Janice is very clever and a subtle witty writer. I think she’s taking the piss out of the ludicrous sexy girl stereotype that these men like to imagine themselves as for sexual thrills. I also think the subs will not allow anyone on this broad topic not to use ‘she’ because of complaints so don’t read into that. More important to have gotten this article in print reaching a big audience.
Extending that ludicrous sexy girl stereotype to Hayton’s level of not dressing like that any more (..maybe because he ‘can’t be bothered as the testosterone has left his body‘?) is a little ironic point Janice is making about how women are critiqued by shitty men for not making a huge sexy girl effort once they are married or in a LTR. It shouldn’t be a stick to beat any woman with that they’re not dressing for the male gaze. There’s more though, that is highly relevant here, which is also that if women of Hayton’s age do wear look at me clothes they get told they’re ‘trying to be’ a sexy girl stereotype (which is an ageist stereotype) and that wanting to be seen as a sexy older woman is ludicrous and unsexy to the male gaze… so women of a certain age can’t win with the male gaze whatever they do. Janice Turner is asking whether Hayton’s kind of performed femininity gets a free pass on that critique, and why. (Answer: male sexual privilege)
I feel grubby reading lany AGP man talking about their fantasies because women are clearly such objects and accessories to them. Not equally human beings and people as much as these narcissistic men themselves are. It feels akin to someone wanking in public basically which obviously makes me feel gross and sets off red flags pointing to someone not safe to be around. I find AGP is really really unpleasant to think about as a woman.
I feel very sorry for his wife and the kids, and that’s no comment on her staying or not staying with him at all. The whole gigantic affair with self is so absolutely uncaring of anyone else’s needs though, it’s tragic and must be very hurtful in a family.
And the benefiting from female labour and tolerance is so marked. Why (for example) is Hayton described as so often being at the brink of all these professional accolades (I really liked the visual
of Hayton posing wearing rubber gloves by the sink) while Hayton apparently admits not doing a fair share of the housework and it’s mentioned that Stephanie has a more minor professional career. Janice Turner is deft enough to not editorially comment but the quotes makes very obvious the male privilege and male sexual privilege that society still elevates and condones so much. Turner allows Hayton’s own words to to hoist themselves by their own petard.
And all of that said strategically in terms of public discussion of GC issues, undoubtedly it is very helpful to have someone like Hayton who falls squarely under the trans umbrella, saying publicly that transwomen can be men with AGP. And saying that they themselves refuse to use the ladies loo because they’re not a woman.
And pointing out how they have been attacked by the #bekind community for not transwomaning properly. These are all key points for everyone to understand about the gender identity politics of today and how it’s conducted.
I think that interviewing Hayton was a smart and considered move by Janice. I also think this interview with Hayton will be one off by Janice Turner as it serves its purpose making all the points. Hayton won’t be short of interview requests from elsewhere though I’m pretty sure.