Sex is real. So why have politicians given up on reality?

Our colleague Ella Whelan's inspiring Question Time appearance

It’s not often that I can say that BBC’s Question Time was an uplifting experience. But last night had me cheering in front of the TV.

Our straight-talking colleague Ella Whelan was the star of the show broadcast from Glasgow, puncturing the dangerous idea we hear parroted by elites everywhere that biological sex is a myth. Ella was a typhoon of fresh air in a debate where all too often people are afraid to state simple truths about reality. You can check out this viral clip below or watch the whole episode here.

BBC Question Time @bbcquestiontime

“It’s remarkable to me that politicians in this country…seem to have given up on the belief in reality, that sex is real and that it’s irrefutable” Journalist Ella Whelan says women are an afterthought in the debate around single-sex spaces #bbcqt bit.ly/3X1DQOe

We at Academy of Ideas have been involved in this debate in a variety of ways. We unpick the thorny issues around sex and gender every year at the Battle of Ideas festival, our publication series Letters on Liberty has featured the issue in a few different guises, and we regularly throw the spotlight here on our Substack.

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