathaSpencerGregson · 07/07/2023 00:15

Maybe when everyone stops listening, they’ll learn. Pretty well 95% of R4 is unlistenable shite now. I feel no regret in deserting it

HaroldMeaker · 07/07/2023 00:12

OP I have so much sympathy for you. I've stopped listening to R4 a year or more ago, too disappointed in the nonsense.

AgathaSpencerGregson · 07/07/2023 00:10

It won’t be. This is what R4 is now. Bin it. Look at the figures, millions doing exactly that.