When Respect Becomes Ridiculous
Politicians abandoned common sense for fear of offending
I want to turn your attention this morning to one of the great intellectual mysteries of the 21st century.
Can a woman have a penis?
Now, most of humanity settled that question somewhere around the invention of language.
But Britain’s Health Minister has only just caught up.
Until very recently, James Murray insisted that trans women are women and, by implication, that penises can be just turn up anywhere.
Not anymore.
The senior Labour member turned up on national television at the weekend and was asked …
Do you think a woman can have a penis? Cause you did previously. It’s an important question for a Health Secretary to answer.
James Murray replied …
No I don’t.
The journalist was incredulous …
So you’ve changed your mind?
The Health Minister replied simply …
Yes.
Well, hang on a second.
You can’t just say that yesterday you believed women could have a penis but today you’ve decided they can’t.
It’s not like changing your mind on whether to holiday in Europe or the US.
This isn’t a revised opinion about pineapple on pizza.
It’s basic biology.
So what happened?
How did the man responsible for Britain’s National Health Service suddenly discover something every maternity ward has been quietly observing for centuries?
The British Government’s Health Minister explained …
