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Transwoman Wife - the Guardian actually putting females first?

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TerfranosaurusVagina · 08/11/2022 00:18

Very sensible article
Transwoman Wife Agony Aunt

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NotTerfNorCis · 09/11/2022 23:34

I just came here to post this. Great article. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/nov/06/ask-philippa-perry-my-husband-wants-to-be-a-woman-but-will-he-be-happier

I’m worried that you are only seeing your life as being part of your spouse’s. Your husband is becoming someone you did not sign up for and whatever journey he is on he doesn’t seem to make you a priority in it. You “think” you can accept what your future holds, but why not try to shape that future to include love, companionship, sex and fun? Rather than continuing to get your head around what your husband is doing, put your energy into who you are. Focus on you and take the spotlight away from who you are in relation to him. After all, he doesn’t appear to be seeing his identity in relation to you.

Not long ago, the Guardian would have taken a much different approach. 'Your partner has found her true identity. You must support her.'

TerfranosaurusVagina · 09/11/2022 23:55

It is. I think there are a couple of other threads on it which I didn't see before posting.

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TerfranosaurusVagina · 09/11/2022 23:55

Very encouraging and dare we say the sunlight is creeping in?

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ErrolTheDragon · 09/11/2022 23:58

Philippa Perry possibly has a somewhat unique perspective on this issue.

NotTerfNorCis · 10/11/2022 07:14

Oh I see, she's married to a transvestite.

Wonder if he'd been born later, Greyson would now be insisting he's really a woman?

Mochudubh · 10/11/2022 11:29

These agony articles are usually open for comment, albeit with pre-moderation, but not this one. I wonder why 🤔 .

TinselAngel · 10/11/2022 11:30

TerfranosaurusVagina · 09/11/2022 23:55

It is. I think there are a couple of other threads on it which I didn't see before posting.

Guardian: Ask Phillipa Husband wants to be a woman. www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4671022-guardian-ask-phillipa-husband-wants-to-be-a-woman

GeriSignfeld · 10/11/2022 13:04

Call me sceptical, but reckon a glimpse of sunlight will only become apparent if they start publishing actual news articles with a balanced approach - not just an agony aunt column.

Fully ashamed to have worked for them in light of this. Their journos were all a bunch of uptight cliquey weirdos, who wouldn't even speak to anybody else on the floor who wasn't also a "journalist" in title.

The journos have it drilled into them to not allow themselves to be "influenced" by the commercial teams, that they took it way too far & would refuse to even interact on a basic level with colleagues they saw daily. A nod of the head was the most you could hope for...

It was quite a strange & insular culture. Mind boggles to think what it must be like there now. Am considering taking them off my resume on principle!

In an ironic twist, out of all the news sources, it appears to be the Daily Mail who is trying to get us out of this mess.

The world really has gone mad when it's the Daily Mail that is the voice of reason!

GeriSignfeld · 10/11/2022 13:07

Maybe not all weird, but submissive & scared..but if you can discourage people from speaking to someone at the desk opposite them, imagine how scared some journos might be would be to speak up about Genderism there....

ErrolTheDragon · 10/11/2022 14:33

An insular culture seems like exactly the wrong thing for meaningful journalism.

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