Posted on 01/30/2021 6:06:22 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The BBC has removed a controversial video that taught children between the ages of 9 and 12 that there are more than 100 gender identities after parents objected to the “educational” content.
“We are aware that this particular film is being willfully misinterpreted by parts of the media and others on social media,” the BBC said in a statement. “As such, its original purpose and intention has been overshadowed. On this basis, we have made the decision to retire the film. We will continue to support teachers on this important topic in other ways.”
The video was widely criticized in 2019 and was in the spotlight once again this week as the BBC’s educational content is being consumed more widely due to the ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns.
The film, which was part of a series of nine films created by BBC Teach to provide curriculum support for personal, social, and health education teachers, shows a boy asking, “What are the different gender identities?”
Sex education teacher Kate Daniels responds, “We know that we have got male and female, but there are over 100, if not more, gender identities.” She adds, “You’ve got some people who might call themselves gender queer, who are just like, ‘I don’t really want to be anything, in particular, I’m just going to be me.’”
Two of the groups that criticized the video are the Coalition for Marriage and the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children. They called it “incredibly dangerous” and “corrosive and corrupting,” respectively, according to Christian Today.
“Parents are under attack and the BBC is fairly near the front of the charge,” SPUC’s Antonia Tully said earlier.
Stephanie Davies-Arai, the founder of a group called Transgender Trend, which represents parents against the diagnosis of children as transgender, told The Times in 2019: “This is made-up nonsense. People are free to identify as anything they like, but this does not change the reality that there are only two sexes. To suggest that being male or female is just a personal identity is false and will inevitably confuse children into believing that their biological sex is a choice.”
The BBC argues that the content was “clearly labeled as requiring advance viewing by teachers and came with extensive notes to support and guide teachers in their use of it when discussing health and relationships — topics that are part of the Primary curriculum in England.”
The Safe Schools Alliance, which has been leading a campaign against the controversial content, welcomed the decision to withdraw the video.
“The video was biologically inaccurate and undermined safeguarding,” it said, adding, “It is far from the only concern regarding content from BBC Education.”
Recently, BBC Bitesize, the corporation’s free online study support resource for school-age pupils in the U.K., also remove a cartoon that taught pupils “to be an ally” to their peers who have changed their gender pronouns.
We need a lot of millstones.
Well, there are more than a 100 variations of retardation.
“Male and female He created them.” End of story.
This is sexual imprinting.
Yet we still only have two kinds of gender reassignment surgery. One cuts off schlongs, the other cuts off boobs and poof whoever gets it is less than they were before
Language has gender. Living things have one of two SEXES.
There IS a difference.
Well, there are more than a 100 variations of retardation.= = =
IQ can go from 0 to 100.
And higher if you are one of the only two genders;.
I noticed they said it’s being misinterpreted without saying how it was being misinterpreted. If what they were saying was true they would take a sentence or two and simply say how. Of course, they are lying but just want to save face.
>>We are aware that this particular film is being willfully misinterpreted by parts of the media and others on social media,” the BBC said in a statement. “As such, its original purpose and intention has been overshadowed. On this basis, we have made the decision to retire the film<<
Translation: “We are amazed everyone is not as sick and perverted as we are.”
and this is from a YouGov poll? number would be much lower if it was from a truly independent polling company. unfortunately Boris seems to have lost interest in doing anything about reforming the Beeb:
1 Jan 2021: Daily Mail: Nearly half of Britons think the BBC fails to represent their values including a majority in the North of England, survey finds
•Figure rose to 51 per cent in the north of England and 47 per cent in Scotland
•YouGov survey also found only four per cent of Britons think BBC’s values have become more like theirs
By Harry Howard and Jack Wright
The new survey, carried out for The Times newspaper, also found only four per cent of Britons think the BBC’s values have become more like theirs.
By contrast 33 per cent said the corporation’s values had become less like theirs.
Overall, older men living outside London and the South-east were most likely to be unhappy with the BBC’s perceived values...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has previously made no secret of his desire to reform the corporation.
There is speculation the licence fee could be scrapped...
Research by regulator Ofcom last November found that viewers think the BBC is the least impartial of the main TV news providers.
It lagged behind Channel 5, Channel 4 and ITV for its coverage...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9105595/Nearly-half-Britons-think-BBC-fails-represent-values.html
ABC Australia (more than 4,600 staff) likes to quote the likes of Reuters’ polling which claimed most recently that 72% trust ABC, whatever that means. however, when asked the following, a different picture emerges:
20 Feb 2020: Institute of Public Affairs: Poll: Only 32% Of Australians Believe The ABC Represents The Views Of Ordinary Australians
by Gideon Rozner
Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has called on the Morrison Government to rule out giving more taxpayer dollars to the ABC that already receives over Aus$1.1 billion per year...
“If only 32% of Australians think the ABC speaks for them, then it is clear public broadcasting has passed its use-by date,” said Gideon Rozner, Director of Policy at the IPA...
“The ABC is not the only media outlet that has some sort of bias, far from it, but it is the only media outlet that every taxpayer is forced to pay for.”...
https://ipa.org.au/publications-ipa/poll-only-32-of-australians-believe-the-abc-represents-the-views-of-ordinary-australians
No warning. I had been posting similar stuff for 5 years, It was a bit of a free for all.
Why exactly 100 and not 99 or 101? Who makes this crap up?
That’s okay.
Now they’ll have to watch it in school.
Need 100 different bathrooms.
100 genders. Seriously stupid.
I thought there were only 27. Seriously though, I read an article the other day that science has proven there are really only 2 genders. What was confusing is that they failed to identify which two.
There are two SEXES. male. Female
There are three GENDERS. male. Female. CONFUSED 🤷♀️
“The Safe Schools Alliance, which has been leading a campaign against the controversial content, welcomed the decision to withdraw the video.”
We desperately need more grassroots alliances like that in the US. We’ve mounted no pushback against some of the insanities being forced down our throats.
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