Full Panel - Gender Wars: No End in Sight?
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Listen to the full panel ‘Gender Wars: No End in Sight?’ recorded at the Battle of Ideas on Saturday the 19th October.
Chair: Claire Fox, director, Academy of Ideas.
Panelists:
Jo Phoenix, professor of Criminology.
Simon Calvert, deputy director, The Christian Institute
Fiona McAnena, director of campaigns, Sex Matters
Bev Jackon, co-founder and trustee, LGB Alliance
Stephen Knight, Reporter and podcaster.
0:00 Claire Fox: Intros
6:16 Jo Phoenix: Opening arguments
14:27 Simon Calvert: Opening arguments
20:59 Fiona McAnena: Opening arguments
29:08 Bev Jackson: Opening Arguments
36:45 Stephen Knight: Opening Arguments
43:42 Audience Questions
52:30 Jo Responds
54:49 Simon Responds
56:55 Fiona Responds
58:19 Bev Responds
01:00:30 Stephen Knight Responds
01:03:18 More audience questions
01:23:51 The panelist’s final thoughts.
Full panel info: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/whats-the-future-of-the-gender-wars/
The Academy of Ideas: https://academyofideas.org.uk/
Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com
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