[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

JK Rowling is right: The Guardian should be embarrassed by this
pro-trans propaganda

Only women need a scan for cervical cancer, not ‘people’, like the activist-

appeasing newspaper suggests

The Guardian has long been celebrated for its typos. The other day, however,
it ran a headline which appeared to have an entire word missing. It read:
“One in three across UK are overdue for cervical cancer screening.”

One in three what? Mothers? Midwives? Marchionesses? Members of
Bananarama?

I scanned the article’s intro to locate the mislaid noun. Unfortunately, though,
I ended up even more confused. Because the answer turned out to be
“people”.

“A third of people across the UK,” reported someone with the unusual job title
of health and inequalities correspondent, “are overdue their cervical cancer
screening, while in parts of England some are at greater risk of the disease
than others due to a low uptake for the preventive vaccine.”

Naturally, I was alarmed. Because “a third of people across the UK” includes
me. In all my 44 years on this Earth, I’ve never had a single screening for
cervical cancer. Am I in danger? Should I ring my GP and demand a detailed
inspection of my cervix as soon as possible?

Then again, there is another way to interpret this story. Which is that the
poor old Guardian is so desperate not to offend trans activists, it’s got itself
tied up in knots.

Any sane newspaper, after all, would simply have used the word “women”.
But The Guardian daren’t do that. Because then it would be besieged by
horrified ideologues, irately reminding it that trans women are women but
don’t need cervical cancer screenings – while trans men are men but do need
cervical cancer screenings. To use the word “women”, therefore, is hateful
and trans-exclusionary.

As JK Rowling put it on social media: “This is what happens when you erase
the word ‘woman’ from your reporting: you disseminate inaccuracies and
falsehoods. If you prioritise an ideology over giving clear and accurate
information, you aren’t journalists, you’re propagandists.”

To be fair to The Guardian, however, it doesn’t always get it wrong. Less than
a month ago, it ran the headline: “New AI Test can predict which men will
benefit from prostate cancer drug.” So they are clear about the difference
between men and women sometimes. When the cancer only affects men,
anyway.

Still, it would be nice if they and other progressive outlets could be
consistent. In an important medical context, such nonsense is enough to give
you a thumping headache.

JK Rowling is right. Trans propaganda is bad for your health.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...-the-guardian/