Gender Discussion #105

[VC10]

It’s not surprising given all the stuff we are exposed to on this thread, the injustices against women thread and other media. However, I have to remind myself that these are just the worst examples of men in society. There are plenty of decent men (partners/relatives/friends) around too, including on this thread.

Yes, I agree.

 

[ObservO]

Not jailed for long enough though given that the surgeon must have been terrified of the weirdo.
He was given:
"14 months and ordered her to pay a £187 victim surcharge."
That's nothing for years of abuse!

Also has to be said he's really fucking ugly!

True it's nothing but this violent man is a marked man now, it's not easy to get a custodial sentence these days.

 

[Miss Ophelia]

But surely all the tr4nnies and their supporters buying Nike more than make up for the huge percentage of the worldwide makret they've lost from normal customers?

Go woke go broke seems to be the theme 🤍

 

[threeSMEGfridges]

lol, the muppets (thankfully seem to be a vocal minority of unwashed TRAs and "be kind" millennials) involved in GATE have referred to that well known LGBT+ hero "Martha p Johnson" in their new booklet. Can't even get their own icons name right

 

[Also_smoke_and_mirrors]

Not to be 'that', person, but pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding are not feminine things, they are female things.
Language matters.

Very true. It's too late to edit but I agree.

 

[Peachsquish]

Just seen this opinion column moaning about the Guide decision

https://www.archive.is/oldest/https...JnrSyf_yzq_brkFlSX_aem_V5WL-4_NaoKtoG_AiYP34Q

 

[ButtonDownTheHutches]

We'd all struggle to bust some awesome moves on that packed dancefloor though ...

 

[ButtonDownTheHutches]

Nicked this from the Tennants' thread.

Georgia Tennant #2 Vagina Bragger & Dithering Shagger

I remember reading an interview with DT years ago - Dr Who time - where he said his agent told him he could go the ‘cheap’ fame route of soaps etc. or the ‘quality’ route of theatre etc. and build a reputation as a serious actor. Which way is he going?

tattle.life

 

[ButtonDownTheHutches]

Love that commentary

View attachment 3920772

Oh dear. I always thought Sophie Ellis Bextor seemed quite sensible.

 

[Sea]

Agree with all your points. More often than not, especially with the BBC, I feel like I'm being fed propaganda. Case in point, The Capture recently featured an episode where an admitted wrong 'un hatched up a plan to shoot migrants coming across the Channel. The scene shows him lining up is sights on a boat only to see a young child slap bang in the middle of it. Now we all know most of the people coming across in boats are men, very few women and children. I do not advocate violence of any kind towards anyone, but this was frankly taking us for fools. Also more and more main character relationships are same sex, again no homophobia but it is becoming the norm in mainstream TV now. And once I see a troon well that show can get in the bin! Fuming at when I had to call time on Squid Game once the stunning and brave character took centre stage.

Exactly what I said when I watched that ridiculous, misrepresentated and calculated scene. How dare their agenda be used under the guise of entertainment (again).
Also thought stop giving mad people dangerous ideas

 

[Peter Out]

GMB platforming old codger ‘Steph’ (“I have a gender recognition certificate, driving licence and passport so legally I am female” ) Richards, allowing him to plead #transphobia due to the backlash over his role at Endometriosis South Coast. He has just said, “I bat for women because I see the oppression they take” then goes on to lists other uniquely female anatomy problems as if he has insight (menopause, fibroids, ‘can’t get pregnant’). He’s displaying his fetish on mainstream TV (no pun intended).

This has brought back memories of Hinge and Bracket!

 

[IngressUK]

Why is this taken so long to be made law and people adhere to it 🤍

I reckon they posted that to clearly provoke some kind of reaction.

Then to likely come out with the predictable 'You're a Transphobe' crap when people negatively comment.

 

[minimaz]

I would love it if Nadia was asked, if a drug has been found safe for use in men and trans women, is it safe for women and trans men?

 

[GlitterFluff]

It's lovely, isn't it? (As long as it's nothing life-threatening).

Mr Mice goes on nautical museum holidays with a couple of like-minded friends and the house is so peaceful (and tidy!).

