The current debate on transgender rights seems to have gone from, “let’s take transgender issues seriously” to “let boys be girls”. Grace Dent in her article of the same name (Independent 14.11.17) gives some of the breezy reasons about why the Church of England, the government and the entertainment industry is obsessed with gender. This debate, it seems to me, is going from promoting more tolerance, to promoting more guilt and shame. The argument goes that those of us born with a penis ought to be ashamed of that fact. Men are the world’s problem. We men should seriously consider getting in touch with our feminine side – whatever that means – and taking the process to its logical solution.
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