"My pronouns are Ze/Star/He" (Unpacking Gender @ Pride Parade) 

Long time no Ze!

I am also autistic i very much relate to theos outsider robot experience, i spent much of my life on the other side of a pane of glass "looking in" seperate from my body and everyone else. i never understood how to navigate the female social hierachys that are needed to make friends as a girl and understand how to interact. I was also not aware/interested in clothes etc that girls generally start to take an interest in and so i really struggled to fit in and did not recognise myself as a female until i went through puberty, about 15/16, by my 20s I was indifferent to my sex in a more comfortable way. I personally think that alot of autistic folks like to categorize and be analytical to understand the world around them and to express themselves through information they've learnt, that (and their self/social issues) is why they are so susceptible to gender ideology. Thankfully i am in my 30s and this wasnt around when i was young because i have no doubt i would have done something drastic. I am most certainly a woman, just a bit awkward and non- conventional and I have grown into it quite nicely. All the best to theo, you are lovely just as you are, how you feel will change and if terms help you understand or express that then fair enough, just allow yourself the room and possibility to continue to change and evolve because that is a part of the journey of life x it will get easier to navigate I promise!

The term Gender originated from the contraction of "Sexual Gender", where this term meant "Male or Female", and was shortened to Gender because the term Sex was a Rude term in polite society. The term Gender comes from the French "Genre" meaning Type or Kind. We still use Genre to categorise types of movies, music and books.

So many good logical points and expressed so articulately. I also wondered about how one could identify whether they “feel” like a woman or man, or anything in between. What are the markers and why does self-identification take precedence over the previously well established objective markers. Like you, I also noticed and wondered about the narcissism this drives and also certain ethical expectations of adults, which adult lgbtq+ seem to want to be exempt from. Things like personal responsibility, sensibility when interacting with the rest of society, generosity and protectiveness towards women and children - who until now were deemed more vulnerable and needing hard boundaries. We were all raised to consider them, whether you are trans or not, grew up trans or not, so why do they all fall on their head the moment you change how you identify. Also not resorting to emotional coercion, or needing to be compensated for past suffering or presumed victimhood (based on this unfounded assumption that no suffering is worse than being born into the wrong body). Subscribed and can’t wait to hear more from you

Good to have you back. Enjoying the new format.

Gender is not a social construct - it is your sex. The social construct part is what we have designated as gender stereotypical clothing/jobs/sports etc. You can still be a girl even if you prefer mens clothing etc

This is absolutely flawless! I found the discussion on identifying victimhood and raising tyrants, extremely fascinating and so true. Its happening before our eye, anyone who says "No", to such ideology or disagrees with the person is branded a "bigot"... this is what our children/young people are being taught and are affirmed by adults with a saviour complex, victim mentality who are living a lie. It's extremely toxic and dangerous for children.

Intersex is not a category separate from male or female. An intersex person is categorically a biological male or female who’s reproductive function is to produce sperm or ova. They simply have ambiguous or incongruent secondary sex characteristics and can have a-typical configurations of XY chromosomes. They are still one sex or the other, it’s just variably difficult to discern at a glance.

I initially thought this was going to be very dry and boring but I came to appreciate the nuanced way in which Richard introduced and clarified the concepts. I also appreciated the respectful dealings with Theo, who is a young person who has some ideas that make sense to them. You can disagree with (and be concerned about the impact of) gender ideology while respecting an adult’s right to hold such ideas.

I found it interesting, after listening to the discussion regarding threatening suicide being a path to tyranny, that just as the conversation started to become challenging, Theo chose to end the conversation by saying would you rather have a trans teen or a dead teen.

We should take our time “understanding” the new pronoun thing. Because as soon as we do they’ll create some new cipher in an effort to exclude themselves and enforce their group dynamic. Thereby lionizing some other tenet to demonize us with, for our misunderstanding of it. Us being the outsider. It’s how they seem to form their fragile and fragmented group identity

28:39 Toddlers: I want a cookie! I'm gonna hold my breath until i turn blue!

