Jenni Murray retiring from Woman’s Hour over trans/JKR issue

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Private Eye reports that Jenni Murray is retiring from Woman’s Hour, at least partly because she is banned from discussing trans issues, meaning the JK Rowling article wasn’t covered for over 48 hrs.

Haven forbid that women should be allowed words that describe us.

In related news the Scottish Government have just received notice of legal action for this very thing.

How long will WH take to report on this?

*Heaven

Bloody autocorrect. Although I'm sure Haven do indeed hold opinions on what a woman is such is the fashion in the corporate world currently!

Women's Hour first alerted me to all this.
Now I barely listen to R4.
The BBC hate women.

Banned?! Holy fuck.

Its a sad time for the bbc and womans hour isnt it.
More censoring and a voice for woman lost.

It's the same as Network Rail: being a Stonewall Diversity Champion doesn't prevent neutrality, despite Stonewall being the leading trans lobby group in the country, but having a view that supports women's rights as a sex class does.

Just astonishing levels of patriarchal bigotry, right there. Women are support humans and must never assert their own interests or rights at all.

Anyone else thinking she should start a podcast?

Just astonishing levels of patriarchal bigotry, right there. Women are support humans and must never assert their own interests or rights at all.

Yes this!

Yes she should definitely start a podcast. This is terrible. So a programme for women is banned from discussing issues that women want to discuss.

I'd love a podcast by her. Imagine one where she could be free to express her own thoughts on all subjects? She's a fascinating journalist.

I'm sorry for her that it has come to this, but look forward to hearing her uncensored voice from other platforms.

I cannot wait to hear her in all her uncensored glory.

Maybe she will join Times Radio, pretty sure they would let her discuss this!

This is the article which got her banned from commenting on trans issues on women's hour.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/be-trans-be-proud-but-dont-call-yourself-a-real-woman-frtld7q5c

Thread from 2017
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/2869873-Jenni-Murray-Changing-sex-cant-make-a-real-woman

Julia Hartley-Brewer should have Jenni on after she retires for a frank conversation about freedom of speech. Twitter would self-combust.

Can anyone do a share token for Jenni's Times article mentioned above?

This is part of what Jenni wrote:

India held firmly to her belief that she was a “real woman”, ignoring the fact that she had spent all of her life before her transition enjoying the privileged position in our society generally accorded to a man. In a discussion about the Dorchester hotel’s demands that its female staff should always wear make-up, have a manicure and wear stockings over shaved legs, she was perfectly happy to go along with such requirements. There wasn’t a hint of understanding that she was simply playing into the stereotype — a man’s idea of what a woman should be.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/490f2f22-fd11-11e6-a451-b5ddf4ba5eec?shareToken=429c5d399921dea021a8cdbeba27d130

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Maybe she will join Times Radio, pretty sure they would let her discuss this!

I thought that as soon as I saw the topic, bet the Times has thought it too

@LittleCabbage

I'm sorry for her that it has come to this, but look forward to hearing her uncensored voice from other platforms.

Me too - I enjoy listening to her on pretty much every issue. She has a good radio voice.

I hate hearing this on the same day I found that the American Cancer Society talks about men with prostate cancer but uses individual with a cervix for women. Will this ever end?

Haven forbid that women should be allowed words that describe us

Well, maybe being ruled over by a chain of holiday parks might be preferable to the current political parties. I make no comment on celestial rule obvs.

Sad day for women everywhere. I like her so much better than Jane Garvey.

Sad day for women everywhere.

Absolutely. Sorry to see her go.

Private Eye also nailed who should replace Dame Jenni....

Julia Hartley-Brewer should have Jenni on after she retires for a frank conversation about freedom of speech.

Oh gosh, yes please!