The second week in April 2024 was a big week in the fight against gender ideology. First, here in New Zealand, a petition was presented to Parliament requesting an investigation into the Midwifery Council’s barely comprehensible, woke-speak laden, revised Scope of Practice. It was quite a coup to have a petition of this nature picked up by a couple of politicians, after years of most of them either being actively hostile to anyone who dared question gender ideology, or shaking in their shoes at the thought of even going near anyone who questioned it.
Megan Woods at a public meeting in Christchurch last year refused to engage at all when questioned about RSE and its damaging effect in schools and was equally 'ignorant' of the harm wind farms do to marine mammals. Not knowing about either facts ...gives her zero credibility.
There are many thresholds to surmount. Some are already being summited, like fear, groupthink, political tribalism. Perhaps the hardest one will actually be the pettiest of all - confronting people in power with the fact they were wrong and having to face embarrassment and humiliation and refusing to admit it. No that wasn't the right side of history...
Winning this issue isn't enough because the mechanisms of collective reason and policy making were clearly subverted to make this outcome happen. The faulty process that allowed it to exist needs taking on and fixing. And if that is the case you have to ask how many other policy areas have suffered such subversions of public interest. Wherever you look it is elites making up policy to suit themselves not even deigning to pretend they care of the majority agrees, the example you gave with the MP clearly shows this.
Megan Woods at a public meeting in Christchurch last year refused to engage at all when questioned about RSE and its damaging effect in schools and was equally 'ignorant' of the harm wind farms do to marine mammals. Not knowing about either facts ...gives her zero credibility.
Excellent write up, thanks Katrina.
Thanks Katrina for keeping us well informed.
There are many thresholds to surmount. Some are already being summited, like fear, groupthink, political tribalism. Perhaps the hardest one will actually be the pettiest of all - confronting people in power with the fact they were wrong and having to face embarrassment and humiliation and refusing to admit it. No that wasn't the right side of history...
Winning this issue isn't enough because the mechanisms of collective reason and policy making were clearly subverted to make this outcome happen. The faulty process that allowed it to exist needs taking on and fixing. And if that is the case you have to ask how many other policy areas have suffered such subversions of public interest. Wherever you look it is elites making up policy to suit themselves not even deigning to pretend they care of the majority agrees, the example you gave with the MP clearly shows this.
Brilliant piece! Solidarity and strength, Katrina xx