Dysphoric: A Four-Part Documentary Series

[theskyispink]

Excellent new documentary series on YouTube -

‘Dysphoric’ is a four-part documentary series on the rise of Gender Identity Ideology, its effects on women and girls - especially in developing countries.

Synopsis:
In this dystopian world where misogyny is rampant, and womanhood is commodified, being female comes at a cost. Corporates capitalise on women's bodies blurring the lines of biological sex, and profiting from the emperically untested pseudo-science of queer theory. This gaslighting is aided by the complicity of media, academia, legal and the political world. It is no surprise that young girls are fleeing womanhood like a house on fire.

The past decade has seen a steep rise in the number of young girls seeking to transition by undergoing life threatening, irreversible procedures. ‘Dysphoric’ is a four-part documentary series on the rise of Gender Identity Ideology, its effects on women and girls - especially in developing countries.

The film explores gender transition, the permanent medical side-effects of hormones and surgeries, the propaganda by 'woke' corporations that glorifies thousands of stereotypical gender presentations coalesced as fashion, a surge in pronoun policing; language hijacking that calls women ‘menstruators’, and the many hurdles women face while trying to question this modern-day misogyny. The film amplifies the voices of detransitioners, clinicians, psychiatrists, sociologists, feminists, academics and concerned citizens.

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRU9NIX0AA143z2QKukQcOqS96qriKGyw

Thanks for the link. I will definitely give it a watch later.

Just watched it OP. Absolutely superb. Moving, powerful, profound, significant, intelligent, thoughtful. I'm blown away by it.

I've heard Vaishnavi speak at a couple of conferences and was impressed by her integrity and courage. The film - its conception, against-the-odds production, and eventual release is a testimony to those qualities.

You can watch it for free but there's also an opportunity to contribute to her work. Please do. And share with everyone you can think of.

She's fantastic. Bookmarked to watch.

But What Was She Wearing? was excellent by the same filmmaker. Definitely one to watch, glad it's the weekend 😁

Thanks, I finished part one yesterday and will watch the rest this weekend. It is good so far. I'm dreading to get to the part about what's happening in India as I know it will break my heart and upset me so much.

And as said above, although it's free to watch all the videos, please make a contribution to her work if you can. She's not going to get invited by various 'woke' organisations, but she sticks by her principles - I admire that about her.

The more I think about it I am also so pleased there’s a video resource like this we can share and direct people to. Great link for ‘Break it down for me’ thread, the letters to schools, MPs and so on.
It’s brilliant I ended up watching the whole thing.

Nonny part 4 is upsetting and very up to date about legal developments in India. I just hope that more and more women’s outrage globally will have a sustained effect over time globally.

Thanks ChattyLion, the videos are a great resource, as you say, to pass around to anyone who isn't familiar with the topic or who hasn't realised the serious implications on children and women.

Agreed and while I think about it, something to think about for all those self serving film and tv media arses in the UK who won’t touch women’s (and children’s) issues related to gender with a bargepole..
(BBC Newsnight team being the honourable exception that proves the rule)
Very much hope this gets nominated for lots of awards

Haven't looked yet but for those who have watched it all, is it suitable for my 14-year-old?

Thank you, bookmarked.

And as said above, although it's free to watch all the videos, please make a contribution to her work if you can. She's not going to get invited by various 'woke' organisations, but she sticks by her principles - I admire that about her.

Yes, she is a brave woman.

"I am a filmmaker, writer and a women’s rights activist. I spend my time advocating for equal opportunities, contraceptive rights, education and the empowerment of women and girls. I centre women in all my work. When I started screening my film on workplace sexual harassment across India, I was hoping to raise public consciousness. But What Was She Wearing? was India’s first feature-length documentary on the subject.

However, I encountered strong resistance to the film from liberal feminist gatekeepers. Women who would send me private messages asking for professional favours and contacts, and congratulate me on the film, refused to acknowledge my presence on their public timelines or retweet anything about the film. At first, I thought this was my eternal bad luck or some flaw in my personality.

Then I began getting a series of rejections from liberal and left-leaning publications which had previously accepted every piece I sent in. One editor responded by saying she couldn’t accept my pieces as the publication was short-staffed. But she published three pieces from a male writer around the same time.

