We've put all these stumbling blocks in the
way of just basic human conversation
We can't make any assumptions about
someone based on their appearance, we
simply have to use this very careful
skirting around the edges of conversation and it
means people can't act in a way that
they always have in society. If they see
a woman wearing a dress, they say
"she's doing this" or "she's doing that" and
they get all hoity-toity and say "well I'm
a He, How dare you! You've offended me!" I
understand the kind of conversation
people are having but the laws are being
shaped to start prosecuting people for
having a contrary opinion on these things. I think
when we get to the basis of gender and
this is becoming a very confusing topic
for a lot of people in our society, a lot
of your listeners, when suddenly they
can't even look at someone and refer to
them as 'he' or 'she' they have to have an
introductory conversation or (ask) "Which
pronoun would you prefer I use?" It's
becoming quite aggressive from the safe
spaces in places like Monash University
where I think your academic comes from.
You know that's the same university that
has trigger warnings now before their
lectures to say that there's all sorts
of things we're going to talk about here
that might shock, horrify or offend you
and we want to give you a trigger
warning - such as 'scopophobia'. We may
make eye contact with you and if that
triggers a response that causes you
trauma, we have to give you a warning
beforehand about
scopophobia. (Tomlinson: Fair enough, lot's changing
in the world I think.) A lot's
changing and I'm not sure it's all for the better Sarah.
for the better Sarah.
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