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Trans: Ideology Meets Reality - Parallax Views

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What is the transgender movement?

Over the past several years, the issue of trans rights has seeped into all aspects of politics and academia. With this issue coming to the forefront of social debate, many wonder what is the trans movement and what impact could it have on civil liberties.

In this episode of Parallax Views, IEA Head of Cultural Affairs Marc Glendening sits down with activist and author Dr. Helen Joyce to discuss her new book, Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality, and what the future of the transgender movement could entail.

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20 Comments

@iealondon Creator 3 years ago Pinned

What are your thoughts? Is this a religious-based system? How does this movement fit within a liberal society? Please let us know in the comments!

@HauntedHollytree 3 years ago

I never liked how because I was a tomboy people automatically tried to push me into being a lesbian. Assuming because I was masculine I must like girls was not ok. But now if you are a tomboy you now must be trans. It's called having a personality.

@helioselexandros 3 years ago

I worked with a trans woman about 5yrs ago. This person was extremely creepy and made women uncomfortable with his behavior before transitioning. He left and returned as a trans woman basically long hair and womens clothes. He started using the women's bathroom the first day and so many of them came to me as a member of management and complained. He would go into the bathroom when the most women were in there and stare at them. He constantly complained about having period pain and needed to go home. He said his thinning hair was caused by menopause. If thats not mental illness idk what is

@tr1pl3thr333 3 years ago

When the foundation of a movement is emotional blackmail, there's almost nowhere else to go but down. It's a sinking ship and we're all drowning in the waves.

@mostly.pleasant 3 years ago

My daughter was a 100% tomboy. Wore boy clothes, climbed trees, had really short hair and loved hanging with the boys. But it never occurred to me or her that she was therefore a lesbian or a boy trapped in a female body. She started getting interested in 'girl' things when her body changed. Placing labels on little kids because they dont fit societal adult categories is so dangerous and wrong. Leave the kids alone

@andyjay7337 3 years ago

I’ve said it before in other messages.
This Woman is borderline genius, she has a phd in maths, she’s had a distinguished career at the Economist,written a well received and best selling book and as a Woman has given birth to two children.
She should be being praised and lauded to the rafters for her achievements not being harassed and cancelled by free speech hating wokists.

@kudjoeadkins-battle2502 3 years ago

"We don't feel like we're animals, we feel like we're gods" Truer words were never spoken.

@christinaedwards5084 3 years ago

15:00 I just love she gives the text definition of an AGP.

@freyja802 3 years ago

At around 5:00 she brings up an important point: Most people can't even imagine self id and if you manage to explain it to them, they generally insist that it can't be true. When eventually they notice that it's happening, they panic, go crazy for a couple days and then forget about it. And there is a simple explanation for this: If people don't understand something, they default to ignoring it, so insane legislature passes more easily than sane one does.

@Kyle-sr6jm 3 years ago

Every lie incurs a debt to the truth. And sooner or later, that debt is paid.

Denying reality will work for only so long.

@blove142 3 years ago

if a person's happiness, depends on the participation of everyone else in their delusion, its going to be a problem.

@radubradu 3 years ago

She is so good in dismantling this dangerous nonsense.

@joymcarthur5429 2 years ago (edited)

An observation: I worked for nearly 30 years as a RN, mostly in home health. So I did many many History and physical assessments, possibly thousands with elderly people. When you do this you hear all sorts of things. Sometimes extremely personal things; even confessions of things maybe the patient wouldn't want others to know. Not one patient ever said to me "I regret I never was able to change my sex, or gender".

@joygibbons5482 3 years ago

The point about policing through work is so true. It’s a great relief to be retired now as I’m free from the anxiety about what could happen if I got any of this wrong and committed a thought/speech crime.

@angelpajarillo 3 years ago

I could listen to Helen all night the way she links rational cognitive facts and articulated so beautifully in the process .

@robjob9052 3 years ago

Great woman. She has the backbone we need right now (so she'll be silenced on the mainstream).

@cindyfaulkner5725 3 years ago

My nextdoor neighbour was a trans woman and we were friends fo 12 years then all og a sudden when my son was coming up to being 18 she became the neighbour from hell and made out lives horrendous and very scary because of their male aggression and strength.
After 3 years of having to csll the police almost every day,bwe finally got her prosecuted for harassment and a restraning order was issued which she continuosly broke.
We did finally manage to move to get away from her, now everytime she passes my car outside my Mum's house she stops her car and spits all over my car.
Sadly after we moved we found out most of the rest of the street had issues with her.
I also met someone who knew her ex-wife and said when she was a man he was a nasty drunk and his wife and kids have nothing to do with her.

@matrix26uk 3 years ago

I was on the phone with a mate last night and I mentioned I was reading Trans by Helen Joyce.
Low and behold this pops up in my recommended feed.

And manufacturers claim mobiles aren't snooping

@BigDog366 3 years ago

Listening to Helen is like drinking from the purest water in a desert when you are dying of thirst. She is so clear, so insightful, so interesting and also funny that I could listen to her for hours and never get tired. What a pity people like Helen don't get into positions of real power and that instead it's the slime of the world that rises to the top and makes the decisions for the rest of us.

@susanoline5823 3 years ago

Finally, someone says it doesn't matter what sex you are. Sexual genitals (what else do I call them?) and preferences do not have to be shared. It should be private. I want to hear NOTHING about people's sex lives. It makes me uncomfortable. It's like sharing in their sexual lives. Yuck. No boundaries.