Cowed

🚨 Malcolm Gladwell says “trans athletes have no place in the female category.”

He admits he was cowed into saying that it was ok.

He knows it’s not.

He was bullied into it and he’s ashamed that he gave in.

Good for him. Mad props. pic.twitter.com/GGm1oCiNbv

— Jennifer Sey (@JenniferSey) September 2, 2025

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Well good for him – but it's all a bit pathetic, isn't it? When it mattered he was right there cheering on the trans athletes, and now the tide is turning he says he was cowed. It doesn't say much for his intellectual integrity. Though yes, better late than never. It's not like it's an abstruse problem that requires long deliberation and expertise in human biology – hulking great men, at best mediocre in their chosen sport, putting on a wig and some lippy and charging to top spot on the podium by claiming to be women.