According to the myth, Cassandra was cursed by Apollo to see the future but for her prophecies never to be believed. She was castigated as a liar and a mad woman. We know the feeling.
We are concerned that children in Wales are being put at risk by gender ideology. We have spoken out collectively and individually. We have spoken out as members of political parties, as teachers, health professionals, social workers, company directors, consultants, academics, researchers; as mothers, sisters, grandparents; and as ordinary women concerned about the misogynistic and sexualised world that children are growing up in.
We have been ignored – including by politicians we have campaigned for and worked alongside. We have been dismissed as bigots and transphobes, told to educate ourselves by young men barely out of school. We have been bullied out of jobs and online groups. We have lost friends and sleep; we have been forced to deal with social media attacks, real life threats, and the distress that accompanies a gender critical awareness.
But, like Cassandra, we are speaking the truth, and we will continue to do so. Continue reading “Safeguarding children: we are all Cassandra now”
