A B'Old Woman

 Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, when on the pre-election campaign trail, scoffed at the idea that bathrooms might be an election issue, and anyone who gave credence to it was on another planet. Ah, the luxury of being in a position where one could say that, and actually believe it. Chris Luxon’s response to the idea that bathrooms do actually matter to some of us, was elicited by a reporter asking him what he thought of NZ First’s promise to protect women’s and girls’ single-sex toilets from men who say they’re women. Mr Luxon thought it was a mighty amusing question, and replied in a derisory manner that was several years out of touch. I’d give a lot to bring back the days when a question like that wouldn’t need to be asked. The days when I went into female spaces, and they felt safe. The days when it never occurred to me to be on the alert for male intruders claiming to be women. It seemed impossible that those days would disappear, because the sheer logic of women and girls hav

 We used to have a rule that worked quite well for women, until men who say they’re women broke it. The rule was more of a social contract, really – those things we have which help all us humans live together without the need to have written rules for every little thing. Well, we had one which prevented men from entering women’s spaces, and it worked well for a long time. In fact, referring to this as only a social contract is a bit of a misnomer, as men could get arrested for going into women-only spaces. This rule was very useful in helping women to have the freedom to go about in public, and have safe spaces for our private bodily needs. Then along came a movement of men who say they’re women and broke it. Why? Because that’s what they wanted to do. They didn’t achieve this alone, though. They have been aided and abetted by women they’ve thoroughly duped. These women believe that men who want to get their dicks out in women’s communal changing rooms and toilets are not fetishists, w

 Sall Grover is a star. That mid-winter night in Christchurch where she spoke to an attentive audience on the last leg of her speaking tour in NZ may have chilled her star extremities a little, but she still shone. The story of how her creation of an app for women went sideways due to a litigious man who says he’s a woman, Roxy Tickle, is now very relevant to us here in New Zealand. This Tickle bloke claims his self-declared ‘woman’ gender identity trumps the fact that he’s not actually a woman. He has sued Sall for discrimination in federal court in Australia for not letting him onto her app. The verdict is due anytime. The law around sex and gender here in New Zealand is different to Australia’s, but our Law Commission has now released a proposal to put the word ‘gender’ into our Human Rights Act against discrimination. If it goes ahead, it may put us into the same awkward situation that Sall has experienced, and we’ll be required to contest whether or not gender – whatever that mean

 We continue to live in interesting times. Gender ideology has changed our world. It has been a contributing factor in destabilising Western society in ways most of us never saw coming. We’re told that if we just accept everything it demands of us – e.g. believe that men can be women just upon their say-so – everything will be wonderful. If we don’t accept that, the problem is with us, we’re told, not with the ideology. The reality is that gender ideology has wrought division, delusion, and deception in society, politics, and the workplace. Its tentacles weave their way into our lives, often via subterfuge, which is its preferred modus operandi. Sometimes, though, we get hit in the face with exactly how much our politicians and councillors are cosying up to neo-rainbow lobby groups who want gender ideology entrenched to serve their agenda. Duncan Webb , Labour MP for Christchurch Central, posts a photo of himself and Reuben Davidson , the new Labour MP for Christchurch Central, on his