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When Ideology Meets Reality

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By: Helen Joyce
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The instant Sunday Times best seller

"An intelligent, thorough rejoinder to an idea that has swept across much of the liberal world seemingly overnight. Even those outraged by Joyce’s positions would benefit from understanding them.... Open conversation about such fraught issues is the only realistic path forward." (Jesse Singal, The New York Times)

"This rigorous and brave book nails the absurd idea that sex is just a 'social construct'." (David Aaronovitch, The Times)

Gender identity ideology is about more than Twitter storms and using the right pronouns. In just 10 years, laws, company policies, school and university curricula, sport, medical protocols, and the media have been reshaped to privilege self-declared gender identity over biological sex.

People are being shamed and silenced for attempting to understand the consequences of redefining "man" and "woman". While compassion for transgender lives is well-intentioned, it is stifling much-needed inquiry into the significance of our bodies.

If we recommit to our liberal values of freedom of belief, freedom of speech, and robust debate, we scan de-escalate this most vicious of culture wars.

©2021 Helen Joyce (P)2021 Oneworld Publications Gender Studies Law Social Sciences Thought-Provoking

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Critic reviews

"An intelligent, thorough rejoinder to an idea that has swept across much of the liberal world seemingly overnight. Even those outraged by Joyce’s positions would benefit from understanding them.... Open conversation about such fraught issues is the only realistic path forward." (Jesse Singal, The New York Times)

"This rigorous and brave book nails the absurd idea that sex is just a 'social construct'." (David Aaronovitch, The Times)
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This book opened my eyes to the reality of trans activism and what it really is doing in our society

The book is well researched citing sources, where applicable.

It lays open it's argument well and the conclusions are valid and real.

The author speaks with conviction and gives a truthful balanced view.

Read this book with 1984 and you will be surprised of what a profit George Orwell really was

Would recommend this book to everyone

The Truth Hits Home

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A must read for anyone interested in gender ideology and women's rights and child safety

A must read for anyone

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I need it this information. I think parents should read or listen this book. Our society needs fear points of view. thank you for your contribution
Lady Maria E Lada

Excelent

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the Tansgender radical ideology is tough to crack and Helen Joyce just smashes it to bits and more impressively does so whilst remaining sympathetic and humanitarian in her aims.

A real eye opener.

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Essential Listening for all especially GenZ and Millennials. For the rest of us...an intellectual lifeline.

Essential Listening.

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Extremely interesting, important to always consider the unintended consequences of policies and how they may be used in practice

Thoughtful

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I saw Helen Joyce interviewed on YouTube and was struck by her unabashed honesty and clear articulation of the issues. I was pleased to find her book on Audible and have found it rivetting and enjoyable. I have been puzzled by the rapid emergence and adoption of gender self-identification - even in corporations - but she explains very clearly the process of ideological capture and eye-opening funding streams that have facilitated this. Well worth reading and should give many people what they need to form rational conclusions amidst all the intimidation and hysteria.

Outstanding clarity on an urgent topic

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The ideas, research and content are amazing. The voice reading the book is very hard to listen to. Very girly voice that is annoying and at times I thought about giving up just because of the voice. However the ideas are so good that I stuck with it and I’m very glad I did. This book should be compulsory reading.

Great content

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I nearly gave up on this audiobook as, no disrespect to the author / narrator it suffers from terrible voice clicking.

Poor sound quality

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As a woman that has been sent numerous rape and death threats from trans activists simply for saying humans cannot change sex and that sex matters. Also being banned from almost all social media platforms for pointing out simple biological reality, this book was absolutely amazing to read. Joyce was fair and level-headed about how yes, trans-identified people need certain accommodations, but NOT at the expense of women's safety and hard-won rights. It is NOT bigoted to want children to grow up and mature before doing irrevocable damage to their young bodies with drugs and surgeries. And it is NOT bigoted for women, most of whom have been traumatized by men in one way or another, to have spaces completely devoid of the male sex, regardless of his chosen "identity." This book should be required reading, especially for those who pretend not to know what a woman is, the farce is over.

Absolutely unflappable!

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