esn’t seems to have occurred to them that it’s an insult to survivors of sexual violence to nominate them alongside someone so committed to gender ideology that he once claimed scientists had discovered a “transsexual” palm tree.
When Nadia Murad was abducted by Islamic State in Iraq, she couldn’t “identify” as a man and escape being repeatedly raped. In France, Gisèle Pelicot’s vile husband invited men to rape his drugged wife, not someone who had decided to identify as a woman. Biological sex is central to the experiences of these heroic women, as it is to every woman who has been raped or sexually assaulted. Theories about an innate “gender identity” ignore such inconvenient facts, brushing them aside in favour of impractically idealistic notions about someone’s “inner feelings”.
You would think that the BBC, currently embroiled in yet another scandal about alleged bad behaviour by a male presenter, would understand the importance of sex by now. But its annual list of “99 inspiring women and a bloke” suggests otherwise.
Having regularly included a man in their annual 100 women list, it seems to have settled into a BBC tradition. If they didn't, people might start asking questions….has the Beeb gone transphobic now?
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