The Army is facing questions over a decision to feature a trans soldier on a panel at a “women in leadership” event.
Warrant Officer Class 2 Deborah Penny, who became the first transgender soldier to serve on the front line, took part in a discussion on “lived experience” of women in the forces during the event at Sandhurst this week.
The soldier, who has served in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan during a career spanning more than 40 years, is the Warrant Officer for diversity and inclusion in Army engagement.
I have a feeling that the on the front line was before the conversion.
Campaigners have questioned why the bomb disposal expert was given a place on the five-person panel over a biological woman, saying that WO2 Penny’s experience was “irrelevant” to women as she joined the forces as a man and served in roles which barred female soldiers.
Ah, yes.
One way of re-writing history is to apply ‘modern’ expectations to past events. George Orwell wrote a book about it.
Well, I’m perfectly happy for the girls to fiddle around with bombs to disarm them. Provided I’m far, far away when they do it.
I’m sure the bloke——oooops bird is perfectly capable of explaining to them all the tricky bits. Or isn’t this exactly what they have in mind?
’…she joined the forces as a man…’
He still is.
My wife pointed out that she may have a relatively unique viewpoint on the differences between how men and women are treated. I could see some value in that
the Warrant Officer for diversity and inclusion in Army engagement.
The British Army stands for homosexuality, transsexualism, Diversity, Islam and climate charlatanry.
Defending you and your family is not on the list.
Women remain underrepresented in the Armed Forces
Remember, this is an article in the Torygraph (!). ‘Conservatism’ now means conserving the retarded 90’s GI Jane wank fantasies of New Labour.
(For some reason, despite all their performative obeisance to Western PC mantras, our allies in Ukraine – fighting the kind of high intensity war the British Army hasn’t seen since 1982 and not even then – are less keen on arranging for their daughters to be raped and killed in ditches.)
The latest government statistics show that in 2021 13.8 per cent of all officers in the forces were women.
What percentage is it for Russia and China?
RA – a relatively unique viewpoint on the differences between how men and women are treated
But nobody really believes “trans women” are women. It’s just a polite fiction they pretend to believe in, like sexual or racial equality, or William Hague’s love of heterosexual coitus.
So we don’t really treat hulking great Transylvanians as if they were girls, do we?
Leadership, eh?
After 40 years zhe makes warrant officer.
As a long service reward I gave my cleaning lady a handle for her mop.
More, with pictures if you have the stomach, here:
https://mickhartley.typepad.com/blog/2023/08/in-the-army.html
BiND
The one on the left is reminiscent, albeit definitely not in the biological sense, of this Terry Pratchett character.
https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Jack_Jackrum_(Sergeant)
My wife pointed out that she may have a relatively unique viewpoint on the differences between how men and women are treated. I could see some value in that
Unlikely in this case if one follows BiND’s link.
“Lived experience” is paramount so bring out the transwomen who get propositioned by lesbians?
Good job we can rely on the Ukrainians to fight the Russians for us, isn’t it?
Is it just me, or is the second one from the left desperately trying not to laugh?
My wife pointed out that she may have a relatively unique viewpoint on the differences between how men and women are treated. I could see some value in that
Transmen – i.e. women pretending to be men, have indeed made that point. What they have realised is that female privilege is a thing.
Defending you and your family is not on the list.
I thought you were less naive than that Steve.
The army (and other forces) are about defending the interests of the rich and powerful. Defending us proles and our freedom is a PR message and anything they do that does so is just a happy coincidence.
In this case, as in may concerning such matters, your feeling was wrong.
I wonder how many commenting here have served their country so well….
“WO2 Penny came out as Transgender to the Army and her family and friends in 2004. After two years, she was able to start the journey to transition which took until 2010.
In 2012 she deployed to Afghanistan (Operation HERRICK) on her first of two tours and was the first Transgender soldier in an operational theatre.”