Cheers for the content Richard. Plain to see over the years that u are much different to the provocateurs whom create similar content. To gain a better understanding as to why this phenomenon has taken hold, perhaps you should do a video whereby u follow the money. I cant remember which pod i watched (couldve been jordan/mikhalias, matt taibbi) where a guest broke down the influence of big pharma funding the movements of the confused and eadily-led. It was very interesting and if anything has taught us over the past few years bug pharma care more for $ than humans or the common good of society. Happy hunting and thanks for the content again

Wow. Long time watcher. Don’t take this the wrong way but you have evolved since your last vid. A lot more love and care in this one. I really like watching your vids as I think very similar. Keep up the good work and making people think through their world views

The first person is my friend from school!

One thing you're missing around the 0:14:00 mark... Yes there are sex-based stereotypes, but there are gender-based stereotypes as well (eg women wearing dresses has nothing to do with sex. Pink has nothing to do with sex. We societally associate these with one gender or the other in our society. The proof for this is that they can be different depending on the culture. If they were purely sex-based (like physical traits) they would be the same across all cultures. This is the point at which your view deviates from mine. You fail to recognize that someone's gender is a socially created set of traits (both gender and sex-based traits). I'm not a proponent of Self-ID. I think that the way someone identifies is one of those traits. But what we add a society consider to be a 'woman' is someone with more of those sex and gender traits we associate with woman.

Richard this video should be taught everywhere. It was indepth and very easy to follow. It gives everyone the tools to have a discussion and to find that common ground but more than that to have a conversation where both sides feel understood. IT WAS MASTERFUL !!! I love the the white board . made it very clear and easy to follow your thoughts. So glad you're back . I am over the moon at your physical transformation as well. Your a voice for the masses !!! Keep up the good work Brother !!! 😀

Your point about how someone feels about their gender depends on how they define that gender. I'm gen X and the way we were progressive about gender was to expand or eliminate the boxes altogether. If one is born male but likes pink or dresses or dolls or whatever our way of thinking was to say its okay for boys to like those things, though breaking gender norms was more common with girls. This way of thinking about gender seems to me to want to put everyone back in boxes, only make more of them. If it wasn't for trans surgery or medication for children I'm not sure I could objectively say one way is better or worse than the other. What I can say though is that to the extent its true that these paradigms are socially constructed I prefer the older way of expanding the boxes.

I hope the dislikes on this video aren't a lot. I love the fact that you go into depth and try to explain multiple points of view. Not many people listen online and take shit for granted. It makes me want to shut up and not speak my mind online.

I will be brutally honest because I know you're the direct type that can accept honest criticism. I wish there was 10x more conversation footage with people on the street and 10x less monologue whiteboard lecture footage. I want you to continue to succeed and grow, and I believe your videos will be more entertaining and more receptive to more people if you cut down on the monologue lectures. Good to see you're back.

Zir, this is an Arby’s

This was a great episode Richard, really engaging. Your logic is flawless, I agreed with your whole take. Did you enjoy Limp Bizkit in December?

1st time listener. That was really insightful and interesting. Very refreshing approach, tired of people taking the piss out of what I would consider vulnerable people

1:32 and he immediately assumed your gender. can't even stick to their own rules .

Ayyy Big Rich good to have you back mate

Really enjoyed the breakdown. It was nice to take it step by step. Real in depth. Avoiding letting your frustrations get the better of you and really stay logical without the assumption everyone is just crazy. I bet it already takes you a ton of time for all this. Only upgrade in the future I’d prefer is either using editing vs whiteboard style, or at least write more legible 😂 and some color.

Theo. Of course. Aiden and Kai were taken.

In the very first sentence, we already get to hear ,,So gender is a social construct." Can't make this up 😂

Anyone else find that they were randomly unsubbed?

imagine this kid's mental gymnastics being put into good use like scientific research or business venture. sigh

37:53 such a dumb argument "if you were the last person on earth, what gender would you feel", thankfully that will never be the case and we have people around to guide us to some sort of sanity (hopefully)

I’m so happy I’m 48 and I don’t need to interact with anyone under 30 , is like a whole generation suffering from mental health , I blame growing up with social media , was clearly a bad idea

Missed your content man, good to see you're back.

