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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Nadia Whittome offers some insights.

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ArabellaSaurus · 09/11/2025 16:44

Appears to be an attempt to address issues of concern to UK women today.

'Nadia Whittome, who has just joined Westminster’s Women and Equalities Committee, called for the Government fight back against toxic narratives and show solidarity with the trans community'

'...what we’re up against is a machine funded by billionaires in this country and the US, with political support from countries like Russia as well.'
...
“You just need to follow where the transphobia is coming from, it’s not coming from working class people, it’s trickling down from the top.
“These concerns are not being raised by a cleaner on the minimum wage, somebody stuck in an abusive relationship. Trans people aren’t a threat to them, the threat to them comes from violent men and the structures that keep them trapped, whether that’s low pay, low benefits, not having access to the public services they need.
“I don’t think that’s because a Labour government is the main driving force, I think the main driving force pushing it backwards, there are external forces funded by big money from Elon Musk to JK Rowling, but the Government isn’t standing up against that with a compassionate alternative, and it’s allowing itself to be pushed in that direction.

“I think it’s very sad, I feel very sorry for her, for someone who was once a treasured children's author.”
Earlier this year the Harry Potter author launched a fund for "women's sex-based rights", which "offers legal funding support to individuals and organizations fighting to retain women’s sex-based rights in the workplace, in public life and in protected female spaces".

Ms Whittome ruled out the idea social media regulation was a “silver bullet”, and that the only way to fight bigotry was “not to give an inch”.
She said: “We see negative headlines about trans people in the media every day, the Tories and Reform continue to use them as a political football, often most damagingly in reference to protecting women from women who aren’t trans, which misdiagnoses the problem of male violence, which is something…done to women both trans and not trans by violent and abusive men.'

https://archive.ph/aoJmH

Nadia, wait til you hear what they're doing with violent and abusive men who say they're women! They're in women's prisons, Nad!

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Keenovay · 10/11/2025 16:10

FragilityOfCups · 09/11/2025 17:45

That's what I mean. Surely she knows that this pretty widely reported case would make her false statement seem ridiculous?

The fact the Darlington nurses are being funded by Christian Concern has unfortunately been an open goal for Nadia & co. It's the first thing that gets mentioned about the case in TRA circles and feeds into their narrative that individuals are being used by larger, shadowy forces.

Of course, TRAs would dismiss the nurses' case however pure the funding, but I think it's an unfortunate alliance given CC's hardline views on other topics. It muddies the water somewhat, as they're always mentioned in the same breath.

Justnot · 10/11/2025 16:29

TRAs are so deluded it really would make no difference who backed the nurses - they go after rabbits ffs

Shortshriftandlethal · 10/11/2025 16:39

Timpanic · 10/11/2025 14:59

Reading all this stuff gives me whiplash in my brain. "let them make their case in daylight through democratic processes. Let them persuade the public, lobby Parliament, and seek democratic mandate for their positions." err yes, that is what happened. Does anyone think that's not what has happened?

And don't even get me started on NW stating as fact things that are blatantly untrue. But it's unsurprising really. The whole thing is based on willing fiction into reality - if saying TWAW enough times makes it true then why not try and see what else that magic works on! Is that a Trump tactic?!

But that is exactly what has been happening for years now......but first there had to be an end to 'No Debate' which was where the Labour party, and others, were at seven years ago. When the Guardian was blacklisting its own writers, and women were being banned even from this forum; when the Scottish Greens were at their looniest; when 'A Woman's Place' meetings had to have the venue announced at the last minute in case screaming TRAS turned up and tried to get it closed down; when women were reduced to havng to put little stickers on the genitals of iron men at Crosby Beach - declaring that "women don't have penises"; when the Mayor of Liverpool threatened to have them arrested for a 'hate crime'...

DrBlackbird · 10/11/2025 22:24

GCAcademic · 09/11/2025 19:42

She's a great example of why Reform is doing so well.

This absolutely the worst of it. She’ll fiercely hold on to her illogical and sanctimonious principles happy to see the UK lurch to the right under the spell of Farage - who knows how to exploit a divisive issue - because she’s on the right side of history. And will drag us all down with her idiocy.

GCAcademic · 11/11/2025 20:31

DrBlackbird · 10/11/2025 22:24

This absolutely the worst of it. She’ll fiercely hold on to her illogical and sanctimonious principles happy to see the UK lurch to the right under the spell of Farage - who knows how to exploit a divisive issue - because she’s on the right side of history. And will drag us all down with her idiocy.

Yes, I think she and her ilk actually need Farage, so that they have something to define themselves against. They actually cultivate opponents like him because it serves their delusions of virtue.

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