The language focusing on gender instead of sex in sex crimes obscures the important fact that biology is implicated. Critics often want others to listen to them, yet in reality, they want others to agree with them. The speaker believes that she has listened, learned, and still disagrees, which is often misunderstood or overlooked.
Host Megan Phelps-Roper asks J.K. Rowling to respond to pushback from some of her critics. The two also discuss the difficulty of discernment—why it can be so hard to know what’s right.
Produced by Andy Mills, Matthew Boll, Megan Phelps-Roper, with special thanks to Candace Mittel Kahn and Emily Yoffe.
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