Gee, imagine how they feel

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Ophelia Benson

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What’s the problem here?

https://twitter.com/babybeginner/status/2112164802017783857

I didn’t even watch the whole thing, but I can tell you anyway. Starting at 43 seconds he says “…the British government has just made it compulsory for trans women like myself to be placed in male wards in hospital. [long dramatic pause] And the cruelty of that is [very soft pained voice] extraordinary.”

Oh yes? That’s cruel is it? But what about the British government making it compulsory for women to be placed in hospital wards with one or more men in them? I ask that because you see if the government says you can be placed in female wards, you’re doing the same damn thing to women that you’re so distraught about when it’s being done to you. How do you manage to overlook that fact? How do you manage to have so much tender and dramatic concern for your plight and none whatsoever for the plight of the women who would be forced to put up with you in their wards?

Sadly, we all know how. Because you’re a self-centered pig who does not give two shits about women, that’s how.

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6 responses to “Gee, imagine how they feel”

  1. chigau Avatar
    chigau

    Are psychiatric wards in Britain segregated by sex?

  2. maddog1129 Avatar
    maddog1129

    He wants wards to be mixed with both men and women? If he is placed in the men’s ward, he will have gotten his wish. So what’s his problem?

  3. John Gibson Avatar
    John Gibson

    I don’t think, actually, that that is what is proposed. The last time I was in hospital, the ward I was on had a central corridor, where the nurses were stationed, on one side was the men’s section and across the corridor the women’s section and to one side were some rooms with single beds. It would appear sensible therefore to put trans patients in a separate room. Indeed, from a recent report that looked at the issue, that does appear to be what is happening. However, not all hospitals have suitable rooms, in which case, they are likely to be treated in the corridor. Not perhaps very satisfactory, but then being treated in the corridor is a rather too common experience for any patient in an NHS hospital when they become overcrowded.

  4. guest Avatar
    guest

    So if I understand correctly, all I’d need to do is say ‘I’m trans’ to get a private room.

  5. John Gibson Avatar
    John Gibson

    Sorry for my somewhat belated response, but I had an appointment with the NHS today. Regarding private rooms, a few years ago when I was in hospital, they did actually put me in a private room, for no good reason that I could see. It didn’t make much difference except that there was nobody to talk to. Some people might find that great, others as akin to solitary confinement. The NHS seems to be dealing with this issue in a pragmatic way, although “pragmatic” probably needs interrogating in this context.

  6. Your Name's not Bruce? Avatar
    Your Name’s not Bruce?

    How do you manage to have so much tender and dramatic concern for your plight and none whatsoever for the plight of the women who would be forced to put up with you in their wards?

    Funny how these guys all have the ability to imagine themselves as women, but lack the imagination and empathy to put themselves in the place of actual women. This personal delusion, which so many TiMs seem to think is the most interesting and important thing about themselves, blots out their view of anyone and anything else. Who has time for theory of mind when the whole universe is supposed to be your mirror?

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