So important. The grace of calm fact, her bearing of deep, wise knowledge and experience.
Indisputable.
No argument against her could stand or ever need refuting.
She stands in her truth.
We need more mothers to stand firm, calmly, in their wise experience and conviction of common sense.
And shake a broom to all those silly adults behaving like children, glare that 'no nonsense mother's glare' and growl firmly: 'grow up you lot, and get out of my house.'
This was the episode that brought me to Gender: A Wider Lens. So good to hear it again.
I ran a positive birth group myself and I was also an associate trainer for Birthrights. I had read JK Rowling's essay and thought it sounded reasonable. I wondered if situations (i.e. use of women's hostels by men who ID as women) could be assessed on an individual basis but then later understood that this was impossible.
It was the incident with Milli Hill and Birthrights that peaked me to this issue. I had a fellow trainer who sent me a link to the Civitas (A politically right leaning) Think Tank paper on the issue which made sense to me, a lefty. I wrote to and spoke to the Project Manager at Birthrights and I remember saying well surely this wanting to be called women/men is all part of their gender dysphoria? Why are we keeping them sick [by calling people the wrong sex]? Are we saying that you can actually change chromosomes? She couldn't give me answers but was very kind and understanding, she has since left the organisation.
Looking at the broader picture, the founders had fallen hard for the critical race theory (everyone is racist) and began hiring all BAME staff, they then quickly became consumed by trans activism too. I remained curious, I attended a training session run by Birthrights and AJ Silver's Queer Birth Club and challenged the impact that this change of language was having on women and the ability to enshrine women's rights in law. The training was flaky at best. The definitions of the different identities didn't matter, I was told! Words matter so much, I know that as a solicitor words are vitally important. I wasn't impressed.
The wording of the training for Birthrights changed to 'women and birthing people' which I went along with and used even though I didn't believe in it. The training we delivered on behalf of Birthrights was just so awesome, so inspiring, combining my love for law and human right with my passion for positive birth for all. I needed that boost of delivering the training at a very difficult time in my life, so I continued.
Life changed again and became busy in other ways, so I delivered less training for them and then they shared a post on social media supporting men breastfeeding last year (a Queer Birth Club original post) and I had to remove myself from any association with them. To be supporting a male sexual fetish, far outside their remit (Human Rights in Childbirth) was too much for me and I did not want to be associated with child sexual abuse. I wrote and told them why I was leaving and that I didn't want to be associated with them. They couldn't have cared less! I must have been volunteering for them and delivering training for them for around 8 years and I barely received a 2 line email in response.
c sections have very long term impact on the whole body.
Because women aren't listened to by the medical profession (and more) women need an advocate in the obstetric theater. - birth dula etc;;;
when medicine becomes a commodity, the patients suffer.
Acupuncturre can be used to turn the baby before birth time.
So important. The grace of calm fact, her bearing of deep, wise knowledge and experience.
Indisputable.
No argument against her could stand or ever need refuting.
She stands in her truth.
We need more mothers to stand firm, calmly, in their wise experience and conviction of common sense.
And shake a broom to all those silly adults behaving like children, glare that 'no nonsense mother's glare' and growl firmly: 'grow up you lot, and get out of my house.'
This was the episode that brought me to Gender: A Wider Lens. So good to hear it again.
I ran a positive birth group myself and I was also an associate trainer for Birthrights. I had read JK Rowling's essay and thought it sounded reasonable. I wondered if situations (i.e. use of women's hostels by men who ID as women) could be assessed on an individual basis but then later understood that this was impossible.
It was the incident with Milli Hill and Birthrights that peaked me to this issue. I had a fellow trainer who sent me a link to the Civitas (A politically right leaning) Think Tank paper on the issue which made sense to me, a lefty. I wrote to and spoke to the Project Manager at Birthrights and I remember saying well surely this wanting to be called women/men is all part of their gender dysphoria? Why are we keeping them sick [by calling people the wrong sex]? Are we saying that you can actually change chromosomes? She couldn't give me answers but was very kind and understanding, she has since left the organisation.
Looking at the broader picture, the founders had fallen hard for the critical race theory (everyone is racist) and began hiring all BAME staff, they then quickly became consumed by trans activism too. I remained curious, I attended a training session run by Birthrights and AJ Silver's Queer Birth Club and challenged the impact that this change of language was having on women and the ability to enshrine women's rights in law. The training was flaky at best. The definitions of the different identities didn't matter, I was told! Words matter so much, I know that as a solicitor words are vitally important. I wasn't impressed.
The wording of the training for Birthrights changed to 'women and birthing people' which I went along with and used even though I didn't believe in it. The training we delivered on behalf of Birthrights was just so awesome, so inspiring, combining my love for law and human right with my passion for positive birth for all. I needed that boost of delivering the training at a very difficult time in my life, so I continued.
Life changed again and became busy in other ways, so I delivered less training for them and then they shared a post on social media supporting men breastfeeding last year (a Queer Birth Club original post) and I had to remove myself from any association with them. To be supporting a male sexual fetish, far outside their remit (Human Rights in Childbirth) was too much for me and I did not want to be associated with child sexual abuse. I wrote and told them why I was leaving and that I didn't want to be associated with them. They couldn't have cared less! I must have been volunteering for them and delivering training for them for around 8 years and I barely received a 2 line email in response.