Looks bleeping deranged.
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It was Monica Lennon (Labour MSP) who pushed for the period poverty bill. Sturgeon took all the credit of course.
Hahahahahaaaa love those pronounsI love this comment
'Its pronouns are now 'Unemployed' and 'twit''
This is the best thing I’ve ever read about pronouns.
fairplayforwomen.com
Pronouns are Rohypnol • Fair Play For Women
There’s a lot of chat around about pronouns right now. Specifically, ‘preferred’ pronouns. By which is usually meant, the pronouns a person would prefer.
fairplayforwomen.com
I couldn't get through it either - but she failed to mention that Virgin's "rather elegant pronoun badges" are not allowed in the Middle East - trans staff cannot fly ME routes.
And they probably had to compensate for this article, which must have had Owen Jones spitting feathers
‘An explosion’: what is behind the rise in girls questioning their gender identity?
As the NHS reviews gender referrals, parents, clinicians and young people reveal the social, medical and emotional challenges they face
www.theguardian.com
This does not surprise me!
I don't agree with much of what he says. I think if he is using women's spaces, thinks that people ought to call him 'she', thinks that dresses and cosmetic surgery counts as living 'as a woman' then I don't actually think that's appropriate. The simple fact of not being a fetishist or not being outright aggressive shouldn't be cause for applause. I don't see the difference between what he has spent his life doing and Rachel Dolzejal.
(To be clear, I'm sympathetic to Dolzejal, she is an abused woman whose traumatic childhood seems to have resulted in the development of a maladaptive coping mechanism of a false black identity. But I don't think validating her belief is fair on black people and I don't think it's even healthy for her. What she needs is some really intensive therapy.)
Similarly, while I can feel sympathy for the fact tat @Jayceedove has a mental health condition, it doesn't mean that I think playing pretend is good for him or fair on women. The problem that Jaycee has is that when society hadn't really questioned the ideology, he could live a life where most people would pretend. Overtly toxic people in the trans community will now bring the ideology under question and people who never really questioned misogynistic concepts like 'living as a woman' or 'feel like a woman' will peak and they won't put up with the charade anymore.
Woman is not a feeling. A woman is not a castrated man. Being a woman is not pink and flowers, it's not make up, it's not a mentality.
Oh I think @Jayceedove is exactly whoever they want to be! I like Jayceedove's contributions to the thread. I think they do really add extra context to the discussion.
But so too do so many other posters.
Has there been any further updates to the Brighton 'case' against Kellie JK?
‘It’s complicated – but you can’t shy away from it’: everything you wanted to know about pronouns (but were afraid to ask) | Gender | The Guardian
I read this.......but......still feel that language is meant to simplify things, to clarify things- and that complicating pronouns just adds unnecessary complication and barriers to communication and understanding! And the trouble is, of course people will shy away from it- because it is so complicated to explain or follow!
I am glad I am too old to bother about being asked to clarify my own pronouns!
Years and years ago, there were attempts to simplify the English language, to make it simple, clear and easy to read, particularly in documentation from councils or the government.
I so so wish this simplification existed today. I was checking something on a government website the other day, and got so confused. I think it was how to take animals abroad, I still have no idea of where to start! Then I was trying to understand something about applying for car parking permits online, and it made no sense!
So much information and forms nowadays are online, so people try to cover every single eventuality, which can be extremely confusing!
But so too do so many other posters.
Has there been any further updates to the Brighton 'case' against Kellie JK?
‘It’s complicated – but you can’t shy away from it’: everything you wanted to know about pronouns (but were afraid to ask) | Gender | The Guardian
I read this.......but......still feel that language is meant to simplify things, to clarify things- and that complicating pronouns just adds unnecessary complication and barriers to communication and understanding! And the trouble is, of course people will shy away from it- because it is so complicated to explain or follow!
I am glad I am too old to bother about being asked to clarify my own pronouns!
Years and years ago, there were attempts to simplify the English language, to make it simple, clear and easy to read, particularly in documentation from councils or the government.
I so so wish this simplification existed today. I was checking something on a government website the other day, and got so confused. I think it was how to take animals abroad, I still have no idea of where to start! Then I was trying to understand something about applying for car parking permits online, and it made no sense!
So much information and forms nowadays are online, so people try to cover every single eventuality, which can be extremely confusing!
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I’m just thinking aloud so I might be wrong, but does it need to be combatted? Heterosexuality is the “norm” because it’s predominant. Similarly, most people are right handed; do we need infographics on combatting right handedness?
When is tatttlw getting the eye role emoji?! Also some of this is just standard anyway surely? I refer to anyone's long term bf or gf as partner (when they're not married) gf or bf just seems less serious to me, obviously just my opinion but either way I wouldn't care
I’m talking about the “assuming pronouns” actually. Im rolling my eyes at that.
At this point it wouldn't surprise me if people om tiktok started to force themselves to be lefthanded to claim another form of prejudice
Who is he?One of my favourite comedians is a gay man who has a joke that it’s gaslighting when straight people use the word “partner” to refer to their bf/gf
On twitter, for anyone who hasn't seen the TED talk
I think "combatting" is a strong word, but I like the ethos behind not assuming sexual orientation.
I don't like that graphic, as heteronormativity to me is sexuality based - nothing to do with non-binary etc. Speaking as someone who's gay, I find it a bit awkward when someone who isn't aware of my sexuality just assumes my partner is the opposite sex to me.
I don't get offended or tell anyone off, but in the past before when people have asked me if I've got a girlfriend, I feel kind of bad saying "no, but I've got a boyfriend". They usually look a bit like "oh tit I've put my foot in it" when I think it's so easily avoided if you wait for a person to confirm things. That's what I do anyway.
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