Jeremy Vine Show, BBC Radio 2
18 February 2019
Guests:
Ellis Cashmore
Visiting Professor of Sociology
Aston University’s School of Languages and Social Sciences
https://elliscashmore.astonwordpress.co.uk/books/
Sharron Davies MBE
Olympic Athlete
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharron_Davies
This part of the Jeremy Vine Show was supposed to be about Caster Semenya, female intersex athlete, and the controversy she was caught up in about the levels of testosterone set for inclusion in women's sport.
In fact there was very little about Caster or intersex athletes. This was due to the broadcast being hijacked by Ellis Cashmore, who used it as a propaganda exercise to promote Gender Identity Ideology, in general and in relation to sport, and the abolition of sex-segregated sport at all levels.
The original broadcast was just under 10 minutes. About 4 minutes related specifically to Semenya and intersex athletes. I hate to say it but these sections were so irrelevant to the message being pushed relentlessly by Cashmore that they are a distraction.
Intersex people and their advocates will be all too familiar with this phenomenon, of intersex issues being used as a springboard to advance transgender interests and Gender Identity ideology. I sincerely hope that I will be forgiven for editing out the references to Semenya and intersex athletes, in order to discuss the dominant narrative.
I have uploaded the full broadcast and it is also available on the BBC website as part of the Jeremy Vine programme if anyone would like to consider how intersex issues were discussed as part of this broadcast.
Links:
BBC Sounds Jeremy Vine Show
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0002mmm
From 01:41:00
Full length clip
2019-02-18 jeremy vine sharron davies ellis cashmore - smaller file - Instaudio
https://instaud.io/3kQa