Last month, I discovered the reason I had become a social outcast in liberal-feminist bastions. I was in the US for an exchange programme, and I wanted to use the opportunity to screen my film at various places while I toured the country. One screening was scheduled in New York, organised by the Polis Project. The proverbial i’s were dotted, posters designed and I was even introduced to a female Indian moderator. But a week before the screening, the organiser (also a woman of Indian origin) sent me an email. She said the event would be cancelled because of my ‘transphobic’ views.

Many moons ago I got into a Twitterspat about pre-op trans women in women’s shelters, prisons, bathrooms and women’s sports. And someone had brought the tweets in question to the organisers’ attention. As a result, the Polis Project thought it was only fair to shelve a screening of a film about a pressing topic that affects women across all social strata in society."

www.spiked-online.com/2020/03/04/i-was-cancelled-for-my-tweets-on-transgenderism/

It was excellent. Really good cross section of people interviewed. Full of useful facts. And yet (some) people choose to listen to a male tax lawyer and /or gobby little OJ.

@NoraEphronsNeck

Haven't looked yet but for those who have watched it all, is it suitable for my 14-year-old?

I'm not a parent, but I felt it maybe wasn't appropriate for a 14-year-old because some parts were dealing with adult material, surgical stuff and so on. It might be worth watching it yourself first, and since you know the maturity of your own child, you can decide if it's ok to watch it again with them.

I think it is suitable for a 14 year old. It tackles difficult topics but there's nothing graphic in there. The only thing I would say is that some 14 yr olds might not have the attention span for the entire 4 parts.

Just finished all four parts. It was excellent. I agree with OvaHere that attention span would likely be the main barrier for a 14 year old but if you watch it all first you can pick which part might appeal the most.

Thank you Vaishnavi Sundar for such an informative, well structured and beautiful work.

Thank you theskyispink for sharing the link here.

I agree it was very well made and utterly utterly shocking. The final 5 minutes of part 4 took my breath away and made me cry. WTF are we going to do about this? It seems so David and Goliath, particularly with MPs falling into line. Perhaps it is something to send to the Baroness. It needs to be widely widely seen.

This looks great, thanks for the recommendation! One of the big issues with the trans agenda in Western countries is how it ignores the reality of women’s lives in so many countries where women are oppressed on the basis of our biological sex alone, a situation that women cannot identify out of. The move to recognize gender only and ignore sex leaves women in these situations completely vulnerable and puts the needs of a relatively privileged male-born minority in rich countries above the needs of the global majority of female-born people I.e. women who are born female and indeed the females who never even get to be born because of sex selection and sex selective abortion.

I'm halfway through watching part 2 on "Medicalisation".

I thought it was so key when the therapist said, rather than aiming to de-pathologise transness, which requires substantial medical treatment, we should aim to de-pathologise and de-medicalise gender non-conformity.

This is a fantastic documentary. The description at the start of "fleeing womanhood" reminds me of the importance of recognising the very real lived experience of the female sex in many countries.

I have just got onto the "preverbal communications part". It makes me want to tear out my own barrettes!

@HeirloomTomato

This looks great, thanks for the recommendation! One of the big issues with the trans agenda in Western countries is how it ignores the reality of women’s lives in so many countries where women are oppressed on the basis of our biological sex alone, a situation that women cannot identify out of. The move to recognize gender only and ignore sex leaves women in these situations completely vulnerable and puts the needs of a relatively privileged male-born minority in rich countries above the needs of the global majority of female-born people I.e. women who are born female and indeed the females who never even get to be born because of sex selection and sex selective abortion.

Absolutely

Just bumping because this is so well worth watching

I've watched 3 out of 4 parts so far and it's so eye opening. Every needs to see this other side of the gender euphoria trans craze

There are French and Spanish subtitles available for these videos now as well.

The director, Vaishnavi Sundar, will be a panelist on the WHRC webinar on 13th February 2021 and will be pleased to answer your questions.

If you are not already signed up for the WHRC webinars every Saturday, please register in advance using this Zoom link

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You can send questions to Vaishnavi Sundar in advance of the webinar to [email protected]