These men know a man when they hear him

They know that sex is real. It’s how they know who to pay attention to.

This week we heard a redoubtable woman called Emma trying to get a straight answer out of Keir Starmer on the question of single sex spaces for women and girls. It’s a question a lot of us would like to hear answered without caveats. I’d suggest not holding your breath, but we did learn that he:

“passionately think[s] we should protect single spaces for women and girls – that’s something I’ve been clear on for a very long time”

Not that clear – there’s a missing word in that statement: SEX. Freudian? Perhaps.

Still avoiding sex, he went on to stress the importance of “safe spaces” for women and girls, but seemed unable to acknowledge that spaces become very much safer when men and boys are excluded.

And when asked if Rosie Duffield was right to say only women have a cervix, Keir Starmer agreed with Tony Blair who said that it was right, suggesting that he can tell men from women after all. On this topic, the men are the people he agrees with.

Ali Miraj had a touch of the Starmers on Sunday afternoon’s LBC broadcast. You can find his discussion with a male trans activist here from 2 hours in. Ali Miraj appears to be another man who can tell men from women even when they’re wearing women’s clothes. Just like Starmer, the men are the people he agrees with on this topic.

If only women could be that rational, eh?

If you have time you might want to listen to said activist explaining that the whole “trans debate” is “toxic” and a “culture war”. And of course, it’s all the fault of JK Rowling. But be warned, it’s 20 minutes of your life you won’t get back.

Ali Miraj (whose TwiX bio claims “Broadcaster | Financier | Founder Contrarian Prize | DJ”) interviewed the activist about JK Rowling’s excellent essay in The Times (which absolutely is worth reading). Or rather, he didn’t. We didn’t hear any critical response to any of the points made, just fawning agreement. None of the real-world consequences of placing men in women’s prisons, hospitals or refuges were discussed. None of the consequences for girls losing their single sex toilets at school – such as UTIs from avoiding drinks and staying home when they have their period. Nor the impact on women who lose their places on sports teams to men.

It’s almost like these two men haven’t understood women’s concerns at all. To be honest, I’m not sure they’ve even heard us.

But be that as it may, any interviewer worth their salt should have picked up on the nonsense notion that problems in the media results from women lobbying against self-ID. Sounds a lot like victim blaming to me.

Or the charge that women are trying to “unpick” the Equality Act, when we’re asking for it to be applied as originally intended.

And nobody who has any idea as to what women’s concerns are could come to the conclusion arrived at by Miraj – that their tortuous conversation had been “dealing with some of the crux of the issues”.

Nevertheless, and full of confidence, Miraj explains how he alone has identified the simple answers missed by everyone else.

These men who think they are women just want to be treated fairly, he says, whilst entirely overlooking that fairness for women is lying bleeding somewhere under the bus if they get what they want.

And identity! It’s personal! Of course men who identify as women will tell the truth about their sex when it matters! Those silly women are worrying about nothing….

Sorry, Ali, but you’ve got so much catching up to do. I recommend putting aside a couple of months – but it’ll be worth it. Just wait till you read about the exploits of Jessica Yaniv, and Barbie Kardashian. About the corruption of the 2021 national census and police recording male crimes as female. I’m not sure how you missed Isla Bryson – it was in all the papers, and when Lia Thomas took podium places from women in the US it was all over social media. Mind you, the BBC reported Gavin Hubbard – who displaced a woman in the 2021 Olympic weightlifting final – as if he was a woman, so I can forgive you that one. Take a look at www.shewon.org to get a better feel for the extent to which women are losing out in sports. It’s quite the eye opener. 

The one concession made by Miraj is to safety, which he calls “minor” for some reason. Quite what women’s safety has to do with Miraj’s own discomfort with women “running around” the toilet while he’s taking a piss, I’m not sure.

Here’s the thing, Mr Miraj. Women do not “run around” in toilets. We’re not the children you seem to think we are. And we know what we’re talking about when it comes to the erosion of our rights.

So why not listen to informed women instead of men in fishnets?