Month: July 2022

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Once More Into The Breach

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,
Or close the wall up with our English dead!

Henry V (Act 1)

Well, my favorite rich gal author has jumped into the breach, yet again.

Parents of a severely disabled 16 year old girl want justice for their daughter. But Gender Activists are more concerned about the feelings of biological males who have “become women” than a severely disabled 16 year old girl.

Our severely learning-disabled sixteen year-old daughter, Helen (not her real name), is entirely dependent on others for intimate care. Nearly two years ago, her special school sent round a new intimate care policy, which had been ratified by its governing body: 

“A decision has been made to remove cross-gender consent from the personal and intimate care policy, which is in line with legislation and guidance relating to equality and diversity”.  

In other words, same-sex intimate care had now become cross-gender intimate care, a change of policy that would allow male members of staff to take Helen to the loo, one-to-one, behind a closed door. As her parents, our reaction was initially disbelief, followed by outrage, and a determination that this policy change should be reversed. Life as parents of a severely learning-disabled, autistic and non-verbal daughter certainly has its worries, and some of these are the focus of this blog. But there is a danger, in writing at length about our worries and fears for Helen’s present and future, that we leave readers thinking our experience is one of unending woe, for which we are seeking sympathy. 

Their threatened rights include:

  • The right to have women-only care staff dealing with intimate care, helping use the loo and manage menstruation.
  • The right to go to a women’s clothes shop, changing room, or bra-fitting service, and for there to be only women present.
  • The right not to be seen naked by or see naked men in swimming pool changing rooms (Helen loves swimming).

Obviously, nobody could imagine that male staff would be thought routinely eligible for roles providing intimate care to severely learning-disabled girls, right?  Wrong.

They are not seeking sympathy. They seek justice for their young daughter.

This heartbreaking story is worth your time. Support Sex-Based Rights! Biology is not bigotry. Our severely learning-disabled sisters need us!

The full story is found here.

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Love Refuses to Affirm Confusion

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Wise and Scrupulous

So says The Economist about the New York Times Bestseller:

Our young people are being placated in place instead of nurtured into adulthood.

I recommend you read this book. The authors wrote an afterword in the summer of 2021 to be added to the second addition but it grew so long that the publishers balked at the cost of adding it to the second addition.

So….

You can find it on-line here. Take the time. It’s worth it.

Afterword Contents.

It has been a tough three years — for universities, for many Western democracies, and for humanity — as we all adapted to a pandemic, an economic crisis, and political turbulence. Our goal in this afterword is to share with you nine things we have learned in the last three years so that you can better understand and respond to the trends that may already be affecting your family, school, workplace, and country.

The afterword has nine sections:

  1. Gen Z’s Mental Health Continues to Deteriorate
  2. It’s Social Media—More Than Screen Time—That Matters For Mental Health
  3. Increasing Persecution on Campus
  4. The Polarization Spiral and the Great Awokening
  5. International Coddling
  6. Corporate Coddling
  7. The Role of Ed Schools
  8. K-12 and the Battle Over Antiracism 3.0
  9. Conclusion: Eternal Wisdom

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Love Refuses to Affirm Confusion

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Progressive Gets Asylum From Identity Politics

A lefty scholar leaves a progressive think thank for a conservative one.

Ruy Teixeira

So writes the Editorial Board at the Wall Street Journal. Ruy Teixeira spent many years at the Center for American Progress (CAP), a progressive Washington think tank “that provides much of the agenda for Democrats.”

But he has had enough. And is now joining the conservative American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He hasn’t changed his mind about economic or political matters. And AEI in the spirit of diversity has decided to give him a new home.

“I’m just a social democrat, man. Trying to make the world a better place.

Ruy Teixeira
"Yet he said CAP is being warped by a junior staff for whom identity politics is everything."

“It’s become very hard to have a conversation about race and gender and trans issues, even crime and immigration. You know, ‘How should the left handle these?’ There’s a default assumption about how you’re supposed to talk about these things, even the language. There’s a real chilling effect on all of these organizations.”

Ruy Teixeira

And what is the default assumption?

“It’s just cloud cuckoo land. The fact that nobody is willing to call b—, it just freaks me out.”

Ruy Teixeira

That’s because kids fresh out of college have been trained to accept everyone’s version of “truth”, especially if it emanates from a ‘marginalized’ group.

My Truth, Your Truth

As a good social democrat he was working on a project that aimed to unite the black and white working classes.

“Nobody wanted to touch it. You could tell. People were leery of talking about the white working class, as if it was de facto racist.”

Ruy Teixeira

Full Editorial Here.

Viewpoint diversity and its expression is currently out of style in many organizations these days. More people need to be willing to speak up about cancel culture, speech codes, etc.., and question unquestionable narratives, like Gender Identity.

We need more adults in the room.

Courage!

Coddling Generation Safety Blankey? Or Affirming Shared Truths?

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