Mr Fluff went away skiing last week so I took Thursday and Friday off work to have a long weekend with the dogs and it was BLISS.

I do like him but I also love my own company The house was IMMACULATE.

I've been 'gently encouraging' him to clean up after himself - he loves a clean house but doesn't seem to grasp the concept that it's constant work to keep it that way. He's threatening to come down with man flu so brought home allllll the medicines last night (yay!) but I got home from work today to see he'd left the Co-Op bag open on the kitchen counter along with a packet of Lemsip and some cough medicine inside.

*sigh*

 

[JAR21]

Do we know anyone who might be queuing up for this type of procedure?

‘I spent £80,000 cloning my cocker spaniel – now, I have two of her’

archived 10 Mar 2026 15:11:11 UTC

archive.ph

 

[JAR21]

To my mind, its insulting to the people then. We know women and some minorities weren't allowed to progress, so when you make say, a Poor Things, where the lead is just like 'I'll go to medical school in Victorian London', and everyone is just like 'Awesome, no woman ever thought of that before, we've no issue, though!' It suggests that the reason there was little progression then wasn't that were was measurable oppression, its just no one wanted it enough.
Same as a lot of the US films about civil rights like Hidden Figures or The Help, where the mean white ladies in the 60s are the power and enforcers behind racism while most of the white dudes (who were predominantly still in charge of law, education, etc.) look on baffled like 'What are you gals cat fighting about?'
Generally, films and books have gotten so lazy on this, lots of therapy speak that didn't exist 30 years ago, modern approaches in period set books. (I read Joe Hill, Stephen King's son's novel, King's Sorrow, bloody awful BTW, parts were set in the 90s but it was all 'I'm your emotional support system!' and 'Trans women are women!')

Isn't Stephen King's daughter a trannie, or non binary or whatever?

 

[Milliemoo99]

Girl Guides at war over trans ban

Relationships in organisation becoming hostile after group formed to reverse ban on biological boys from becoming members

www.telegraph.co.uk

Jesus fucking Christ, i loved guides as a girl, this is outrageous.

Whats really interesting is that the article talks about a splinter group trying to drum up support for trans children, And it has an anonymous brownie leader, saying that they and parents are quite happy with the guidance to ban trans children from guides?

as its the guides, would this be for trans boys or trans girls? I assume we are only talking about boys who want to be girls, does this make them trans girls? As if a girl wants to join in with the boys, she can easily go to a mixed sex scout unit? Which would also apply to the boys who want to be girls, so I fail to see the problem? No idea of the process for scout camp? Although I would imagine this would mean separate girls and boys tents or dormitories.

 

[TheMiceInTheShed]

Didn't know that was happening What a shame. Will watch some footage now.

I didn't know it was happening either - I would have been there.

 

[Miss Ophelia]

My OH is in hospital at present and do you know I’m loving it, no telly, no music, no questions, missing him and so are the cats they have had off days but I am a sure as hell loving the silence and moving about without being ask what you doing or can I have or what’s for lunch, dinner, etc you get the picture

Morning fellow Sorry quoting myself got my alarm cat call this morning, got up fed cats, cleaned cat, washing on, dishwasher emptied, bin emptied and outside, put kettle on, just wish someone else would do it haven’t even had a cup of tea yet 🤍

 

[Miss Ophelia]

Apparently not. This is from 6 years ago

The singer is an outspoken advocate for LGBT+ rights and has five children, all of whom were born male.

“I’m not really bothered about what [gender identity] they choose – I just want them to feel like they have choice,” Ellis-Bextor told The Guardian.

Generally speaking, though, Ellis-Bextor believes society is much better at understanding “the spectrum of gender”.

“We’ve got to get to a point where we can have their voices heard,” she added.

“But the main point is about just making sure that, socially and economically, [trans people] are supported in the right way.”

Sophie Ellis-Bextor 'not really bothered' by which gender her children identify as

‘I just want them to feel like they have choice,’ says singer

www.independent.co.uk

She has 5 boys. The cynic in me is questioning whether she is gearing up to trans one of them.

I wondered that also, mum probably there on husband’s behalf I read he keeps a tight rein on her not sure if true or not, but I think it is just another tick box excerise and trying to keep herself in the public eye for whatever reason.