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Why did the UK need a court of law to define what a woman is?

Gender

United Kingdom

Why did the UK need a court of law to define what a woman is?

The ruling is fantastically sensible

Brendan O’Neill

How trans ideology paved the way for motherless babies

People have been led to believe is that gender ideology is simply a culture-bound syndrome like anorexia, or a medical scandal like the opioid crisis

Jennifer Bilek

In praise of Trad Dads

I never expected gender equity

Arabella Byrne

My wife is the breadwinner — and it doesn’t feel great

I am helping to erode the old patriarchal stereotype. Which is brave of me, remember

Theo Hobson

Politics

What Trump’s executive orders will do

The border, federal government hiring, TikTok — he covered a lot

Derek VanBuskirk

Politics
January 21, 2025
How Donald Trump became a feminist icon
With biological reality now the official policy of the government, there’s a chance that arguing for sex-based rights stops being career-suicide
Joanna Williams
Campaign 2024
November 21, 2024
How the Democrats Bud Lighted their brand
You can’t be openly hostile to men for two decades and expect to retain the male vote
Bridget Phetasy
Campaign 2024
November 5, 2024
The 2024 election has left America in a state of exhaustion
Team Harris and Team Trump have both been clear: 2024 is existential
Freddy Gray
Europe
September 3, 2024
Ursula von der Leyen’s pointless new quest for gender parity in Europe
Jobs for women won’t rescue the EU
Matthew Lynn
Politics
July 18, 2024
The youth vote is turning right
Their elders are horrified
Yascha Mounk
Culture
June 17, 2024
The American Ornithological Society’s war on the past
Birding has become a battleground — far from the broad sunny uplands it was before 2020
Parker Bauer
Letters
May 15, 2024
Letters from Spectator readers, June 2024
Ballots, baseball and blue-collar jobs
The Spectator
Culture
May 2, 2024
Daniel Radcliffe is on the wrong side of history
When you are in a hole, it is maybe best to stop digging
Debbie Hayton
Health
April 30, 2024
Britain’s healthcare service declares sex a biological fact
This is a win for everyone — especially those of us concerned about privacy rights
Debbie Hayton
Europe
April 17, 2024
J.K. Rowling exposes the craziness in Scottish misogyny law
Once again, the Harry Potter author spoke for the women that Scottish ministers have ignored
Debbie Hayton

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