I’d like to start by saying that I don’t believe that you can be transgender and that I’m sorry to those that I offend, but I would also like to say that wether you identify as transgender or not you deserve love and no one should prevent you from being loved. Additionally, I would not want to be in your shoes where idiots like me talk about your life like your not real. It would suck. I would hate if people had debates about something I’m going through and especially when the debates are usually antagonistic. So warning to transgender people that this is offensive. Anyway, I agree with a lot of the stuff you say (which doesn’t sound great given the whole offensive thing but it’s unavoidable in debate of is-or-isn’t-isms). One thing that stood out was pink and blue. In my opinion they aren’t sexual based stereotypes. Those colour’s relationships with sex has changed through history (take Kings of Britain for example, we’ll certainly their relationship with red, and also pink came out of the holocaust a bit too as it was apparently used to brand gay men, but I’m not sure to what extent this was socioculturally influential though) and this was all recently enough that their associations aren’t biological but sociocultural. Could be wrong. Anyway, more research needed, retrospectively, just like everything I’m about to say which should be taken with a pile of salt because I am NOT an expert. Nonetheless, I think that despite being a proponent for individual liberty you are concerned by the pay off of AMAB and AFAB symbolism for society. I hear that you say AMAB and AFAB are ideologically progressive and individually liberating but potentially harmful to young people, so you look for utilitarianism and transphobia is necessary benevolence to potentially, hypothetically and inflammatorily, epidemical gender-therapy induced harm. Alternatively, one person might say to that statement that actually transphobia is the epidemic, which it could be. Regardless, I think you do champion individual liberty but are concerned about the institutionalisation of trans inclusive policies because they can damage children’s development which is evolutionary and not designed to live along side puberty blockers, that were developed last century, and that, in the first place, children are unable to consent to yet; surgery and puberty blockers especially. I agree with all this too, but, reflectively, whether it is an affront to individual liberty I don’t know, maybe, yet many individual liberties are only legal when neurodevelopment is sufficient enough to have them. So it could not be an affront too. The topic is, ostensibly, very easily solved by pronouns, hormones, and surgery and uneasily solved without them, or with therapy instead or maybe even with electroconvulsive therapy (which in hindsight would feel like an affront upon individual liberty if enforced or if it were to imply that something should be fixed). Unhelpfully, it is clearly much harder to resolve gender dysmorphia through therapy- the liberating somewhat transphobic option to gender dysmorphia which emphasises how childhood trauma can predispose transgender psychology and accordingly proper navigation post trauma potentially rectify (presuming the psychology began that in an environmental way). Either way the bifurcated therapeutic pathways represent the most important question about this topic; if gender is or is not the same as sex and so your answer to that question becomes paramount. As an aside, solutions like leaving things until the child becomes an adult are redundant to me because biologically anatomical characteristics have already been established by that age so in that instance the issue of gender rectification becomes an entirely superficial issue. In essence, their outside reflects their psychology but not other things like neurophysiology which have irreversibly developed gendered characteristics underscored by their Karyotype by age 18. If people say leave it all to when they’re 18 hormonal alteration at that stage will only make you conform to behavioural sex based stereotypes and not change substantive biological anatomy that can only be affected if the hormones are administered earlier in the life of that person when they are a child. Notably, I think that when the decision to use hormone blockers is given to children they do not usually regret these but I think that a handful do come to regret these. Ultimately, I think that there is gender dysmorphia which can be treated when that person turns 18 by demonstrating their individual liberty to take hormones and undergo surgery that reflect their sex based stereotypes so they feel better and symmetric people, but that this should not happen before then. Hence, I’m transphobic but sympathetic to gender dysmorphia and support medical interventions for people to rectify that. As such, hormone treatments could start earlier at 16 without parental consent and earlier than that with parental and medical consent if the child is developing psychopathological side effects like major depressive disorder or suicidal ideation. Middle ground on this issue is tough because although you sought to empirically reduce the issue it cannot be reduced, as you either believe that transgender exists or not; and then legislative and best practise reform are secondary to that choice. Politically, it is good to see you demonstrate your individual liberty at these events just as the people you interview- both championing your beliefs and concerns about the opposite’s rhetoric. I would also like to say I’m sorry if these comments make you feel discriminated against. As I said I’m not an expert so might change my mind but I like to frustratingly have opinions on everything and this is my current transient opinion on transgenderism and unfortunately it’s transphobic, because I believe medical interventions are dangerous at young ages and worry about our collective indifference to increasingly flippant gendering. I leave you again saying that all people are worthy and decent and if you disagree with me and are transgender please love yourself as you deserve to be loved because you do not deserve less than anyone (just a prohibition of puberty blockers before you turn 16). ALSO, I’m NOT AN EXPERT so tell me where I’m wrong so I can learn and the dangers of puberty blockers might not be as bad as I say so tell me what you think. Thanks for reading. Good luck.

