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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

BBC daily dose of trans propaganda and sexis.

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CaitlynsCat · 15/08/2018 08:43

Guna Yala: The islands where women make the rules - www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180813-guna-yala-the-islands-where-women-make-the-rules

That's the headline

"perhaps the most curious tradition in Guna Yala is its natural gender equality – and complete tolerance, if not celebration, of gender fluidity."

" ‘third gender’ is a completely normal phenomenon on the islands. If a boy begins showing a tendency towards acting ‘female’, the family naturally accepts and allows him to grow up as such. Very often, Omeggid will learn a skill that is typically associated with women; for example, most Omeggid living on the islands become masters at crafting the most intricate molas."

Molas of course being needlework, that well known bastion of gender equality.

So if your boy is a bit effeminate you trans him. Now where have we heard that before?

"Nandín Solís García, a transgender health educator told me that growing up as a gay, gender-fluid boy wasn’t difficult on the islands because she always had the support of her family, friends and community. It is mostly males that become transgender women – female transitions to male are extremely rare"

Now there's a surprise. Gay males being 'third gender'? Revolutionary. And the right to change gender only functioning for men? Even more.

"Guna women can make a substantial income by selling intricately embroidered molas and winis (colourful bracelets made from glass beads). One mola can sell for $30-$50, whereas a man will only make $20 in a whole day spent cleaning the bottom of a visiting sailboat."

A work of art that takes weeks and involves equipment and materials earns a bit more than a day's unskilled labour? Such wow.

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Oscarino · 01/10/2018 09:22

Also it's not clear that a mola takes weeks to complete. It might just take one day.

Wikipedia says between two weeks and six months depending on complexity.

PackingSoap · 01/10/2018 09:34

The BBC had been dodgy for years. It represents the establishment view, so if you stand outside that, either on the left or right, you can see the heinous misrepresentation of certain issues and in some cases, just complete silence about rather significant political and cultural events.

BBC bias is only really hitting the mainstream now because the establishment view has become so adrift from generally accepted norms. But believe me, it was bad in the late 90s. I always have a wry smile when I see coverage of millennial plight on the BBC as though it's a new phenomenon; it happened within GenX to the extent of huge street protests over culture and the economy but the BBC just never bothered to cover it.

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