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Pseudo-Intellectual with Lauren Chen

Ep 42 | Student KICKED OUT For Saying There Are Only 2 Genders

Pseudo-Intellectual with Lauren Chen

Lauren Chen

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

A student in the U.K. was recently removed from class for stating that there are only two genders — an idea that the teacher found problematic and not inclusive. This is yet another wake-up call that we need to continue raising our voices on these issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome back to the show.

0:07.0

Today we're going to be talking about why some people still refuse to accept the fact that there

0:14.3

are two, that's right, count them one, two genders.

0:17.8

And I know that a lot of us, definitely myself included, are probably getting pretty tired

0:22.4

of this whole gender debate by now, but when you

0:25.1

think about it, that feeling, that general fatigue and growing apathy, that's really

0:30.1

how most political issues are one. It's actually pretty rare that political decisions are

0:35.1

decided on the battlefield. Instead, most political changes happen gradually when one side

0:41.5

who's advocating for change comes forward and sure there's usually

0:44.9

an opposition that will oppose initially but then eventually they get tired

0:49.7

stop caring or maybe just come around and so the still fired up advocates for

0:54.8

change end up getting their way. That whole process isn't necessarily a bad thing

0:59.2

sometimes positive change can come from that but I'm afraid that that is currently what is happening

1:04.7

with this whole gender debate. But before we go any further, I do have a quick message from our sponsor

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