Great stuff Steve, really well done. Have you heard of “She’s Not Your Trauma/Therapy”?It’s essentially a framework for domestic violence work. The idea being that a man suffering from mental health issues cannot, and should not, use this as an excuse for being abusive towards his female intimate partner.

I absolutely agree with the idea. Unfortunately it gets tricky when confronting the ‘trans’ issue. The theory is part of a broader framework of ‘Intersectional Feminism’ (so I’m told), so if a man says he is a woman, then he should be treated as such.

The reason your article resonated with me is that during a recent conversation, I took the ‘side’ of JK Rowling stating that I believed people are attributing beliefs to her that she doesn’t have (she has said many times that she isn’t trans phobic). She simply believes (as I do) that ‘transgender’ men do not belong in women’s prisons/bathrooms/rape crises centres etc.

A rapist who says he is a woman just before sentencing should not be sent to a women’s prison. If there is any doubt about his gender, maybe seek the advice of his victims.

Anyway, the person I was discussing this with had a unique take, along the lines of the theories I mentioned earlier.

They believed that, as JK Rowling was herself a victim of domestic abuse, her current stance was simply Ms Rowling working through her own trauma as a victim by placing trans people “in danger”.

Strange times.