Biological delusion 😂

Glad you’re back mate. Dig the content. “New age conversion therapy” 🎯

BROOOO I KNOW THEO OMGGGGGGGG

My pronoun is Lord Jedi. For some reason, people don’t take me seriously.

Lovely to see another episode lessgooooo

Why are you not making more content?

Do you know Dr. Colin Wright’s outstanding substack Teality’s last stand? This is the best source I know of in this area?

Some words used to categorise a group sharing commonalities work in pedestrian conversation because these words represent what is Typical, Expected, Normal, Generally the case. Woman is one such word.

They're all just words.Words are pointless if you keep changing what a word means. If theyre going to change the meaning of gender then I'm not going to use it , and I'll stick to the word sex so they can't wriggle out of the fact your either male or female

Good stuff😊

I honestly pity these people... they really are just not ok minded. I feel bad for them...

Theo seems like a nice person - but I feel terribly uneasy with the fact that autistic people are being sacrificed on the alter of this ideology.

Right, i am a girl in a boys body, i was conditioned subconciously to be a boy, but now, i have realized, i will either escape, or kms.

Having stereotypes/traits associated with gender just makes a person manly or womanly

"transitioning decreases the suicide rate by 70%" Uh mAY Zing

Its sad that these kids are brainwashed

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Yayyy he’s back

Big Dogs Back!! Love to see it

Actually randomly thought of this channel the other day

The rave starting at 48:38

we missed you guys

Gender theory is cultural. Their culture directly conflicts with the ideals of my culture. I'm fine with amicably walking away from a debate with them

i learned about neo pronouns at my school and i was confused lol

I love your video'sI am happy someone like you is representing the conservative movement In Melbourne.

Missed ya 😢😊

My pronouns are We Tard and Ded

Hope youre okay, you havent poated in months.

youre being shadow banned

Mental health is the real issue here Fam.

I used to like his content

There isn't anything to unpack. Sex is binary and immutable. No one is born in the wrong body or assigned their sex at birth. There is no such thing as transgender or gender non-binary, and all of the words and phrases that go along with queer theory are bogus. People who are artistic are particularly vulnerable two queer activism, as are young people going through adolescents who are gay.

There's nothing to unpack but delusional thinking.

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i only know there is 2 gender men and women that is it

Dog man star

I genuinely feel sorry for Theo. Her mind has been polluted with so much nonsense.

Gotta talk to people bro. Worst video yet. Love your channel Liked your Collab with boghossian

little bro at the start thinks hes the main character.

So this guy just fell off?

And im a cat 😺

you are explaining things like your viewers don't know anything. stop explaining and just show the interview/conversation. this is why i don't like your videos.

Bro you are still talking about this……….it is boring now. Maybe come back to it in a few months.

Promo_SM 😇

Theo is so deceived.

Do u remember me? 🥹 im super og, i was always in the ig lives too. Idk if u and Liam even do those anymore lol