TV Dr Amir Khan gives a Zack Polanski a biology lesson

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I know Khan is TWAW but I did enjoy this. See the penny drop...

Well said that doc!

And yet he's TWAW? That does not compute.

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Apparently Khan was on Lorraine spouting TWAW. I think its just to keep his TV career.

Khan might well have felt he had to say TWAW to keep his job, like many people.

Zach’s face in that video is a picture - the squirming discomfort as the penny drops is priceless.

I expect he’ll still stick to his ridiculous polices nonetheless, as misogyny clearly comes before truth, fairness and logic in his value system.

But still. Top tier entertainment.

Where are people seeing the penny drop? I just see two men who pretend they don’t know what a woman is until it suits them. They know fine well the difference in reality, but only stick with the difference while trying to earn brownie points for discussing women’s health.

^^ this.

This is what I saw as well.

Love the look on Zach's face, but I don't think it was the penny dropping.
More like the realisation that he could not disagree with the doctor, even though he was desperate to.

"nazi"!?!?

I don't see a penny drop moment either.

He knows all of this but doesn't give a fuck.

How Amir Khan can say this and yet also say TWAW when the media opportunity suits is messed up.

Give me Robert Winston any day of the week.

Polanski’s student union politics can get in the bin as well.

Amir Khan seems to hold two definitions of women in his head, and use whichever fits in the situation.

His default is woman as sexist stereotypes and no woman only spaces. But when he wants to flex his education, he remembers biology.

Its win win, for him.

I love Amir. I think he’s fabulous.

Same as previous posters. I saw no penny drop. I just saw a man remembering exactly where he had to stay cynically silent in order to avoid the pitfalls cunningly set by biological reality.

In fact the clip is infuriating because it is two men guzzling on unearned virtue-signals

Yep.

I don't see any penny dropping either. And Zack looks bored shitless to me.

It would never ever have occurred to him that all the trials have been done on men and women are nowhere.

But I bet, in his heart of hearts, he probably thinks and? Or whatever.

“Women are so different from men, they’ve been badly served by the medical community, you can’t treat them like men because every cell in their body reacts differently, that’s biology…….but yeah, men can be women if they want to be and should be treated just like a woman if they choose”

make it make sense?

💯

It's so outrageous, it's breathtaking, really.

Leverages sexism to look like a nice guy to women.

Then leverages it again to curry favour with sexists.

Upon reflection perhaps it wasn't a penny drop moment but the realisation that he can't disagree with facts. It will be interesting to see how he spins this interview re TWAW.

I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that that’s the first time Polanski has ever heard of the problem Amir describes. It’s not likely Invisible Women is on his bookshelf. It’s all brand new information to to him I bet.

I agree that Zack looks more bored than anything else. Its just another issue he has to fake being intetested in while on the campaign trail. We are going to see a lot of that face.

I thought Zack looked a bit put out at the first mention of biology....but the lack of awareness from Dr Khan about the sheer fucking hypocrisy of his TWAW stance beggars belief. And oh my god the mention of pregnant women, breastfeeding women I am shockedf that he didnt burst into flames at the heresy.

Yes, this was it for me. The fact he’d expected to be safe speaking to Khan, who’s been happy to spout TWAW, but who then goes on and on at length about how much biology matters. And Zach had to sit there and feign interest.

Realising that there are some pesky facts that could lead him into some awkward conversations about his misogynistic policies.

Unfortunately the dr thinks men can be women

Well I did wonder about that. Part of me wonders if Khan isn’t a true believer after all, but may have felt he had to spout the mantra to not lose the media gigs. Or even his medical work.

Of course, he could just be another fool who just thinks men are the priority, or sees an opportunity to screw women over.