Dani

Teacher. Feminist. Lover of classic literature, snowboarding and hiking through the beautiful British countryside.

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

There are three ponds at Hampstead Heath where men can all go swimmin',
One's mixed sex, the other male, one was reserved for women.
"We need our space," the women cried, all across the nation.
"Shut up, bigot," the men replied, "we need our validation!"

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

Another well reasoned, educated and articulate response. I would say a lot of people feel this way about this topic. It'd be difficult to ignore the points being made here.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

My position is that gender dysphoria is a real, painful condition and that for some adults, the only way they may feel able to resolve that inner conflict is transition. If that’s the road they choose I wish them long life and happiness and I would vigorously oppose any discrimination against them when it comes to employment, housing or voting rights.

I do not believe children have the capacity to consent to treatments that may leave them infertile and, in some cases, anorgasmic. Multiple studies have shown that gender dysphoria in childhood and adolescence is not uncommon, for gay kids particularly, but it also occurs in, for example, straight girls who hate the idea of becoming women and sometimes, tragically, in children who’ve been abused. The available evidence shows that in the majority of cases, gender dysphoria resolves after the person has gone through adolescence. I am strongly opposed to the experimental treatment of blocking puberty in dysphoric children. I believe trans activists have behaved hugely unethically and irresponsibly in pretending that there is good evidence that these treatments are beneficial (there isn’t), that puberty blockers are completely reversible (there is a mounting body of evidence to suggest they aren’t) or that children are likely to kill themselves if denied blockers (there is no evidence to support this and suicide prevention charities warn against making such statements, due to the very real danger of suicide contagion.)

Of course, not all trans-identified people are dysphoric. Erotic transvestism, also known as autogynephilia, (getting a sexual thrill out of dressing as/pretending to be a woman) has been around for a very long time. I believe lesbians are entitled to exclude straight, cross-dressing men from their dating pools without being accused of bigotry and worse (same goes for gay men with trans-identified women). It’s profoundly homophobic to attack gay people for being same-sex attracted.

I don’t believe anyone, adult or child, is ‘born in the wrong body.’ That is an unfalsifiable, quasi-religious belief. A person may *feel* as if they’re in the wrong body, but humans cannot literally change sex. However they identify, men don’t belong in the single-sex spaces for which women fought so hard.

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

@owenjonesjourno It's almost like you're saying males are the issue here. In which case, 'have a word' with your fellow men, get them to be more accepting and stop using women as a shield to protect others. It's not our job!

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

@BBCBreakfast Good!

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

@educationgovuk And the likelihood is, the staff who run these clubs are missing valuable time with their own families. Inevitability it'll be TAs who are already overworked and extremely underpaid who will be providing this service. I'm shocked this has been released publicly but not surprised

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

@Keir_Starmer I do not believe a single word from you.

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

I suppose this is what happens when you centre men. Unfit for purpose. Things could have been so different.

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

I'm absolutely raging on Carini's behalf. Why is this happening?! Her Olympic dreams dashed because of a cheating man. Outrageous.

[Oliver Brown @oliverbrown_tel]

In a highly emotional interview, Angela Carini has just explained that she abandoned because she had never been punched so hard.

Imane Khelif said nothing. And this is the issue that the IOC’s Mark Adams suggested everyone should just ‘dial down’.

An absolute scandal

[Jill Foster @JournalistJill]

‘It’s just one cycle event’.
‘It’s just one swimming race’
‘It’s just one event at Olympics’
‘It’s just one place in a marathon of 1000s’
‘It’s just Park Run’
‘It’s just PART of the prize money’
‘It’s just a minority of women speaking out’

No. It’s unjust.

#SaveWomensSport

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

@Cecil_Gericke @fundypost @ThePosieParker Pipe down Cecil. Women/feminists have been talking about issues like this for a very long time, you clearly haven't been paying attention. As for women 'allowing' this...women aren't to blame. So again, pipe down, you don't know what you're talking about and you're a bore!

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

@ItsBrunes @mara_yamauchi Oh sabrina, I'm actually cringing on your behalf.

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

@stephenwhittle Reported for inciting violence and encouraging other to harass. Completely irresponsible. Wind it in, your misogyny is showing.

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

@FloraSCooper Solidarity. What you've done take a huge amount of courage. I hope you, your colleagues and school in general are being supported. This is a pivotal moment and has made a huge difference already. Thank you for taking a stand, I hope others follow your lead. Stay strong.

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

@jeremycorbyn I'm just here for the ratio.

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

@genderisharmful Eurgh. Another cheating man. Quelle surprise. The sweeping side fringe to hide the male pattern baldness isn't fooling anyone.

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

@BoyGeorge That's not a very wholesome thing to say is it. I'm sure there's some teachings in Buddhism about hatred and ignorance.

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

@crit_gen What an absolute mess.

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

@mjeslfc The Golden Girls.💜

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

@BBCSport She's not wrong.

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

@reduxx

[Dani @barbara_fett1]

@SherylCrow @mikeparson I look forward to all the tweets and further outcry about other inmates on death row. Or is it just this particular violent, dangerous man getting a special shout-out? If so, why?