The chapter explores the complexities of accepting self-identified gender and the implications for access to gender-specific spaces, focusing on the controversy around transgender participation in women's sports. It addresses concerns of fairness, physical advantages, and societal acceptance of allowing biological males to compete against females, touching on issues of validation, identity, freedom, and safety.
Brendan O'Neill is the chief political writer at "spiked" and host of "The Brendan O'Neill Show." He's also the author of several books, among them "Anti-Woke," "A Duty to Offend," and most recently, "A Heretic's Manifesto: Essays on the Unsayable."
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