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When it comes to deciding who is transphobic, the bar is being set so low that even a world-class limbo dancer would struggle to slip beneath it.
Simply saying that transwomen are not biological females is enough to get you in hot water, and anyone daring to point out that the presence of natal males (however they identify) in a women-only space is unsafe is at risk of being branded a bigot. The actor Amanda Abbington is the latest in a long line of women to experience this.
When Abbingdon announced that she would be taking part in Strictly Come Dancing this year, gender extremists pointed out that, in March, she had tweeted her disapproval of young children being subjected to drag shows. The backlash was such that she left Twitter and has yet to return.
Back in the days before feminism became the opposite of its true meaning, we worried that men dressing as sexualised parodies of women was sexist and offensive.
To explain: men who both dress as women and claim to be women are now taking umbrage at men who dress as women for fun. The former believe the latter are making light of something deadly serious. Many feminists will see that they are all men masquerading as women – but the important distinction is that drag queens don’t generally demand access to women’s hospital wards, rape crisis centres and prison wings.
Abbingdon is by no means alone as a victim of this reverse logic, which could be best described as “Darvo” (Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender), and can be adopted by male perpetrators of abuse towards women as a way of skirting accountability for their behaviour. It is used to describe men who coerce their female partner, then gaslight her into believing she is the problem. It is a key tactic used by some trans activists to target feminists fighting for our sex based rights.
As the reverse logic goes, LGBTQIA+ BBC staff might feel “unsafe” with Abbingdon on set, so some are calling for a boycott of Strictly until Abbingdon is cancelled.
And last weekend, it was a transgender activist who brought the men’s road race at the Cycling World Championships to a dangerous halt to protest the fact that men (transwomen) are no longer allowed to compete against women.
Look also at what is happening to my friend Joanna Cherry MP: because she has spoken out against male rapists being placed in women’s prisons, she now requires serious security at the Edinburgh Festival. Consider the experiences of Kathleen Stock, driven out of her job at Sussex University by a baying mob of students claiming to be “in danger” from her perfectly reasonable views on sex and gender.
I have been physically attacked by trans activists for simply speaking out against the erosion of single sex spaces. These assaults took place when I was an invited speaker on the topic of male violence. Although I have been campaigning, researching and writing about such matters for more than four decades, the trans activists portrayed me as a direct threat to them rather than someone campaigning for women’s liberation.
The reality is that it is women who are under threat. The extreme wing of the trans lobby appear to believe it acceptable to intimidate feminists for holding mainstream views on biological sex. It’s a clever trick to claim that men – at least those identifying as transgender or non-binary – are now oppressed by women. What could be more Orwellian?
Society is being sold a lie and many women have been duped as to what an actual transgender woman is. A recent poll conducted among British women showed that 35pc believe a transgender woman to be female from birth. Unsurprisingly, those who understand least about sex and gender are of the younger generation. Perhaps they have been indoctrinated. It is they who are most likely to have no idea that transgender women are born – and remain – biological males.
It is high time for us to return to reality. Women like me are no threat to men masquerading as women. The reverse may, however, be true.
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